Tennessee State Rep. Antonio Parkinson threatened that Memphis should secede from Tennessee after Republicans redrew legislative maps, prompting many Tennesseans to consider it a good idea. The video breaks down Memphis’s disproportionate crime rates, including 43% of the state’s murders despite being only 8.4% of the population, along with high poverty, violent crime, and welfare dependency. It examines how Tennessee’s statewide statistics for homicide, poverty, welfare, and public safety would improve without Memphis and asks if both sides would be better off separating.