Federal officials on Monday announced that several thousand people have been arrested as part of a two-month-long crime crackdown in Memphis, Tennessee.
A memorandum signed by President Donald Trump in mid-September created the Memphis Safe Task Force to target violent crime across the city, noting that it had the highest violent crime rate for a major U.S. city in 2024.
In a news conference in Memphis on Nov. 24, Attorney General Pam Bondi said that more than 3,100 arrests have been made since then, and 121 missing children were located. At least 500 illegal weapons were also seized under the task force, she announced alongside state and local officials….