Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson (D) said on Monday that President Trump would send the National Guard to his city and “only to destabilize it”.
“Since my first day, public safety has been my top priority. We have made historical progress in only two years, homogeneous of more than 30% and to reduce firing by about 40% in the previous year,” Johnson said, “Johnson said. said in Monday’s statement.
“Last week, we learned that President Trump has cut funding in funding for the prevention of violence in cities like Chicago. The cuts are at the top of the Trump administration, which are destroying the office of gun violence and abolishing more than $ 800 million for anti -violence programs across the country,” he said.
Johnson said that in the case Trump “wants to help make Chicago safe, he can start by releasing funds for anti-crime programs that are important for our work to reduce crime and violence.”
“Sending to the National Guard will only work to destabilize our city and weaken our public safety efforts,” he said.
Johnson’s comments come after Trump on Monday Single out chicago Announcing that he was taking control of the police district of Columbia and deploying the National Guard. The President also threatened to send the guard to Windy City and announced that he would not abolish any cash bail despite being a state law.
Trump depicted the steps, which would include around 800 National Guard Soldiers as a response to high crime rates in the country’s capital. However, police figures show that the crime rate in the district has fallen rapidly in the last two years.
The President said, “Our capital city has overtaken violent gangs and blood criminals, crowds of wild youth, drug-out frenzy and a crowd of homeless people, and we will not let it happen anymore. We are not going to pick it up,” the President said.
chairman Is taking it on Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) through Section 740 district of Columbia Home Rules Act. The Congress passed the Act to give DC control over its local matters in the 1970s.
Trump’s action in the country’s capital follows the deployment of National Guard and Marine Corps soldiers in Los Angeles a few months ago. The President’s law enforcement moves in both cities have drawn intense reactions from Democrats, as well as residents of cities.
chairman There is also a history Confrontation with Chicago leaders, in 2018, blamed him as to what he called an incredible increase in gun violence in the city.
The hill has reached the White House for comment.
