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Tennessee Rep. Justin J. Pearson blasts Trump’s Memphis federal ‘occupation,’ says Black businesses and residents are suffering

As the Trump administration continues to deploy federal agents and the National Guard in Memphis as part of its stated goal of reducing crime, Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson is blasting President Donald Trump‘s federal surge for negatively impacting the majority-Black city. Following U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s visit to Memphis on Monday to meet with officers and tout the perceived success of the Trump-created Memphis Safe Task Force, Pearson slammed the ongoing operation, arguing that Bondi and the […]

todayNovember 26, 2025

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Trump says he’s sending National Guard to majority-Black Memphis, an apparent new strategy after court setback

President Donald Trump announced he is sending the National Guard to Memphis, a majority-Black city in Tennessee, a Republican-controlled state. “We’re going to Memphis,” Trump told Fox News on Friday, calling the city “deeply troubled.” The president said he had the support of both Republican Tennessee Governor Bill Lee and Memphis Mayor Paul Young, a Democrat. “We’re going to fix that, just like we fixed Washington,” said Trump, who declared a “crime emergency” in Washington, D.C. on Aug. 11 and […]

todaySeptember 12, 2025

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Tennessee moves to cut Memphis reforms after Tyre Nichols death

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican Tennessee House lawmakers on Thursday advanced a bill to undo the reforms to police traffic stops made by the city of Memphis in response to the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols by officers last January. Republicans held the vote as Democrats accused Memphis Republican Rep. John Gillespie of being misleading about when the bill would come up again, resulting in Nichols’ parents not coming to the Capitol in Nashville on Thursday. Gillespie called it a […]

todayMarch 11, 2024 1