Chicago braces for Trump’s National Guard plan

In the south side of Chicago, few President Donald Trump seemed to be secured.

But many here will tell about another battle – one for the young shower.

We drove through the quarters known for their focus. In one, Bronzeville, we went to the place where seven people were shot dead and wounded last weekend.

It was a block from the Chicago headquarters. The victims were among the 58 people who shot dead eight in the city over the weekend.

Rob White, a coach of young people trying to turn the slide in the gang, said to us, “You can imagine how residents with this (things) that occur under the nose,” referring to the attack that took place close to the giant, fortified police building.

On Friday, Trump said he had decided on another city in the US, where the National Guard’s troops plans to deploy the troops that he would seek to help fight crimes – without revealing the location.

But Mr. White’s colleague, Kana Ali, opposed Trump’s statement.

“The result (the fall of the crime) is already happening,” said Mr. Ali. “The troops are already here. We are troops.”

The number of crimes on the day of labor were given Trump earlier this week as part of his threat to Chicago militarization. He told reporters that the National Guard would “go” to fight what he called the crime “of control.”

Then there were similar steps recently in the Los -Enges and Washington. In Chicago, the Democrat city and the state authorities promised to resist the deployment than Governor Illinois Jb Pritzker He called the “casual” president.

In the last two years, a violent crime in Chicago has actually declined significantly.

Between January and June, the killings decreased by the third year compared to the same period last year, the Criminal Justice Council reports.

But the overall level in Chicago remains much higher than the average for many US cities.

The chief Larry Sneling, who heads the force in the Chicago police department, told us that last year the murder had fallen by 125 and the victims of the shooting decreased by more than 700.

“The National Guard does not have the powers of the police. They have no arrest powers,” he said.

“It would be a serious coordination between the police department and the National Guard … If I had more officers, (I b) wanted to help, 100 percent,” Mr. Sneling added.

In the improvised class, Mr. White’s coach launched an unusual showdown. There were a dozen young people at the table, all the participants of Chicago credit, a non -profit organization to reduce weapons violence.

Mr -n White asked for the show’s hands: “How much were you in joint mode or were you in the county?” A few hands rose.

“Hold your raised hand when you are shot.” More hands.

Subsequently, we discussed the President’s proposal to deploy troops.

“If the police come, it will not be an answer to this problem, right?” said Mr. White.

But the lines became bright when we moved to another neighborhood, Canariwill.

Hanging pickets separating lawns, stars and stripes, mixed with flags for Pro-Police Blue Lives Matter.

Here, Trump’s threat to Militia, the third American city resonated.

“I can’t wait for them to come here,” said 68 -year -old Tom stack, shouting across us across the road.

“You have to get rid of criminals. Mad in this city, too many crimes, it’s common sense,” he said.

According to Mr. White, the problem was partly a reduction in the financing, which the Trump administration has made the crime prevention programs in Chicago and other places.

Now this is a sharp complaint of the Democrats that managing the city, stating that financing programs aimed at trading with states with laws of more free weapons than Illinois was crucial for the lifting of a severe crime.

Earlier, Trump defended federal financing for similar crime prevention projects, accusing the cities under the leadership of the Democrats of “radical left” or “welded” criminal justice policy.