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Van Turner: Reform vote ‘is not against law enforcement’

By , Daily Memphian Updated: September 11, 2020 5:19 PM CT | Published: September 11, 2020 5:19 PM CT

Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner has seen first hand the impact of violent crime on his commission district which includes Hickory Hill. But Turner says it’s possible to back law enforcement and be opposed to a militarization of the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office and Memphis Police Department.

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Bill Dries covers city and county government and politics. He is a native Memphian and has been a reporter for more than 40 years.


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