In a city plagued by crime rate, leaders hope Memphis Safe Task Force can shift the narrative
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee quickly praised President Donald Trump and his administration on Friday, Sept. 26, for the federal resources being deployed in Memphis.
The state’s chief executive then used terms to describe the state’s second-largest city that are a marked contrast from how Trump has described Memphis ahead of the arrival of the Memphis Safe Task Force, an amalgamation of 13 federal agencies and the Tennessee National Guard under the command of the U.S. Marshals and in coordination with local and state law enforcement agencies.
In presenting more details of the task force Friday, Lee called Memphis a “great” city at least five times. He made lofty promises that the crime that has long plagued Memphis could soon be a thing of the past.
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Samuel Hardiman
Samuel Hardiman is an enterprise and investigative reporter who focuses on local government and politics. He began his journalism career at the Tulsa World in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he covered business and, later, K-12 education. Hardiman came to Memphis in 2018 to join the Memphis Business Journal, covering government and economic development. He then served as the Memphis Commercial Appeal’s city hall reporter and later joined The Daily Memphian in 2023. His current work focuses on Elon Musk’s xAI, regional energy needs and how Memphis and Shelby County government spend taxpayer dollars.
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