Once America’s Most Dangerous City—Now a Crime Comeback Story

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You're listening to the 47 Morning Update with Ben Ferguson.

Good Saturday morning, so nice to have you with us on the 47 Morning Update and we've

got a big story for you.

President Donald Trump goes to Memphis, Tennessee to talk about a massive reduction in that

vulnerable city with crime statistics, literally saving countless lives.

So why did the mayor and Memphis not show up and why our Democrats angry that crime is

being lowered all over the country, where President Trump gets involved?

It's the 47 Morning Update and it starts right now.

Story number one.

Crime in America it is dropping and it's not happening by accident, it's happening because

for the first time in years.

Here's a President in the White House who made one thing clear from day one.

We're going to go back to policing.

We are going to enforce the laws that we have on the books and we're going to take our

streets back so that all Americans can feel safe.

Now let's talk facts because the numbers are truly incredible and they don't lie.

Across the country, major cities are reporting.

People did it drops in violent crime in many liberal metro areas.

Homicides are down significantly from their recent peaks, property crimes, stabilizing

after years of spikes, and some cities were seeing murder rates down 10 to 20 percent year

over year.

Shootings are declining as targeted enforcement is ramped up under Trump's leadership and

law enforcement officials are pointing to some very specific things.

And they're allowing for all this to happen.

Number one, a shift in federal posture.

That all because of the President.

Also a shift in priorities from federal law enforcement.

And then the biggest part a shift in leadership from the White House all the way down.

Now let's be honest, this didn't start in a vacuum.

For years we were told police should be cut back.

It should be reduced and criminals should be given more leniency and more second, third,

fourth, fifth and sixth chances.

What happened under the Democrats' plan?

Crime surged.

Cities became less safe.

Communities paid the price and Americans lost their lives.

Then President Trump came in and flipped the script.

From day one, the Trump administration said we will always back the blue.

That wasn't just a slogan.

It literally became their policy.

Federal support for local police departments has increased.

Prosecutors were encouraged to pursue violent offenders aggressively.

And repeat offenders were targeted instead of being released.

And just as important, police morale started going back up in this country.

When officers know the White House had their back, they got to do their jobs more efficiently.

And criminals knew it.

Now targeting the worst offenders was also part of the plan.

It was another major shift.

Going after the most dangerous criminals first, violent repeat offenders, gang members, drug

traffickers, illegal immigrants with hardcore criminal records.

That is where ICE operations and federal partnerships came into play.

Instead of ignoring the problem, the administration leaned in, arresting thousands of high-risk

individuals, removing threats from communities, sending a message that lawlessness will not

be tolerated.

Now Trump's message has always been simple, law and order.

He ran on it.

And President Trump has been consistent saying, we will not allow our cities to be taken over

by crime.

And he's emphasized that safety is not political.

It's fundamental to a great country saying every American deserves to live in a safe community.

And that message is clearly resonating with many Americans who are living in really

high crime neighborhoods.

To law enforcement, the president said, hey, I got you to do your job.

We support you.

And to the criminals, the president said the rules are being enforced again.

So get ready because we're coming for you.

So is it working?

Yes.

Crime rates have dropped significantly.

And if you want to look at one example of that, look at what the president did in Memphis,

Tennessee, on Monday.

He said, we've fixed the Memphis crime problem.

That obviously is my hometown.

And President Trump declared on Monday that the crime problem has been solved through

the Memphis Safe Task Force.

Now Trump's comments came during a Memphis Task Force roundtable where he highlighted

high levels of crime in the city of the year he returned to the Oval Office.

Here's part of what the president had to say.

A few years prior to our involvement, Memphis had become known for something else.

Being the murder capital of the USA, then not a good title.

It was averaging far more than one murder per day with a crime rate higher than Columbia,

a Mexico City, or Baghdad.

In the year, I shouldn't be saying this, but he's a good news.

It's been fixed.

All right?

I hate to say this because it's so negative, and so negative.

In the year before I took office, Memphis, more than 12,500 violent assaults, 429 rapes

and 7,600 burglaries and armed robbers.

I mean, it was, and getting worse.

This catastrophe was a result of years of local politicians, judges, and prosecutors who

sided with violent criminals over law-abiding citizens.

Over law-abiding citizens, it was an average far more than one murder per day.

That is what the people of Memphis were dealing with, with a crime rate higher than Columbia,

Mexico City, or even Baghdad.

That's something that the media never wanted you to know.

He said crime levels were the products of years of local politicians, judges, and prosecutors

who sided with violent criminals over the law-abiding citizens.

Fox 13 Memphis, report on March 18th, that overall crime in the city is down 43 percent compared

to the same period in 2025 before Trump instituted the task force.

Meanwhile, the White House shared figures Monday, underscoring the stark drop in specific

crime categories, motor vehicle thefts down 67 percent, robberies in Memphis down 51 percent,

sexual assaults down 38 percent, homicides are down 35 percent, burglaries are down 32 percent,

and aggravated assaults are down 31 percent.

Trump announced back in September efforts to crack down on crime in Memphis on the heels

of his immediate success in dealing with crime in Washington, DC, on September the 15th.

He signed a memo establishing the Memphis task force, and what happened, well it's truly

incredible, the numbers don't lie.

Here's what the president had to say from the Oval Office, when he started this back in

September.

Today at the request of Governor Bill Lee of Tennessee standing with us, as you know,

I'm signing a presidential memorandum to establish the Memphis safe task force, and it's

very important because of the crime that's going on, not only in Memphis, in many cities

who are going to take care of all of them, step by step, just like we did in DC, we have

virtually no crime in DC right now, and we're going to keep it that way, it's our nation's

capital, we're going to keep it that way, and we're going to federalize it if we had

to, but we don't have to anymore because it's in such great shape.

This task force will be a replica of our extraordinarily successful efforts here, and you'll see

it's a lot of the same thing, although the numbers here are really something, they're

really bad.

Now we did send FBI at about four months ago to work and approach some of the numbers

down, and they did a great job, but we're sending in the big force now.

You got to ask yourself this question, why would the president of the United States of

America do something like this in liberal cities?

Because he truly believes that every American has the right to be safe.

He said it's very important because the crime that's going on, not only in Memphis, in

many cities, and we're going to take care of all of them, step by step, just like we did

in DC.

Trump said all of this, as he was standing by the governor of Tennessee, Bill Lee, Senator

Marsha Blackburn and Bill Haggerty, making it clear that we are moving forward.

We have virtually no crime in DC right now, the president reminded the country.

And we're going to keep it that way, he added, it's our nation's capital.

We're going to keep it that way, or we're going to federalize it if we had to, but we

don't have to anymore because it's in such great shape.

Now if you're an American, and it doesn't matter where you live right now, you should

be proud of the president of the United States of America pulling this off so quickly, from

a meeting in the Oval Office in September, to massive reductions in crime, come March.

That is truly historic.

Usually this is something politicians say, take years or multiple election cycles.

The president's doing it in a matter of months.

Why?

Because the president said to law enforcement, we have your back, do your job.

And the president also made it clear, we're not leaving.

We're going to continue to be involved in Memphis and other cities.

And there are more cities that we're going to be targeting soon.

So Democrats can say all they want to, that they hate President Trump, but the American

people it's pretty clear, they're happy with what the president's doing right now.

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