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Memphis Has a Crime Problem — and Residents Agree

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President Donald J. Trump’s plan to deploy federal resources, including the National Guard, to Memphis comes amid the Trump Administration’s push to dismantle the violent crime crisis fueled by failed Democrat policies.

With the highest rate of violent crime in the country, it’s clear Memphis needs help:

  • “We’re grateful for the National Guard coming,” said the owner of a Memphis tax service.
  • “It’s just so dangerous that you can’t get out of your car. You can’t go to the grocery store. You can’t go to the market or the service station. So, yeah, I want to see the crime stop — and if the National Guard is going to stop the crime, bring them on,” said another Memphis resident.
  • “Everybody turns the cheek when it’s not in their ZIP code, but it’s becoming a problem for everybody,” said a Memphis man who was woken up to a “barrage of gunfire” into his home.
  • “There’s a need for more boots on the ground,” said the director of a Memphis-based crime prevention organization.
  • “I got two guns put in my face within five minutes at two different locations,” said a Memphis mom recently robbed and carjacked at gunpoint. “I was scared and I was just hoping he didn’t shoot me.”
  • “I honestly thought he was going to kill me,” said a 60-year-old Memphis carjacking victim who was body slammed to the ground and left with a head injury.

Violent crime has prompted headline after headline in recent months:

  • WHBQ-TV (9/15/25): Two men shot in North Memphis, police say
  • WMC-TV (9/11/25): 18-year-old Memphian charged with targeting couple in drive-by shooting that left woman hospitalized
  • WHBQ-TV (9/6/25): Two men wanted in Raleigh carjacking attempt, police say
  • WHBQ-TV (9/5/25): Two people hit after home shot up in Westwood, police say
  • WMC-TV (8/25/25): 2 women use carjacking victim’s credit card at Sam’s Club, police say
  • WMC-TV (8/20/25): Suspect(s) wanted for drive-by shooting in Oakhaven, MPD says
  • WHBQ-TV (8/19/25): Woman, her friend shaken up after being robbed, followed and carjacked in Orange Mound
  • WHBQ-TV (8/18/25): 3 men shot in car by group of people on side of the road, MPD says
  • WMC-TV (8/15/25): ‘Head on a swivel:’ Memphis residents stay extra vigilant following two reported carjackings
  • WREG-TV (8/14/25): Woman carjacked at gunpoint outside grocery store
  • WHBQ-TV (8/14/25): Man arrested, 2 others wanted after elderly woman body slammed, carjacked in Midtown, police say
  • WMC-TV (8/14/25): Elderly woman bodyslammed on pavement during carjacking at movie theater
  • WHBQ-TV (8/11/25): Shootout caught on video ends in man’s death, several homes shot up, Memphis Police say
  • WMC-TV (8/10/25): Deadly Frayser shootout caught on camera
  • WHBQ-TV (8/6/25): Up to 40 shots ring out during drive-by shooting that injures 2, MPD says
  • WHBQ-TV (8/5/25): Uber driver pepper-sprayed by woman, carjacked by group at Memphis cemetery, police say
  • WHBQ-TV (8/4/25): Man charged with aggravated assault after 3 injured in Hickory Hill apartment shooting
  • WMC-TV (8/2/25): MPD: Shooting during drug deal leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
  • WMC-TV (7/29/25): Man sentenced to 18 years for driveway carjacking, shooting of 60-year-old who stepped outside to mow lawn
  • WMC-TV (7/28/25): Man charged with murder after deadly shooting at Wendy’s, per MPD
  • WMC-TV (7/28/25): 2 men on the run after shooting up home on Wharfside Drive, police say
  • WATN-TV (7/20/25): Shooting outside District 12 Social Club, one critically injured
  • WHBQ-TV (7/17/25): Man charged with homicide after woman dies in southeast Shelby County shooting, SCSO says
  • WREG-TV (7/13/25): 18-year-old accused of carjacking couple, trying to rob man
  • WREG-TV (7/11/25): Three men carjack, punch victim at Midtown gas station
  • WHBQ-TV (7/9/25): Owner of Memphis wing restaurant shot in the back while closing up shop
  • WMC-TV (7/7/25): MPD charges 3 shooting suspects after chase from Berclair into Southaven; 1 victim critical
  • WHBQ-TV (7/7/25): Man accused of drive-by shooting at fire department, police say
  • WMC-TV (6/30/25): Man arrested after drive-by outside apartment complex, police say
  • WHBQ-TV (6/26/25): Man seriously injured after drive-by shooting outside gas station in Hickory Hill, police say
  • WREG-TV (6/12/25): Man accused of carjacking WREG reporter arrested