АНУ-ын Ерөнхийлөгч Дональд Трампын байгуулсан “Memphis Safe Task Force” бүлгийн цэргийн алба хаагчдыг ресторандаа оруулахаас татгалзсан нь тус хотод нийгмийн дэг журам сахиулах ажиллагааны эргэн тойрон дахь маргааныг хурцатгав.
Мемфис хотын “Tamboli’s Pasta & Pizza” рестораны эзэн Майлс Тамболи тусгай хүчнийхэн хотын аюулгүй байдлыг хангахын оронд нөхцөл байдлыг улам хүндрүүлж байна гэж мэдэгджээ. Тэрээр цэргийн алба хаагчдыг гудамжинд цагдаагийн үүрэг гүйцэтгүүлэхийг эсэргүүцэж байгаагаа илэрхийлээд, энэ шийдвэрээ бүрэн дэмжиж буйгаа хэвлэлд өгсөн ярилцлагадаа дурдсан байна. Тамболигийн үзэж буйгаар, байлдааны бэлтгэлтэй цэргүүдийг цагдаагийн ажилд татан оролцуулах нь иргэдийн аюулгүй байдалд сөрөг нөлөөтэй бөгөөд сургалтгүй ажил гүйцэтгүүлэх нь цэргүүдийн хувьд ч эрсдэлтэй юм.
2025 оны есдүгээр сард байгуулагдсан “Memphis Safe Task Force” нь АНУ-ын Холбооны маршал болон Теннесси мужийн Үндэсний гвардийн нийт 1800 орчим алба хаагчаас бүрддэг. Тус нэгж нь гэмт хэрэгтэй тэмцэх зорилготой боловч сүүлийн саруудад гарсан хэд хэдэн буудалцааны улмаас олон нийтийн шүүмжлэлд өртөөд байна. Тухайлбал, энэ оны тавдугаар сард нэгэн холбооны агент сэтгэцийн эрүүл мэндийн асуудалтай иргэнийг буудаж хөнөөсөн бол, энэ сард Үндэсний гвардийн цэргүүд сэжигтэн этгээдийг хөөх явцдаа аминд нь хүрсэн хэрэг гарчээ.
Ресторан эзэмшигчийн зүгээс тусгай хүчнийхэн гэмт хэрэгтэй тэмцэхээс илүүтэйгээр замын хөдөлгөөний дүрэм зөрчсөн зэрэг жижиг зөрчлүүд дээр суурилсан шалгалтыг ихээр явуулж байгаа нь иргэдийн дунд айдас төрүүлж, сургуулийн насны хүүхдүүдийн хичээлдээ ирэх ирцэд хүртэл нөлөөлж байна гэж шүүмжилсэн байна. Одоогоор “Tamboli’s Pasta & Pizza” ресторан энэхүү байр сууриа илэрхийлснийхээ төлөө олон нийтийн зүгээс дарамт шахалт, хуурамч захиалга зэрэг сөрөг хариу үйлдлүүдтэй тулгарч байгаа аж.
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A Memphis restaurant owner said he “completely” stands behind his decision to refuse service to four uniformed members of the Memphis Safe Task Force, saying the federal task force has made the city “harder to live in” and “less safe.”
Miles Tamboli, the owner of Tamboli’s Pasta & Pizza, has faced scrutiny from some in the community after denying service to National Guard members, who are part of the task force established by President Donald Trump last year.
Although his restaurants have received “harassing calls” and “fake reservations” as a result, he says he does not regret turning them away because he’s committed “to stand against the military policing our streets.”
“On Saturday night we declined to serve four uniformed members of the Memphis Safe Task Force, and I stand behind that decision completely,” Tamboli said in a statement, obtained by Fox 8.
“I love this country and I love this city, and that is exactly why I made this call. I want Memphis to be safe…. What the Task Force has actually done is make this city harder to live in,” Tamboli said.
The restaurateur added: “Its own records show that the overwhelming majority of its arrests began with routine traffic stops, not violent crime. Families in this city are now afraid to drive to work, afraid to take their kids to school, afraid to be seen. Our own schools reported that fear drove children to stop showing up to class.”
Tamboli’s protest to the task force comes after months of violent incidents involving members of the Memphis Safe Task Force.
In May, one federal agent on the task force shot and killed 25-year-old Jonah Neal during a mental health crisis, NPR reported. The same month, another member of the task force killed 41-year-old Darrin Pigram while serving an arrest warrant at a Burger King.
Earlier this month, National Guard soldiers fatally shot 20-year-old Tyrin Johnson as he was being pursued on foot. Another man, 47-year-old Alfonso Ivy, was also fatally shot this month after members of the task force were serving an arrest warrant.
Referencing the recent shooting of Johnson, Tamboli said: “None of that makes us safer. It makes us less safe, and it does the most damage to the people who were already struggling.”
In September 2025, Trump established the Memphis Safe Task Force as a joint state and federal operation to crack down on crime in the city.
The task force is comprised of roughly 350 federal agents and 1,450 members of the Tennessee National Guard, according to the U.S. Marshals Service, NPR reported.
Memphis has experienced one of the highest crime rates per capita over the last few years. Though its crime rate dropped between 2024 and 2025 – with a large decrease in burglaries, murders, aggravated assaults, robberies and larcenies.
Tamboli said he and “dozens” of other businesses had made a “public commitment to stand against the military policing our streets” and that he would continue to make that same decision.
“Being pro-safety means telling the truth about what actually protects a community, and it is not soldiers trained for combat doing the work of police officers. That mismatch is dangerous for the people of Memphis and dangerous for the troops themselves, who were sent here to do a job they were never trained for,” Tamboli said.
“The founders wrote their objection to standing armies among the people into the Declaration of Independence itself, because they understood that a free country does not let the military police its own citizens. That principle is older than any political party, and I am not willing to abandon it because it became inconvenient.”
