What does a post Task Force world look like? It could be Jackson, Mississippi.
Upon receiving the grant, Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves said it was a good day for the state but a bad one for criminals. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP file)
JACKSON, Miss. — While Memphis remains under President Donald Trump’s aggressive crime crackdown more than one year later, the U.S. Department of Justice appears to be taking a somewhat less heavy-handed approach in other major cities nearby.
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, along with Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, state Attorney General Lynn Fitch and others, announced Monday, Nov. 9, that Jackson, Mississippi, is one of four recipients of the DOJ’s new Model Cities initiative, which awards millions in federal funding for crime reduction.
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Aarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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