President Donald Trump announced this week that he would send National Guard Troops to Memphis, Tennessee, to address violent crime in the city.
While signing an order on Sept. 15 with Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee in the White House, Trump announced he was setting up a task force, combining the FBI, drug enforcement, and immigration authorities to replicate the recent success of crime-fighting efforts in the District of Columbia over the past month.
Memphis had the highest violent crime rate in the United States in 2024, according to FBI data, which was six times greater than the national average at 2,500 violent crimes per 100,000 residents….