Crime Ridden Memphis

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theFallGuy said:
I hear Murfreesboro is really bringing up the value
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I find it hard to believe what Nashville sprawl has done to Murfreesboro. The place is nothing at all like it was in the 50s and 60s. Before I-24, when you drove US-70 on the way to Nashville, there actually used to be open spaces between Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne, etc.
 
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AM64 said:
I find it hard to believe what Nashville sprawl has done to Murfreesboro. The place is nothing at all like it was in the 50s and 60s. Before I-24, when you drove US-70 on the way to Nashville, there actually used to be open spaces between Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne, etc.
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I was living south of Murfreesboro in early 2000s. Commuting to downtown Nashville. I know it was a mess at that point. Can’t imagine it now.
 
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I was born in Memphis in '62. Lived here most of my life except for my years in Knoxville. Two groups are jockeying for position with respect to how to improve the city. One is keenly interested in an immediate, heavier hand. More police, troopers, changes in the rules of pursuit and changes in the bail system. The other group is more interested in long term changes to address the educational system and poverty. Both are needed, and I'm involved with a group working on both.
Right now, if you're a woman in Memphis, you're basically living in terror. You can't even walk your dog in nice neighborhoods, or feel safe walking to and from your car, so something has to happen and fast. Money and power are going to insist things are changed, and there's A LOT of money in Memphis. Several major corporations are headquartered here, and we're also home to the medical school, St. Jude and one of the most advanced orthopedic communities in the U.S. There's a great deal of wealth in Memphis, and those people are not going to see assets that have been in their families for generations go to hell.
 
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Woodrow Call said:
I was born in Memphis in '62. Lived here most of my life except for my years in Knoxville. Two groups are jockeying for position with respect to how to improve the city. One is keenly interested in an immediate, heavier hand. More police, troopers, changes in the rules of pursuit and changes in the bail system. The other group is more interested in long term changes to address the educational system and poverty. Both are needed, and I'm involved with a group working on both.
Right now, if you're a woman in Memphis, you're basically living in terror. You can't even walk your dog in nice neighborhoods, or feel safe walking to and from your car, so something has to happen and fast. Money and power are going to insist things are changed, and there's A LOT of money in Memphis. Several major corporations are headquartered here, and we're also home to the medical school, St. Jude and one of the most advanced orthopedic communities in the U.S. There's a great deal of wealth in Memphis, and those people are not going to see assets that have been in their families for generations go to hell.
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Ask your groups if they would consider selling the city to Mississippi. It would help both states tremendously.
 
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One Dead in Raleigh shooting

Memphis Police responded to a shooting shortly after 3 p.m. on the 3200 block of Austin Peay Highway and found a man dead on the scene.

https://wreg.com/news/local/one-dead-in-raleigh-shooting-3/

One injured in North Memphis shooting

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One person is injured following a shooting in North Memphis on Sunday.

https://wreg.com/news/local/one-injured-in-north-memphis-shooting-3/

Suspect wanted after Carjacking in Frayser

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police are asking the public for help identifying a man they say is responsible for robbing a man and stealing his car in Frayser on Saturday.

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https://wreg.com/news/local/suspect-wanted-after-carjacking-in-frayser/

‘A nightmare’: Whitehaven neighborhood on edge after gunfire erupts in broad daylight

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Young men were caught on camera in a gun battle in a Whitehaven neighborhood.

‘A nightmare’: Whitehaven neighborhood on edge after gunfire erupts in broad daylight
 
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Woodrow Call said:
I was born in Memphis in '62. Lived here most of my life except for my years in Knoxville. Two groups are jockeying for position with respect to how to improve the city. One is keenly interested in an immediate, heavier hand. More police, troopers, changes in the rules of pursuit and changes in the bail system. The other group is more interested in long term changes to address the educational system and poverty. Both are needed, and I'm involved with a group working on both.
Right now, if you're a woman in Memphis, you're basically living in terror. You can't even walk your dog in nice neighborhoods, or feel safe walking to and from your car, so something has to happen and fast. Money and power are going to insist things are changed, and there's A LOT of money in Memphis. Several major corporations are headquartered here, and we're also home to the medical school, St. Jude and one of the most advanced orthopedic communities in the U.S. There's a great deal of wealth in Memphis, and those people are not going to see assets that have been in their families for generations go to hell.
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All you hear is the same old tired rhetoric that has been spouted for 60 years or longer, and the crime has only gotten much worse. Memphis' leaders are much more concerned with changing the names of streets and removing monuments.
Most of the people running the city's various departments are incompetent fools.
 
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I lived in the Memphis city limits the first 25 years of my life and have been in the suburbs since. These groups can jockey for power all they want but nothing will change. The city is a lost cause. Incompetent people in govt from top to bottom. The inmates run the asylum in Memphis.
 
