Sending in the National Guard Won’t Make Our Cities Safer
The federal government has a role to play in public safety, but a military takeover isn’t it.
When President Trump began his federal takeover of Washington, DC, in August, uncertainty loomed over the city. Now, six weeks later, as the National Guard prepares for deployment to Memphis at Trump’s direction in the ostensible name of “public safety and order,” the picture is much clearer. As in the nation’s capital, Memphians will face a milit
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