Coalition Plans Movement Against Trump’s Memphis Safe Task Force

“What’s tested here becomes the blackprint for the rest of the country.”


Tennessee Governor Bill Lee is mobilizing members of the Tennessee National Guard to fight crime in Memphis. (Photo: Tenn. Air Guard Master Sgt. Kendra Owenby)

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