This morning, President Donald J. Trump announced plans to deploy federal resources to Memphis, Tennessee, as part of the Trump Administration’s aggressive push to dismantle the rampant violent crime fueled by failed Democrat governance in major cities.
With Memphis enduring the highest violent crime rate in the nation, President Trump’s decisive action has already been welcomed by elected officials in the state.
It’s clear Memphis needs help: In 2024, Memphis had the highest violent crime rate, highest property crime rate, and the third-highest murder rate in the U.S.
Violent crime increased in 2024, bucking the national trend.
Memphis’s total crime rate was 344% higher than the national average.
This morning, President Donald J. In an effort to combat the high rate of violent crime in major cities that is being fueled by failed Democrat governance, Trump announced plans to send federal resources to Memphis, Tennessee. Elected officials in Memphis have already praised President Trump’s bold move, given that the city continues to have the highest rate of violent crime in the country.
Memphis obviously needs help.
Memphis had the third-highest murder rate in the United States in 2024, along with the highest rates of violent and property crime. S.
Contrary to the national trend, violent crime rose in 2024.
Memphis’ overall crime rate exceeded the national average by 344 percent.
Memphis’ murder rate in 2024 was higher than that of the infamously violent U.S. S. The cities, including Chicago, Baltimore, Detroit, and Washington, D.C., are approximately four times higher than Mexico City, 27 times higher than Havana, and 37 times higher than London.
As of now in 2025, Memphis has seen 149 homicides.
At the request of its Soros-funded district attorney, Shelby County changed its bail system in 2022, adding secured cash bail “only as a last resort” and relying on a system that frequently results in no bail. Since then:.
Just one month prior, an 18-year-old man who was arrested for auto theft, unlawful possession of a machine gun, and vandalism was released without bail after being implicated in a shooting that killed a Memphis police officer.
A man was released without bail after he shot at police during a 12-hour standoff and was charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder.
Three men who were charged with attempted murder and other felonies related to their coworker’s shooting were freed without posting bail.
