memorabilia few was one of the richest best organized cities in the country. had a booming economy. it had beautiful municipal parks and a lot more than 100. had one of the most modern sanitations systems in the world, something we take for granted now. when yellow fever was real, no one took it for granted. memphis was such a big deal it was the informal capitol of the entire region, the mississippi delta. not anymore. in fact by last year, if you want to memphis, hard to believe any was true at any point because at that point and now, memphis had become a husk and a highly threatening one. in 2021, according to federal statistics, memphis, tennessee, was the most dangerous city in the united states. last year it record add total of 342 murders. how much is that? by comparison, san antonio, texas, has more than twice the population recorded fewer than half as many murders. so by any measure at all, memphis was absolutely falling apart. but eliza fletcher decided to make a li
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the parameters are. o cities like memphis or baltimore or detroit or montgomery or gary, indiana, or wilmington, delaware, or a dozen dozen other formerlyingn prosperous, orderly little cities across the country were destroyed forever. d foreveby the rioting that accd our last progressive social revolution. cialmore than 50 years ago.ed politicized criminals started breaking things, torching buildings, stealing and immediately anyoneng.ne witu decent job jusset left. they pulled their kids out of a school, soldnd a house or not,ve didn t matter. and they split for somewhere n else. and mostly they have neverot cor back . that is true, not simply in memphis, but in places all over the country. so it seems a little weirdne to a lot of people.t could and someone like lisa fletcher, someone who could live anywhere voluntariloves by moves back toh place like memphis, not tohis. some suburb of memphis, but tobt a city of memphis.ei that seems weird trdo people, bl it s not weird. it s not
or detroit or montgomery or gary, indiana; or wilmington, indiana, and more little cities across the country were destroyed forever by the rioting that accompanied our last social progressive revolution more than 50 years ago and politicized criminals started breaking things, torching buildings and stealing. and anyone with a decent job left. they pulled their kids out of school, sold the house or not, didn t matter, and split for somewhere else and mostly have never come back. that is true not simply in memphis but places all other the country. so it seeps a little weird to a lot of people when someone like eliza fletcher that could live anywhere moves back to memphis voluntarily. not to a suburb but the city of memphis. that seems weird to people. but it s not weird. it s not odd at all when you think about it. eliza fletcher was from memphis and grew up there and had a right to come back. this was her country to as its
race could get eíeo more crowded by next week. texas governor rick perry who made headlines at a prayer event last weekend could be close to announcing a presidential run. perry will visit at least two early primary states this weekend. aides close to perry say an official announcement could come as early as saturday. now to britain where three men in north london are now charged with the attempted murder of a police officer. word of their arrests comes as violence spreads from parts of the british capital to other major cities. britain s prime minister has cut short a vacation to meet with law enforcement and confront the violence. abc s lama hasan reports on how the rioting started. reporter: flames across london. rioters hitting the city, torching buildings, cars ablaze. from the air the fires raged. the violence broke out after a 29-year-old father of four was killed by police. the police say he allegedly fired the first shot. but in a poor neighborhood where relations with po