After getting a shout out from Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem for cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Memphis Mayor Paul Young is defending his statements. (Photo: John Partipilo/Tennessee Lookout)
With much of the nation in shock over shooting deaths in the feds’ Minneapolis immigration operation, Memphis Mayor Paul Young is finding himself in the uncomfortable position of defending statements he made about local police working with the Department of Homeland Security.
Most pointedly, Young is skirmishing with Marc Perrusquia, director and editor at The Institute for Public Service Reporting after drawing praise from U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, who is under fire for three people’s deaths, including two during Minneapolis protests and the shooting of Keith Porter of Los Angeles early this year….