Mayor Young meets with 100 pastors to discuss plan to fight crime [Video]

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Mayor Paul Young met with dozens of pastors on Tuesday to discuss his team’s crime-fighting efforts.

Crime scene tape in neighborhoods, around parks and popular downtown streets have become a site seen too often in Memphis.

Many are looking for solutions, including a group of 100 pastors who met with Mayor Young on Tuesday.

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The group gathered at the Memphis Baptist Ministerial Association as the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) encouraged support for the mayor as he looks to combat crime.

“We talked about public safety, talked about taxes and we talked about adding value to this community and what it’s going to take to turn the corner,” Young said.

WREG asked the mayor what his administration is doing to address crime as this past weekend saw a handful of shootings across the city, including one on Beale Street.

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