I stopped at a TN rest stop a couple days ago, and asked the information person why the flags were at half-staff.
“A police officer was killed in the line of duty in Memphis.”
“Memphis. Of course.”
Memphis isn’t really embraced as a city in Tennessee. It’s a third world hell hole run by criminals. It’s a blight on the state. Kinda like Baltimore is to Maryland, Philadelphia is to Pennsylvania, and Chicago is to Illinois. Only ten times worse.