Post by the Scribe on Aug 31, 2020 7:01:37 GMT
There’s violence and danger in the streets of many Democrat-run cities throughout America. This problem could easily be fixed if they wanted to. Just call, we’re ready to go in. We’ll take care of your problem in a matter of hours. Just call. We have to wait for the call. It’s too bad we have to, but we have to wait for the call.
This is another instance of Trump leaning heavily into his law-and-order messaging. Overall, crime rates nationwide are either at or near historic lows and have been at those low levels dating back to the Obama administration. There has been a recent spike in violent crime in some major cities, such as Kansas City and Chicago. This summer the administration sent federal law enforcement to those cities and several others as part of a Justice Department initiative dubbed Operation Legend to try to help local authorities fight crime.
www.npr.org/2020/07/27/895734506/surge-of-federal-agents-in-kansas-city-sparks-controversy-leaves-divide-in-commu
www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/22/894345705/trump-expands-deployment-of-fed-agents-to-end-explosion-of-shootings
Ryan Lucas
NPR Justice Correspondent
This is another instance of Trump leaning heavily into his law-and-order messaging. Overall, crime rates nationwide are either at or near historic lows and have been at those low levels dating back to the Obama administration. There has been a recent spike in violent crime in some major cities, such as Kansas City and Chicago. This summer the administration sent federal law enforcement to those cities and several others as part of a Justice Department initiative dubbed Operation Legend to try to help local authorities fight crime.
www.npr.org/2020/07/27/895734506/surge-of-federal-agents-in-kansas-city-sparks-controversy-leaves-divide-in-commu
www.npr.org/sections/live-updates-protests-for-racial-justice/2020/07/22/894345705/trump-expands-deployment-of-fed-agents-to-end-explosion-of-shootings
Ryan Lucas
NPR Justice Correspondent