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Memphis broke a record Friday which sent the local media into full hyperventilation mode. The coverage was typical…typically bad.
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Profiles in Cowardice
Backing off his support of the CLERB isn’t the first time the Mayor lost his backbone at the last second Monday, the Memphis City Council met with key stakeholders to finalize a draft ordinance that would give additional oversight of the Memphis Police Department. The Citizen Law Enforcement Review Board, an entity that has existed…
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Reality Check: “Is crime really down” in Memphis? – Part 2
Tuesday, I sought to answer the question that many are asking…”Is crime really down in Memphis?”, like we’ve been hearing it is for the past few years. And at least for violent crime, the answer is no…its not down enough to call it a trend, though it is down from the 2006 high that is…
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Reality Check: “Is crime really down” in Memphis?
For the past several years we’ve been hearing that “crime is down in Memphis”…and don’t we all feel safer? This assertion has been told by all kinds of folks in public life…elected officials, law enforcement, etc. and is more often than not…unchallenged, even though few people can tell that “crime is down” based on reporting…