It's sad that it's come to this, but it's 100% needed. I can't speak to Portland, even Chicago or DC - I've not lived in those places and it's been years since I even visited them - but Memphis is on the verge of being completely overtaken by violent criminals.
These forces flooding the city aren't going to address the cultural rot, lack of (value of) education, poverty, racial voting, etc., but they can at least take the streets back so families don't have the reasonable fear of leaving their homes.
FTR, I've lived in/around Memphis for the last 29 years and can tell you that virtually everyone supports this, has been begging for it...
JUST IN - STEPHEN MILLER IN MEMPHIS FOR THE FEDERAL SURGE: "This is MEMPHIS. This is the United States of America — and all that bullsh*t is DONE! It's over. It's FINISHED." "The idea that there is a square INCH of block in this city where a citizen doesn't feel safe is unacceptable." "To the Memphis Police Department, to the officers that I see sitting in front of me, we are about to provide you with a level of support you cannot even imagine. This isn't just a task force. This is a all-of-government, unlimited support operation. ATF, DEA, FBI, ICE, Department of War, every resource we have." "And they're not going to be sitting behind a desk at a keyboard. We are sending in real cops with GUNS and badges to go out with you on the street every single night making arrests." "These are people who have taken down drug cartels, kingpins, the worst criminal offenders in the United States, standing with you shoulder to shoulder to shoulder." "All we ask from you is to show up at roll call every single night with your brothers and sisters in the federal government, and to go out and get the criminals off the street." "And if you do that, I pledge to you, we will liberate this city from the criminal element that has plagued it for generations."
These forces flooding the city aren't going to address the cultural rot, lack of (value of) education, poverty, racial voting, etc., but they can at least take the streets back so families don't have the reasonable fear of leaving their homes.
FTR, I've lived in/around Memphis for the last 29 years and can tell you that virtually everyone supports this, has been begging for it...
JUST IN - STEPHEN MILLER IN MEMPHIS FOR THE FEDERAL SURGE: "This is MEMPHIS. This is the United States of America — and all that bullsh*t is DONE! It's over. It's FINISHED." "The idea that there is a square INCH of block in this city where a citizen doesn't feel safe is unacceptable." "To the Memphis Police Department, to the officers that I see sitting in front of me, we are about to provide you with a level of support you cannot even imagine. This isn't just a task force. This is a all-of-government, unlimited support operation. ATF, DEA, FBI, ICE, Department of War, every resource we have." "And they're not going to be sitting behind a desk at a keyboard. We are sending in real cops with GUNS and badges to go out with you on the street every single night making arrests." "These are people who have taken down drug cartels, kingpins, the worst criminal offenders in the United States, standing with you shoulder to shoulder to shoulder." "All we ask from you is to show up at roll call every single night with your brothers and sisters in the federal government, and to go out and get the criminals off the street." "And if you do that, I pledge to you, we will liberate this city from the criminal element that has plagued it for generations."
