President Trump announced intentions to mobilize the National Guard and federalize police in Washington, D.C., suggesting action in other liberal cities like Chicago and Los Angeles. Local mayors, all Black Democrats, countered Trump’s claims by highlighting historical drops in violent crime in their jurisdictions. Baltimore Mayor Scott criticized Trump for his comments, while Oakland's Lee and New York City's Adams declared their refusal to permit federal control. Chicago Mayor Johnson emphasized Trump’s lack of legal authority to federalize local law enforcement, and legal experts concurred that Trump's actions are unlikely to spread elsewhere.
You look at Chicago, how bad it is. You look at Los Angeles, how bad it is. We have other cities that are very bad. New York has a problem.
The president could learn from us instead of throwing things at us. Each and every one of the cities called out by the president has a Black mayor, and most of those cities are seeing historic lows in violent crime.
We're not going to allow a military occupation of the city. This is part of [Trump's] effort to dismantle democracy, to militarize cities where people live.
He is provoking on sending federal troops, the National Guard, into cities to plunder them, though those entities do not have policing power.
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