President Donald Trump is serving notice he’s ready to “send in the Feds” if Chicago can’t reduce its homicide figures.
Trump tweeted Tuesday night: “If Chicago doesn’t fix the horrible ‘carnage’ going on, 228 shootings in 2017 with 42 killings (up 24% from 2016), I will send in the Feds!”
Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson responded late Tuesday, saying: “The Chicago Police Department is more than willing to work with the federal government to build on our partnerships with DOJ (Department of Justice), FBI, DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) and ATF (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) and boost federal prosecution rates for gun crimes in Chicago.”
Mayor Rahm Emanuel criticized Trump on Monday for worrying about the size of the crowd at his inauguration. Emanuel, a longtime political ally of former President Barack Obama, also acknowledged his own frustration with Chicago’s crime rate.
Trump isn’t offering specifics about how the federal government could help. The White House website says: “Our country needs more law enforcement, more community engagement and more effective policing.”
(AP)
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unfortunately the great donald trump as much as we love him is not king of the land and he can’t just “send in the feds”. doesnt quite work that way
Historically, feds have broken up organized crime in places where locals failed.
Also, feds often impose more severe penalties.
Let him rant….there is no legal basis for the Feds to preempt enforcement of state law, short of invoking martial law. Alternatively, let him make violent crimes a federal crime and pay the roughly $685 billion costs of law enforcement at the state and local level.