MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Nine arrests were made and two firearms were taken off the streets of Memphis, Attorney General Pamela Bondi announced in a social media post Monday morning.

This comes after Governor Bill Lee announced that a task force comprising 13 agencies, including the National Guard and 300 additional troopers, would be deployed to Memphis this week.

Gov. Lee says the Tennessee National Guard will serve a critical support role to local law enforcement as a “force multiplier” alongside the Memphis Police Department and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office. He says this is a long-term strategy and will occur in phases over the next weeks and months.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris told WREG on Monday that Governor Bill Lee is going against the Constitution by deploying the National G

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