Memphis is at a crossroads where the balance between safety and civil rights...as well as enforcement and reform remain ...

Kash Patel on the Memphis FBI office. In August 2024, then-FBI Director Christopher Wray visited field offices in Memphis and Knoxville and the Nashville resident agency.

Kash Patel on the Memphis FBI office. In August 2024, then-FBI Director Christopher Wray visited field offices in Memphis and Knoxville and the Nashville resident agency.

As Memphis Police were responding to a number of shootings and other violent incidents over the weekend, the city was hit with the label "Homicide Capital of America" by FBI Director Kash Patel.

FBI Director Kash Patel . Senator Brent Taylor responded to Patel’s claims on social media and said that he’s happy to see Patel and the FBI take Memphis’ crime surge seriously.

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Stephen A. Smith uses Kash Patel to defend Memphis take on ESPN "What are we talking about here?" Photo credit: ESPN. ESPN NBA By Brandon Contes on 06/18/2025 06/18/2025.

In a recent public statement, FBI Director Kash Patel declared that Memphis is the “homicide capital of America per capita” and vowed to send in federal agents to help curb ...

Kash Patel on the Memphis FBI office. In August 2024, then-FBI Director Christopher Wray visited field offices in Memphis and Knoxville and the Nashville resident agency.