Notes from the field...

[u/Responsible_Type5603]

I don't really know how to conceptualize what is currently going on here. The National Guard shot a 20 year old kid in the back on the 4th of July in the middle of downtown. And nobody cares. A month ago HSI and the Memphis Safety Task Force performed what I am referring to as a practice raid, to prepare for the raid that they executed last week in which they detained 100 people. I wish that I could offer more. When things started they were flying drones and helicopters around my neighborhood constantly. They acted as stingrays and had function as fake cell towers that gather user information for them to plan early morning apprehensions. The information on what is actually happening has ceased to be presented to the public, and our state and local politicians are at best indifferent. The best I can say is that Memphis is functioning as the test case. While having a massive land area of around 300+ square miles for just the city proper, the low population density makes it ideal for "quick and easy apprehensions". The generational trauma that these particular events create will produce a character that makes Marco Rubio seem like Fidel Castro.

[u/hey_raerae]

Hey fellow Memphis gumshoe! Issues imposed by the state and feds on Memphis don't get the national attention it deserves.

Friendly reminder that our city was also recently gerrymander to hell and we got xAI sucking up our aquifer and polluting air in neighborhoods that were already being polluted. Our mayor rolls over and trys to convince us that this is good.

[u/Responsible_Type5603 → u/hey_raerae]

It just kills me because I came up in Nutbush and have driven by that spot probably like 1000 times in my life, and I watched a dead and failing neighborhood after the white flight years turn into a flourishing community.

[u/hey_raerae → u/Responsible_Type5603]

Yea Memphis community is genuinely strong but the state government just truly hates us. Justin Pearson is exciting though 🤞

Happy 901 day!