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Franklin Pierce said:
One Dead in Raleigh shooting

Memphis Police responded to a shooting shortly after 3 p.m. on the 3200 block of Austin Peay Highway and found a man dead on the scene.

https://wreg.com/news/local/one-dead-in-raleigh-shooting-3/

One injured in North Memphis shooting

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — One person is injured following a shooting in North Memphis on Sunday.

https://wreg.com/news/local/one-injured-in-north-memphis-shooting-3/

Suspect wanted after Carjacking in Frayser

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Memphis Police are asking the public for help identifying a man they say is responsible for robbing a man and stealing his car in Frayser on Saturday.

frayser-carjacking.jpg


https://wreg.com/news/local/suspect-wanted-after-carjacking-in-frayser/

‘A nightmare’: Whitehaven neighborhood on edge after gunfire erupts in broad daylight

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Young men were caught on camera in a gun battle in a Whitehaven neighborhood.

‘A nightmare’: Whitehaven neighborhood on edge after gunfire erupts in broad daylight
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Isn't a name like "Whitehaven" racist? Think of the image in a place like Memphis.
 
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TheDeeble said:
I lived in the Memphis city limits the first 25 years of my life and have been in the suburbs since. These groups can jockey for power all they want but nothing will change. The city is a lost cause. Incompetent people in govt from top to bottom. The inmates run the asylum in Memphis.
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The thing is that most people know what the problem is in places like Memphis, but they can't say it, and they can't fix it. But the dem machine absolutely loves those places because they crank out the needed votes, so they are important to dems every couple of years; the rest of the time, not so much.
 
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AM64 said:
I find it hard to believe what Nashville sprawl has done to Murfreesboro. The place is nothing at all like it was in the 50s and 60s. Before I-24, when you drove US-70 on the way to Nashville, there actually used to be open spaces between Murfreesboro, Smyrna, La Vergne, etc.
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Apparently, there are still open spaces in La Vergne.

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Franklin Pierce said:
All you hear is the same old tired rhetoric that has been spouted for 60 years or longer, and the crime has only gotten much worse. Memphis' leaders are much more concerned with changing the names of streets and removing monuments.
Most of the people running the city's various departments are incompetent fools.
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An unfortunate truth. And during that period, the schools have turned into some of the worst in the nation. The streets are unsafe. Memphis used to be a beautiful city that won awards for being clean and attractive. Now there's litter everywhere. Most of the young people that go away to college do not return so the talent pool of young, creative minds that can be difference makers has dwindled. Our utility infrastructure is in a state of disrepair.
 
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What saved Nashville is going to the Metro Government when it did, otherwise it wouldn’t be much if any different than Memphis.
 
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AM64 said:
The thing is that most people know what the problem is in places like Memphis, but they can't say it, and they can't fix it. But the dem machine absolutely loves those places because they crank out the needed votes, so they are important to dems every couple of years; the rest of the time, not so much.
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This x100. Many can't or just won't say what the underlying cause is eventhough they know, but you just can't admit it. If you say it, then you can't tie it to policy or elected officials. If you do that then you become a republican so it's better for them to ignore it and stay a democrat. If that's the case, consider the city somewhat of a lost cause.
 
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Woodrow Call said:
I was born in Memphis in '62. Lived here most of my life except for my years in Knoxville. Two groups are jockeying for position with respect to how to improve the city. One is keenly interested in an immediate, heavier hand. More police, troopers, changes in the rules of pursuit and changes in the bail system. The other group is more interested in long term changes to address the educational system and poverty. Both are needed, and I'm involved with a group working on both.
Right now, if you're a woman in Memphis, you're basically living in terror. You can't even walk your dog in nice neighborhoods, or feel safe walking to and from your car, so something has to happen and fast. Money and power are going to insist things are changed, and there's A LOT of money in Memphis. Several major corporations are headquartered here, and we're also home to the medical school, St. Jude and one of the most advanced orthopedic communities in the U.S. There's a great deal of wealth in Memphis, and those people are not going to see assets that have been in their families for generations go to hell.
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the citizens just voted for a "bail-reform" guy as the new DA which is basically code for "let criminals out". Nothing is going to change anytime soon.
 
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BreatheUT said:
This x100. Many can't or just won't say what the underlying cause is eventhough they know, but you just can't admit it. If you say it, then you can't tie it to policy or elected officials. If you do that then you become a republican so it's better for them to ignore it and stay a democrat. If that's the case, consider the city somewhat of a lost cause.
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And it's not just Memphis, or Portland, or Chicago; it's just cities in general. Seems like we are better people when not living on top of each other.
 
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davethevol said:
Not much is gonna happen here as far as protests. All the officers involved were black.

'Heinous': Tyre Nichols's family, Crump view police footage of arrest after Nichols's death
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But a lot of people are still attempting to make it a racial issue, saying that police, black or white, are more likely to beat a black man than a white man. Everything in Memphis has to be about race. It's inescapable and fills the city with tension. Meanwhile, while the city is falling apart, another group is launching a campaign to rename Audubon Park, because John Audubon was racist.
 
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