Trump suggests more US cities need National Guard but crime stats tell a different story
ED WHITE and CHRISTOPHER L. KELLER
Associated Press
President Donald Trump has threatened to dispatch the National Guard to Chicago and other big cities. But data shows most U.S. violent crime has been in a steady decline in recent years (AP video: Mike Householder)
President Donald Trump has threatened to deploy the National Guard to Chicago, New York, Seattle, Baltimore, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon, to fight what he says is runaway crime. Yet data shows most violent crime in those places and around the country has declined in recent years.
National Guard troops patrol the grounds of the Washington Monument on Aug. 28 with the Capitol seen in the distance as part of President Donald Trump's order to impose federal law enforcement in the nation's capital.
JILL COLVIN and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX
Associated Press
White reported from Detroit and Keller reported from Albuquerque, New Mexico. AP video journalist Erik Verduzco in Charlotte, North Carolina, contributed to this report.
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National Guard troops patrol the grounds of the Washington Monument on Aug. 28 with the Capitol seen in the distance as part of President Donald Trump's order to impose federal law enforcement in the nation's capital.
