Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) slammed President Trump to send the National Guard to Chicago after his DC crime, calling the President a plan to target the city “aggressive”.
“Certainly, we have serious concerns about the impact of any illegal deployment of National Guard soldiers in the city of Chicago. The problem with the President’s approach is that it is unnatural, and unheard,” Johnson wrote on Friday a Friday statement,
Trump told reporters at the Oval Office on Friday that he would send the National Guard Other Democrat-Run CityIncluding Chicago.
“Chicago has a mess. You have an incompetent mayor. Grossed is disabled and we will straighten it.
According to the crime rate in Chicago has decreased City website,
Johnson told Nexstar affiliated WGN, “As the mayor of this city, and as Mayor in this country, we really know what to do to reduce violence and crime in our cities, because we are really doing so.”
“It is really a shame, quite clearly, and aggressive that it speaks in the name of the President’s law and order, the contrary,” he continued.
The Mayor mentioned in its statement that the illegal deployment of National Guard soldiers in Chicago would be threatened to reduce the historical progress made by us. In the last one year, we alone have reduced more than 30%, the robbery 35%, and about 40%of the firing. ”
Last week, TrumpFederalDC Metropolitan Police Department deployed 800 DC National Guardmen under the Home Rule Act and to fight crime. On Tuesday, heDoubleThe number of National Guard soldiers who are patrolling in the city is bringing about 1,750 military personnel in total.
According to the White House, till Tuesday, 556 arrests were made in the country’s capital since 7 August. DC officerIn particular, Mayor Murial Boussar (D) said that the administration’s crack on the city is about increasing immigration and power.
Democrats across the country have Criticized Trump’s crime policies.
“We know that our communities are the safest when we fully invest in housing, community security and education,” Johnson’s statement said. “There are many things that the federal government can help us reduce crime and violence in Chicago, but sending to the army is not one of them.”
