City Council votes down National Guard resolution
Memphians stand in support of a Memphis City Council resolution urging Gov. Bill Lee not to send the National Guard to the city. (Samuel Hardiman/The Daily Memphian)
The resolution opposing the guard deployment as part of a larger anti-crime initiative by the Trump administration was defeated on a tie vote.
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