Crime Ridden Memphis

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#352
I really don't think that anyone with a rational mind would agree that she was being judicious by running at 4 AM. At 6 AM there is probably enough traffic and certainly by 7 AM there is enough traffic and people around that this wouldn't have happened. I live in a safe neighborhood and I wouldn't walk around it at 4 AM without a pistol in my pocket.
 
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis murder suspect Cleotha Henderson served roughly 20 years of a 24-year sentence in state prison after the May 2000 abduction and robbery of the attorney Kemper Durand – but he was never granted parole, according to authorities and court records.

Henderson's sentencing documents noted that the court ordered him to serve "100%" of his 24-year sentence due to his violent criminal past under the Sentence Reform Act of 1989. His juvenile rap sheet already included five charges of aggravated assault, a rape charge after he turned 14, and the gunpoint kidnapping of Durand when he was 16.

At 38, Henderson has spent more than half of his life in a Tennessee prison. If he had not been released early, he would have been behind bars on the day police allege he abducted and killed a Memphis mother of two named Eliza Fletcher as she ran her morning jogging route.

The suspect did NOT receive a parole hearing, and the Tennessee Board of Parole on Wednesday distanced itself from earlier remarks made by Memphis' top prosecutor, which it deems untrue and "defamatory."

"Earlier today, Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy falsely stated in a national TV interview that Cleotha Abston [Henderson], the suspected kidnapper of slain Memphis schoolteacher Eliza Mitchell had been paroled," the Tennessee Board of Parole said in a statement. "This is a completely erroneous and defamatory statement."






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      Mulroy has been on the job for just over a week. In an alleged misstatement, he characterized Henderson's early release as "parole."

    • "Our office opposed parole in this case, and I think appropriately so, given his extensive record of violent crimes before the conviction for the kidnapping." he said. He was not in office at the time of Henderson's release.
  • Eliza Fletcher's suspected killer Cleotha Henderson served 20 years of a 24-year sentence, here's why
 
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BigOrangeMojo said:
Let's say you let your wife go run with friends or at a different, safer time. Would you be OK if she wore the same outfit Liza wore?
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How do we even know what she wore? You keep making my case. You know the point he is trying to make. Would you let your 16 yr old daughter run by herself at 4am in Memphis?
 
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jp1 said:
How do we even know what she wore? You keep making my case. You know the point he is trying to make. Would you let your 16 yr old daughter run by herself at 4am in Memphis?
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There are photos from street cameras.
 
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jp1 said:
How do we even know what she wore? You keep making my case. You know the point he is trying to make. Would you let your 16 yr old daughter run by herself at 4am in Memphis?
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My 16 year old, no. I'm the parent.

My wife runs. She doesn't run at 4AM though. But she has work schedule that allows her to run at 6 plus she's not marathon training.

Again, that section of Central is normally pretty busy with marathon runners training before well before 5 AM. The one thing to note is many marathon runners, especially beginning levels, rest on Friday. That plus holiday weekend reduced the foot traffic gave this guy the opportunity..
 
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I live less than a mile from where she was abducted. My daughter was in her running group and also lives nearby. The area is generally safe and is adjacent to a couple of very affluent communities. This guy went to where he knew he would find women running in the morning. What Memphis needs is about 300 more (I'd take 500) new police officers. Knowing you're likely to see a police officer on patrol on any street is a deterrent. But we don't have the tax base to support that, and the reason we don't have the tax base is we've lost too many upper middle class families since the 1970's. It's been a slow death for Memphis.
There's a run to honor Liza this Friday morning around 4:20 that will start near her home and follow her route to and from UofM's campus. Looks like around 1400 have signed up so far.
Liza was a bright light. The city has a pall over it, and Memphians are struggling for answers.
 
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Woodrow Call said:
I live less than a mile from where she was abducted. My daughter was in her running group and also lives nearby. The area is generally safe and is adjacent to a couple of very affluent communities. This guy went to where he knew he would find women running in the morning. What Memphis needs is about 300 more (I'd take 500) new police officers. Knowing you're likely to see a police officer on patrol on any street is a deterrent. But we don't have the tax base to support that, and the reason we don't have the tax base is we've lost too many upper middle class families since the 1970's. It's been a slow death for Memphis.
There's a run to honor Liza this Friday morning around 4:20 that will start near her home and follow her route to and from UofM's campus. Looks like around 1400 have signed up so far.
Liza was a bright light. The city has a pall over it, and Memphians are struggling for answers.
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You can’t have more cops in Memphis because it would disproportionately affect certain people who disproportionately commit the most crime.
 
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I got my wife a small can of pepper spray for running, not much bigger than a tube of lipstick. My main concern was roaming dogs but it would work on a creeper as well.
 
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allvol123 said:
Actually it isn’t. I am the male in this relationship. And while we do value each other’s opinion greatly, at the end of the day if I put my foot down, then that is how it is going to be.

And that is honestly how she prefers it. It is great be married to a woman that truly enjoys being a woman.
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G_d, I hate that I missed this enlightenment of how it ‘works’ in your relationship. Good for you, ‘putting your foot down’ . Probably why she prefers it better than the stomped down method.
 
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DancingOutlaw said:
I got my wife a small can of pepper spray for running, not much bigger than a tube of lipstick. My main concern was roaming dogs but it would work on a creeper as well.
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Great idea. And very effective, especially for a fit person. Could buy just enough time to save a life.
 
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#375
I've seen the videos, this young man is in another world rn. What are you doing to your young people America?
 
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