‘BLOODSHED MUST END’
Trump is sending US forces into Chicago and other cities after ‘violent’ protests and is giving MILLIONS to cops
DONALD Trump will deploy federal agents to Chicago to crack down on violent crime as part of his expanded "Operation Legend" initiative.
claimed on Wednesday that the "bloodshed" in crime-ridden cities like "left him no choice" but to deploy federal agents to help.
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"Today I'm announcing a surge of federal law enforcement to communities plagued by violent crime," Trump told reporters at
"We'll work every single day to restore public safety and protect our nation's children and bring violent perpetrators to justice."
"This bloodshed must end, this bloodshed will end," Trump added.
The president also said that he'll soon send federal law enforcement to other cities that are "too proud" or "too political" to ask for the help they want.
The recent movement to defund local forces has led to a "shocking explosion of shootings, killings murders, and heinous of violence", Trump said.
The president's comments came as:
- At least 14 people
- Democratic Senator Bobby Rush claimed Trump wants to be
- Trump said he could send into violent cities
- An in was cleared out overnight
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He railed against the "extreme politicians" who have "relentlessly vilified" cops and who supported the Defund Police movement, which he described as an "anti-police crusade."
, Trump warned he could send "big numbers" of federal agents into violent cities and suggested that Democrat mayors will "want us to go in full blast."
Responding to questions about the state of Chicago, Trump said the city "is a disaster."
"The mayor is telling us not to come in, at some point we can void that if we have to. We may have to at some point.
"I assume she's saying that for political reasons. She's a , I'm gonna be nice. She's making a big mistake, we can solve the problem."
The president continued to say that the government has the resources to help the city, but they are "waiting for the Mayor respectfully."
He said: "Chicago should be calling us and and .
"When you're losing many many people a weekend they should call us and say come on it.
"At some point we may have no other choice but to go in."
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Operation Legend involves sending federal law enforcement agents to help local police combat what the Department of Justice has described as a "surge" of violent crime.
Albequerque, and Kansas City, will also be part of the initial rollout of the program's expansion, US Attorney General William Barr said on Wednesday.
The program's expansion is not related to the paramilitary-style response of Homeland Security agents to control civil unrest in Oregon, Barr added.
The "Operation Legend" program involves officials from the , Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), and investigators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
The president has enforced a "law and order" policing approach in response to national protests spurred by the death of in .
He has repeatedly threatened to like Portland, which has seen 55 days of nightly protests and sometimes violent clashes between police and protesters.
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"They are like war zones,” Trump said.
“And if the cities are not going to straighten out, or local politicians … they’re all Democrats.”
"It’s not a very tough job to do, if they knew what they were doing," he added
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