President Trump to send 'surge' of hundreds of federal agents to Democratic-run U.S. cities
The president, who accuses Democrats of being weak on crime, said:"In recent weeks there has been a radical movement to defend, dismantle and dissolve our police departments."He blamed this for"a shocking explosion of shootings, killings, murders and heinous crimes of violence". He added:"This bloodshed will end."US Attorney General William Barr, who was with Mr Trump, said they had sent about 200 federal agents to Kansas City, Missouri.
Oregon Governor Kate Brown has called it"a blatant abuse of power," and Mayor Ted Wheeler"an attack on our democracy." In the latest incident in Chicago, at least 14 people were shot outside a funeral home in a suspected gang-related attack.The city has seen 34% more homicides than last year, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
, President Trump blamed the violence in those Democrat-controlled cities to the fact that they are"all run, really, by the radical left".Many people in Kansas City say the president's plan is not what this place needs. Kansas City leans Democratic, and many are opposed to the president's policies and object to his aggressive law-and-order mandate.
New York City police have blamed the spike there on a bail reform law that requires judges to release defendants awaiting trial on serious crimes.
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