Trump says he’ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns

NEW YORK AP President Donald Trump explained Friday he ll send the National Guard to Memphis to address crime concerns there with the help of the mayor and the governor Trump a Republican revealed on Fox News Channel the mayor is happy and the governor is happy about the pending deployment The mayor is a Democrat and the governor is a Republican He mentioned the city is deeply troubled and we re going to fix that just like we did Washington where he s sent National Guard and surged federal law enforcement Since sending the National Guard to Los Angeles and Washington Trump has openly mused about sending troops to chosen of the nation s the majority Democratic cities including Chicago and Baltimore claiming they are needed to crack down on crime Trump revealed he would have preferred going to Chicago where local politicians have fiercely resisted his plans but he suggested it was a hostile place with professional agitators Trump first deployed troops to Los Angeles in early June over Democratic Gov Gavin Newsom s objections by putting the California National Guard under federal jurisdiction known as Title to protect federal property from protests over immigration raids Besides guard members Trump later sent current duty Marines and California sued over the intervention The guard went on to help protect officers during immigration arrests Meanwhile the unique status of the District of Columbia National Guard Trump is its commander in chief means he has been able to use it for everything from armed patrols to trash cleanup without any legal issues Because it is on state and not federal orders legal restrictions on law enforcement don t come into effect Source