SHELBY COUNTY, Tenn. — A city fed up. Lawlessness is running rampant in Memphis, and many blame the bail system for making it worse.
One crime victim believes it’s part of the reason the man who carjacked her got out and committed crime.
“I had stopped by the store to get my mom something to drink,” Chasity Beecher said.
She was at a gas station in Frayser when she saw a man with a gun.
“It was big, black with a big wood handle on it. They call it a Draco,” Beecher said. “He was like, B, get out of the car.”
He aimed it at her and her young nieces. She handed over the car and called police.
“I can remember everything about the day so vividly,” she said. “I couldn’t sleep for first 48 hours. I stayed up. If I closed my eyes, I see this man with a gun in my face.”
Beecher lived in constant fear and only found some relief when police made an arrest.
Exactly two years later on the day she was set to testify, she found out Malik Pigram pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of attempted carjacking. According to court documents we found, he received eight years probation with conditions like job training, random drug screenings and 300 hours of community service.