As Downtown rebounds from fatal weekend, MPD preps for NCAA crowd
Melanie Marshall watches as the parade passes in front of Silky O'Sullivan's at the 51st Annual Silky Sullivan St. Patricks's Parade March 16 on Beale Street. (Greg Campbell/Special to The Daily Memphian)
The basketball tournament comes nearly a week after two fatal altercations occurred Downtown amid St. Patrick’s Day celebrations and after the leader of the agency tasked with managing the entertainment district touted new security technology.
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Julia Baker
A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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