Dumbo Nazi Mayor of Memphis is afraid of Lee and Trump

Memphis Mayor Paul Young said Friday that he didn’t ask for the National Guard to come to the city and didn’t think it was the way to drive down crime.
“I do not support the National Guard — however, they are coming. It’s not the mayor’s call,” Young said. “The mayor doesn’t have the say or the authority to stop them from coming. So my goal is to make sure that, as they come, that I have an opportunity to work with them to strategize on how they engage in this community.”
“As mayor of the city of Memphis, Tennessee, my commitment is to make sure that we work strategically to ensure that this happens in a way that truly benefits and strengthens our community,”
President Donald Trump said in an interview Friday morning that he would be sending federal resources the National Guard to Memphis, bypassing other cities like Chicago.
Police Chief C.J. Davis told WREG that the National Guard troops that would come to Memphis would be from Tennessee, not other states.
“I’ve already been in touch with one of their representatives. We planned to meet next week to really sit down and talk. Ideally, we will have a memorandum of understanding. We all need to be on the same page about who is doing what,” said Davis.
Bill Lee and federal officials were open to collaborating with the city on crime strategies. The governor has sent an extra 50 Tennessee Highway Patrol troopers to Memphis in recent days.
Lee said he was in close contact with the Trump administration, working out details of the mission.
“I’m grateful for the President’s unwavering support and commitment to providing every resource necessary to serve Memphians,” Lee said in a statement. “Memphis remains on a path to greatness, and we are not going to let anything hold them back.”
Memphis, the second-largest city in Tennessee with a population of 610,000, has struggled with high crime rates and record-setting homicide numbers for several years, but within the past few months, city and police leaders have touted a decline in crime, including a 19 percent decrease in violent crime.
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