The shrinking middle ground between ‘occupation’ and help with violent crime

By , Daily Memphian Updated: October 25, 2025 4:00 AM CT | Published: October 25, 2025 4:00 AM CT

On “Behind The Headlines,” two vocal critics of the Memphis Safe Task Force say there isn’t much — if any — middle ground as Mayor Paul Young tries to thread the political needle.

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Behind The Headlines Josh Spickler Cardell Orrin Memphis Safe Task Force

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Bill Dries

Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for almost 50 years covering a wide variety of stories from the 1977 death of Elvis Presley and the 1978 police and fire strikes to numerous political campaigns, every county mayor and every Memphis Mayor starting with Wyeth Chandler.


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