On this week’s Behind the Headlines on WKNO/Channel 10, Shelby County Commissioners Amber Mills, Charlie Caswell Jr., and Mick Wright joined host Eric Barnes and Daily Memphian reporter Bill Dries. Guests discussed the National Guard deployment in Memphis, conditions and funding for county jails, and local school board elections.
In September, President Donald Trump signed a memorandum creating the “Memphis Safe Task Force.” The order authorized up to 1,000 National Guard members to assist local law enforcement for up to a year, coordinating with multiple federal agencies, including the FBI, ATF, and U.S. Marshals Service.
Barnes began this week’s show by discussing the increasing federal presence and asked the commissioners for their stance on the matter…