People in Chicago continue to brace for the potential deployment of the National Guard on city streets, after President Trump on Tuesday repeated his threat to send in troops to fight crime, even as data shows crime is already trending down in the city over the past year.
The president said on Tuesday he still plans to send National Guard troops to Chicago, after the city saw at least 8 people killed and 51 others wounded over the Labor Day weekend.
"Well, we're going in. I didn't say when. We're going in," Trump said. "Look, I have an obligation. This isn't a political thing. I have an obligation."
The president's comments came after a federal judge in California ruled that the Trump administration violated federal law earlier this year when it deployed federal troops in Los Angeles earlier this summer in response to protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The president said the judge who issued that ruling was a "radical left judge," and noted the ruling does not require him to withdraw 300 troops who remain in place in Los Angeles, although he did not mention that the ruling expressly prohibits them from performing any law enforcement functions – including making arrests; performing seizures; or providing traffic, crowd, or riot control.
Earlier Tuesday, some military veterans in Chicago spoke out against President Trump's threats while some Republican state lawmakers from outside the city backed the president.
A military veterans' group rallied at Federal Plaza in the Loop on Tuesday morning, urging current National Guard members to refuse participation in what they call an illegal deployment, but a group of conservative Illinois lawmakers – most of them from downstate – said they want troops on Chicago's streets.
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The president said on Tuesday he still plans to send National Guard troops to Chicago, after the city saw at least 8 people killed and 51 others wounded over the Labor Day weekend.
"Well, we're going in. I didn't say when. We're going in," Trump said. "Look, I have an obligation. This isn't a political thing. I have an obligation."
The president's comments came after a federal judge in California ruled that the Trump administration violated federal law earlier this year when it deployed federal troops in Los Angeles earlier this summer in response to protests against U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
The president said the judge who issued that ruling was a "radical left judge," and noted the ruling does not require him to withdraw 300 troops who remain in place in Los Angeles, although he did not mention that the ruling expressly prohibits them from performing any law enforcement functions – including making arrests; performing seizures; or providing traffic, crowd, or riot control.
Earlier Tuesday, some military veterans in Chicago spoke out against President Trump's threats while some Republican state lawmakers from outside the city backed the president.
A military veterans' group rallied at Federal Plaza in the Loop on Tuesday morning, urging current National Guard members to refuse participation in what they call an illegal deployment, but a group of conservative Illinois lawmakers – most of them from downstate – said they want troops on Chicago's streets.
As Trump again threatens to send National Guard troops to Chicago, data shows crime was already dropping
People in Chicago continue to brace for the potential deployment of the National Guard on city streets, after President Trump on Tuesday repeated his threat to send in troops to fight crime.
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