Orange Mound looking for answers within the community 

Memphis Mayor Paul Young has formed a comprehensive task force to attack the “chaos.”  By Tony Jones MEMPHIS, TN — Orange Mound State Representative G.A. Hardaway (D93) says the Black community must either “Vote or Die,” to fight back against the violent crime eating up our neighborhoods. Hardaway issued the warning in a follow up call to the Tennessee Tribune concerning the “emergency” town hall meeting he spearheaded this past Saturday (February 10) at the Mt. Pisgah CME Church to express outrage at the latest murder shocking Orange Mound and the rest of the city. Unfortunately, the circumstances driving the call for the meeting are all too familiar. On Sunday, February 4, another high-powered coward fired shots into a car at Park Avenue and Pendleton Street carrying five passengers, three of them children. One woman was killed and two others were struck by bullets, including an infant.& A phalanx of community leaders joined the town hall session to express outrage over the incident.& But what’s the takeaway besides the ugly reality of being prepared to dodge bullets (and speed demons) at any given moment, mostly in Black communities? Mayor Paul Young has formed a comprehensive task force to attack the...