Neighbors shaken after apparent task force arrest in Memphis

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Shelby County Mayor’s Office is calling for answers into accusations of racial profiling the office has seen since the inception of the Memphis Safe Task Force.

The mayor said this Monday, just hours after a group working to track ICE raids posted on social media that a family had been detained for hours after they claimed federal agents were looking for someone who no longer lived in their northeast Memphis home, but still arrested a man.

It’s unclear which federal agencies took part, but the incident has left some pretty rattled in the neighborhood off Jackson Avenue…

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