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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump announced Friday that National Guard troops volition beryllium deployed to Memphis, referring to the Tennessee metropolis arsenic “deeply troubled.”
Memphis had the highest complaint of execution and different convulsive crimes successful the state successful 2024, according to a USA Today investigation of FBI transgression data. Memphis constabulary reported a 25-year debased successful crimes similar larceny, robbery and burglary, arsenic good arsenic a six-year debased successful murders.
Local constabulary besides said the complaint of aggravated assaults had reached a five-year low, portion intersexual assaults were the lowest they had been successful 20 years.
Despite those reported reductions, Trump reiterated his concerns regarding transgression rates successful the metropolis and said helium would besides nonstop successful militarized troops if necessary.
“We’re going to hole that, conscionable similar we did Washington,” Trump told Fox News.
Trump said successful the interrogation that some Tennessee Republican Gov. Bill Lee and Memphis Mayor Paul Young, a Democrat, were “happy” with the decision. NewsNation has reached retired to some officials for comment.
“I’m conscionable announcing that now, and we’ll straighten that out, National Guard and anybody other we need,” Trump said successful the interview. “And by the way, we’ll bring successful the subject excessively if we request it, but National Guard, but Memphis is, look, it’s a great, euphony city.”
Prior to Friday’s announcement, Trump said Chicago and New Orleans were imaginable destinations aft the president deployed the National Guard successful a akin effort successful Washington, D.C. He has said transgression has dropped importantly successful the territory since troops person been connected the streets.
Trump had antecedently zeroed successful connected Chicago arsenic the National Guard’s adjacent destination.
Trump would "prefer" to nonstop troops to Chicago, but cites "hostile" setting
On Friday, helium said helium would “prefer” to spell to Chicago, wherever Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, some Democrats, person stated troops are not welcome.
Both elected officials person said that alternatively than focusing connected Democrat-led cities, Trump should nonstop National Guard troops to cities with higher transgression rates than Chicago. Trump said that if helium were asked by officials, helium would nonstop troops to Chicago, wherever "Operation Midway Blitz."
White House borderline czar Tom Homan has said the National Guard is inactive connected the array for Chicago, but Trump said helium doesn't privation to nonstop guardsmen into a "hostile" area, the Associated Press reported.
Also connected Friday, Trump announced St. Louis arsenic a imaginable aboriginal people for his crackdown connected transgression and suggested that, successful time, aggregate cities could person National Guard troops successful place.
