About this episode

Michael Dunavant discusses the impact of the Memphis Safe Task Force and recent federal prosecutions in the city.

Since the Memphis Safe Task Force began, federal prosecutors in the city have charged and indicted 368 people, according to Michael Dunavant, U.S. attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. Dunavant joins Eric Barnes and Aarron Fleming on this week's episode of Behind the Headlines.

People in this episode

Hosts: Eric Barnes, Aarron Fleming

Guest: Michael Dunavant

Topics covered

• federal prosecution
• Memphis Safe Task Force
• law enforcement
• crime
• politics

Keywords

• federal prosecutors
• indictments
• Memphis
• crime rates
• law enforcement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Memphis Safe Task Force, Western District of Tennessee

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