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Memphis Democrats push back on Trump's law enforcement surge

Memphis city council members pushed back on President Donald Trump’s plan to deploy federal law enforcement and National Guard troops on Sept. 18, 2025. Trump established a Memphis Safe Task Force on Sept. 15, modeled after the recent federal law enforcement surge in the nation's capital, as part of a broader initiative to combat urban violence. The initiative will deploy a broad coalition of federal agencies - including the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security and US Marshals - alongside the National Guard and local law enforcement. Attorney General Pam Bondi will lead the operation, Trump said.

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00:00Every blue dot in a sea of red with a feckless leader ready to roll over for
00:05a wannabe dictator, you're next! I ask you to join us in this fight because as
00:13they test these waters in Memphis, know we may be the first, but we will not be
00:18the last.
00:21I do not believe that we don't have a problem here. And I am not soft on crime. I am smart
00:36on crime. We know what works because we are here in the streets of Memphis and we do not
00:43need Donald Trump or Bill Lee or Marsha Blackburn telling us what to do.
00:50We don't send soldiers, send solutions. Solutions and money. If you really want to fight crime,
00:58fight the poverty, invest in Memphis.
01:01Good morning. Good to see everybody again. We are the people of Memphis who are standing
01:11here today to say no to Donald Trump, no to fascism, no to occupation, no to the national
01:20guard. You want to call us all criminals? Less than 3% of the population of the city of
01:26Memphis commits crime, but 100% of us will be occupied if we bow down today to Donald Trump.
01:33How can you deprive us of resources and then tell us the only solution is military occupation?
01:40We need poverty eradication, not military occupation. This is a moment in time that we're going
01:48to remember where folks stand. We're going to continue organizing. We're going to continue
01:54building power in our community because Donald Trump is not coming here to take care of us.
01:58Because in the city of Memphis, we take care of our own. We will be prepared. We will not
02:04be scared because as we say in Memphis, we don't bluff. Thank you.
02:40You
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