Amid the lockdown days and barren streets of the pandemic, violent youth crime fell considerably in Shelby County. From 2019 to 2020, burglaries, robberies and assaults, in particular, were down.  Yet in the years since, the youth crime rate returned to its pre-pandemic level, a predictable bounce back as people returned to life after lockdown.  … Continue reading Tennessee lawmakers using old scapegoat for youth crime