What happens with most local drag racing charges? They’re dismissed
In December, several dozen drivers met up after midnight in an empty parking lot near Summer Avenue and White Station Road to take turns doing dougnuts. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Calling it a “terrible reality,” Memphis City Councilman Worth Morgan said that “people are not being held accountable for fleeing from police.”
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