Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot (D) doubled down on Sunday her call for the Trump administration not to send federal troops to her city.
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“I said it before and I will say it again, without troops, without agents that come outside our knowledge, notification and control that violate the constitutional rights of the people. That’s the framework, “Lightfoot said Sunday about CNN’s” State of the Union. “
“We cannot allow anyone to come to Chicago, play the police in our streets and neighborhoods when they don’t know the first thing about our city. That is a recipe for disaster, “he added. “That’s what you see in Portland every night, we don’t need that here. That is not an added value, it does not help improve our public safety. ”
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot reacts to a greater federal presence in her city: “We cannot allow anyone to come to Chicago, play the police on our streets, in our neighborhoods when they don’t know the first thing about our city. That’s a recipe for disaster. “#CNNSOTU pic.twitter.com/eZO3Zng6vV
– State of the Union (@CNNSotu) July 26, 2020
Democrats and local Portland officials have rejected the presence of federal officials in that city, alleging that it is not helping to limit violence in the city.
When asked about protests outside his home for accepting federal aid, Lightfoot clarified that he is not allowing the Trump administration to send federal troops without coordination with local officials.
Let me be clear, this is not about working with the Trump administration. For decades in major cities across the country, the FBI, DEA, and AFT, those officers have been in our districts and work and work in concert with local law enforcement to help support a number of efforts, among which is the violence in our cities, ”said Lightfoot.
She said an opportunity presented itself under the administration of the United States Attorney in Chicago.
“I stress that because, unlike what we saw in Portland, where the administration parachuted over these additional federal agents without consulting anyone locally and ignoring the local US attorney, a very different circumstance here in Chicago “, said.
Trump said Wednesday that his administration is sending federal law enforcement officers to Chicago and Albuquerque, despite backlash over the use of the administration’s deferral force in Portland.
Lightfoot has urged Trump to pass gun reform measures, including a universal background check bill, which he said would help the city curb violence.
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