Memphis Businesses Refuse to Serve Law Enforcement

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From the Principal Toyota Studios, it's Morning in Memphis with Todd Starnes.

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And good morning, Memphis. Hello, everybody, I'm Todd Starnes, along with Helen Hazard. Great to have you guys with us today. As we get back to it in the mornings here on The Mighty Dye 90 Look, we heard, we heard from you guys. And David Wymer, we have to give credit where credit is due. And David Wymer over at Wymer's Jewelers, he was like, Starnes, my mornings are not the same. So we've got to make sure that you are back on the air. So David, this is for you. And we want to say hello to all of our great friends across the Mid-South. Those of you watching us on our social media platforms, welcome as well. It is going to be a hot one today. And KWAM's Chief Meteorologist, Laura Huckabee, is going to be along in just a little while with that complete forecast. Let me just say 78 degrees right now. It is already humid outside. And every single day this week, we are stepping up one degree to 100 But it doesn't matter because today is 901 day in the Mid-South. A lot of celebrations going on. And we're going to get to a lot of those celebrations and share with you some of the ways that you can celebrate the good side of what's happening here in the Mid-South. We have some great guests coming up this morning, including Harold Grater from AutoZone Liberty Bowl. Harold was part of the delegation that went down to watch the Memphis Tigers win that extraordinary game in Vegas. So looking forward to talking to Harold also.
We've got a big game coming up Saturday, and this is the very first game in the newly renovated Liberty Bowl. So we're going to get some insight in from Harold. Also, this is a great story. Jordan Mitchell Beatty, who runs a landscaping and lawn care service, they're doing some good deeds across the Mid-South and getting a lot of attention on social media. So we're going to be talking to Jordan as well. And Steve Gill is here also. Steve Publisher of TriStar Daily, which covers Tennessee politics. And of course, we are right smack in the middle of, well, Tennessee politics. The starting point today, though, involves a story that impacts a lot of you. Many of you who go shopping, many of you who use local businesses and services. Well, a group of 50 businesses announced had a big press conference and announced, they will not be serving any member of law enforcement or the Memphis Safe Task Force. Now, this is all organized by Free the 901, which is a far left anti-cop pro-criminal group. And they held a big press conference. And 50 of these businesses say, if you're in law enforcement and you come in and you want flowers, well, we're not going to serve you flowers. We're not going to sell you a flower. If you come in and you want a pizza, we're not going to serve you a pizza. So this rule impacts law enforcement as well as the Memphis Safe Task Force. And they're making a lot of headlines. One of the, and by the way, we're posting a list of all 50 businesses on kwaymradio.com. Now, here's the thing. One of the business owners, she's the owner of a flower shop in Cooper Young, which by the way has experienced a massive uptick in crime. She says that what we need in Memphis is more social services and we need less police officers on the street.
So, first of all, we're not publishing, we're not like doxxing these people. They've already put all their information out there. But it seems to be an enterprising criminal would just go to the website, scroll down, and they would see all of the places where cops will not be. And it seems to me all of these businesses just became, I don't know, giant targets.
That's what it certainly looks like for me. What say you, ladies and gentlemen?
901-260-5926 is our telephone number this morning. That's 901-260-5926.
Also following the crazy story out of El Corralon, I don't know, I can barely get through the menu at Taco Bell. Anyway, some Mexican bar.
The feds raided this bar, and now the left is going nuts. We understand they have either, and we're still waiting on the official press release, so these numbers may change, but as many as 200 people may have been detained. It was part of some sort of a gambling operation, a lot of illegal stuff going on at this bar, and all of these people were detained. Now Fox, you know, first of all, I want to play this, cut 17, please.