Hundreds more members of the Tennessee National Guard are slated to be deployed to Memphis, joining an estimated 140-180 who have been in the city since October. (Photo: Karen Pulfer Focht/Tennessee Lookout)
Hundreds more members of the Tennessee National Guard are expected to arrive in Memphis over the next few days, even as local leaders await a judge’s decision on their petition to temporarily bar the guard from patrolling the city.
As of Thursday, between 140 and 180 members of the Guard were patrolling the streets of Memphis on orders from Gov. Bill Lee, according to Theresa Carlson, a Memphis Police Department spokesperson…