Trump's next National Guard deployment: Memphis
President Donald Trump announced plans to deploy the National Guard to Memphis on Friday, citing the move as a necessary step to "fix" crime in the city.
Memphis is one of several cities where President Trump says he intends to send the National Guard. The timeline for deploying troops to Memphis is unclear. The president has previously deployed troops to Los Angeles, California and Washington, D.C.
Tennessee's Republican Gov. Bill Lee supports the plan, saying that he worked with the Trump administration for months on a strategy to combat crime in Memphis.
Local Democratic leadership in Memphis is divided.
The mayor of Shelby County, where Memphis is located, strongly opposed the plan,
Meanwhile, the mayor of Memphis agreed with Gov. Lee that the city needs help to fight crime, but said what it needed most was funding and officers for its local police force.
Despite facing some political pushback, Trump remains committed to his approach, suggesting in that more cities could see the National Guard in order to "straighten out crime."
Crime data submitted to the FBI shows Memphis ranked first in the nation for its violent crime rate and third for its homicide rate last year. A note: city-by-city comparisons of data do not reflect the many factors that affect crime.
However, that violent crime has been decreasing, with overall crime at a 25-year low.
2024 FBI violent crime data:
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