Memphis : A Terrible Situation

This paper focuses on an in depth community assessment of the past, present, and future of Shelby, Mississippi. Shelby was once a banner cotton center of Bolivar County. Shelby residents were once referred to as some of the most hospitable and happy people in the state. Shelby, Mississippi was also considered as one of the wealthiest towns per capita of the entire Mississippi Delta. Throughout the years, Shelby has changed from being a place of prosperity to a place needing revitalization. Many businesses have opened and closed in Shelby. Community development in Shelby would allow the town to compete with other small towns in the Mississippi Delta.

Memphis, Tennessee is listed in the top five most violent cities in America. Memphis’ homicide rate is close to two hundred and we have one more month to go before the end of 2016.

Being a part of the Memphis Police Department ,we tend to handle more criminal procedures than civil procedures. We leave a lot of the civil procedures to the Shelby County Sheriff's Department such as evictions, disputes of over contracts, and so forth. However, there are several ways we use civil remedies to fight crime. This is used when a woman request a temporary restraining order (TRO). The woman is initially seeking a civil remedy known as an “injunction.”(pg42) It is sometimes called “equity” or “chancery” or a court order that makes a person take action or do not take action. Officers encourage men/women to be proactive when involved in domestic dispute, and they are unclear of the future action of the other party. As a member of

Since the 19th century, the illicit drug, heroin, has been a part of American society. When heroin was first discovered it was thought to be a wonder drug because of the euphoric feeling a person is said to feel after using it. However, once the debilitating effects of this highly addictive drug was realized the anti-drug law, the Harrison Narcotics Act, was enacted that restricted its use to medicinal purposes only. In 1920, heroin was banned altogether through the Dangerous Drug Act (Habal, 2011). Heroin for the most part was thought to have gone underground until the Vietnam War.

Famed journalist and prime minister Winston Churchill once said “To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often”, and I agree with him. I believe Memphis is one of the greatest cities in the U.S. It contains a rich history of triumph and struggle that allows it to distinguish itself from other cities. Even as great as Memphis is, it is still a work in progress. Memphis changes and changes often, but I think it still has a ways to go. Memphis has to improve its social relations problems to become more sustainable, in my opinion. Even though Memphis isn’t the perfect city, it's trying to become one.

During the early 1990’s a murder case about the gruesome deaths of three eight year old boy shocked the nation, however most people speculated about who the real murderers were. The trial dealt with horrifying deaths, biased thinking towards the accused, unethical ways of finding evidence, circumstantial evidence, and cruel punishments. With that being said, the West Memphis Three of the 1990’s were actually the victims of prejudice police officers and bias beliefs of the townspeople.

Two hours into the trip, I received a call from Dr. Neuro #1’s office saying I was booked to see a neurosurgeon in Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday. Even though it was Thursday afternoon when the receptionist asked me if I could make the appointment, I said, “Yes.” I hung up and felt panic. How was I going to get from Florida to Memphis? I was wheelchair bound and had difficulty doing anything for myself. By this point, I had to eat with plastic forks and spoons because regular silverware was simply too heavy for me to lift. I called Rose who said she would take me to Memphis once we returned home and not to worry. She said she would work it all out. Kevin and I continued our trip to Florida.

Located just south of the meeting of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers, Memphis is one of the youngest of the major cities in Tennessee, founded in 1819. It has long been a hub of commerce in transportation and shipping with it's prime location near major waterways, freight railroads, and two interstate highways. Nine Fortune 500 companies call the Birthplace of Rock and Roll home along with over one million residents and growing in the metro area. With this economic stability, many people have migrated to this culturally diverse southern town. If you're wondering what the cost of living in Memphis is as one of the nation's top ten most affordable cities, keep reading for our review.

The leader felt that since he was the leader could choose to kill one of his group members. His environment is what made him into this because he had already had evil genes and thrived on them. The leader had the responsibility to choose who he could kill. He had to kill someone because the environment he was in told him to. Grownups are what keep

With all this outside interest in developing musical tourism beyond Graceland, Sun Studios, and few small downtown museums, none considered revitalizing the abandoned lot that once house the Stax record label and studio in South Memphis. Outside of an interpretive marker placed there, the location remained forgotten and ignored, even by potential developers or the Church of God in Christ, the organization that razed the building to make way for a community center. A turn in Memphis’ commitment to preserve historic sites occurred in 1997 under the leadership of Willie W. Herenton, the first African American elected Mayor of Memphis. Miriam Decosta-Willis in Notable Black Memphians noted, “As Mayor, he focused on economic, educational, and cultural development of the city through the infusion of private investments.” On July 13, 1997, the Commercial Appeal ran an article entitled “Preserving What’s Left Struggle Continues to Save Defining Places in City’s Past” that chronicled this new era of historic and cultural preservation. Journalist Michael Lollar interviewed Ward Archer Jr, who led the failed attempt to save Stax in 1989, and archeologist Guy Weaver about the changing climate in Memphis’s commitment to historic

The 1989 movie “Glory” shows the true meaning of leadership and sacrifices that need to be made within a group of people in order to show what team work is really about. During the film many tensions were high specially because it happened during the time of The American Civil War and people of colored were being allowed to join and become soldiers. In the movie everyone had the opportunity to meet one another and sent down the rules and regulations that needed to be followed in order for everyone to succeed together. However, there are certain characters that will be closely looked at in order to understand their behavior, the type of leaders that they are, and the way they handle things in a certain way.

It was a hot August day in Nashville Tennessee. We were sitting in the bar with the people that we go on vacation with every year. The band was playing their country music and at the corner of my eye I saw an RV. This RV looked familiar from some TV show. So I asked my dad to walk out and see what it was and there it was...Duck Dynasty.

A demanding leader causes the need for unethical behavior when he influences Memphis to take on the task by threatening to kill his brother and allowing minimal time for Memphis to consider the request, resulting in descriptive decision making (Chen, personal communication, January 19, 2016). Memphis also feels affective and normative commitment to his family organization. He has an emotional attachment to his family and believes in their values. He also feels responsible for the life of crime his brother has lead, since Memphis used to steal cars and set that behavior as an example for his brother. The espoused and enacted values in the Raines’ family did not align during Kip’s childhood (Chen, personal communication, January 19, 2016). The mother espoused the value of honest and lawful work, yet Memphis stole cars without punishment. Kip observed this criminal activity as an enacted

Through our exploration and conversation of these films, it is evident that although each movie tells a different story with its own plot twists and diversities, the underlying leadership elements are quite similar. Our approach was to understand the films and how they relate to the leadership themes we discussed in class. We found one best example for each of our four themes, and further compared and contrasted the remaining three films. We discovered that in each film the characters reach a time where they are being tested, an inflection point. They are pushed to their limit in a situation in which they can either sink or swim. Each of our characters were able to swim because of the values they carried through life that enabled them to find

Kevin James at times can be quick to act with limited information. At times he can react to a given situation at a moment’s notice and not fully understand the whole situation. At times it has been brought to my attention that Kevin James “is out” to get employees and if employees say something it may be taken against them or falls on deaf ears. Boone (2012) “Kouzes and Posner discuss this concept in terms of the leader-constituent relationship: “Leadership is a relationship between those who aspire to lead and those who choose to follow. It's the quality of this relationship that matters most when we are engaged in getting extraordinary things done. A leader constituent relationship that's characterized by fear and distrust will never,