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Blue light special: The Memphis Safe Task Force seems to be focused on traffic stops and stop-and-frisk policing.
But how are those arrests being tracked? The answer is, we don’t know.
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Bianca Phillips
Bianca Phillips is a Northeast Arkansas native and longtime Memphian who’s worked in local journalism and PR for more than 20 years. In her days as a reporter, she covered everything from local government and crime to LGBTQ issues and the arts. She’s the author of “Cookin Crunk: Eatin’ Vegan in the Dirty South,” a cookbook of vegan Southern recipes.
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