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Mayor Strickland hopes city will fund program that can help fight growing crime rate Mayor Jim Strickland proposing new crime intervention program By Briseida Holguin | April 7, 2021 at 5:44 PM CDT - Updated April 7 at 5:45 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - As crime numbers continue to climb Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland hopes he can get the funding for a new program he feels will really make a change. As of Wednesday, there have been 76 homicides and 63 murders in the City of Memphis in 2021, six of which involve minors. At this rate anti-violence advocates and local leaders worry about having another violent year. “Things need to happen and a lot of people and organizations have to change. Let’s use that example of the 4-year-old this weekend,” said Strickland.

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