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A debate over how best to tamp down violent crime
Christa Case Bryant
Editor
Welcome to the week. In the U.S., we鈥檙e watching the growing standoff between President Donald Trump and Democratic officials over his call for law and order in American cities. In one of the sharper critiques, Illinois Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker Mr. Trump鈥檚 plans to bring the National Guard to Chicago 鈥渁 trial run for a police state.鈥�
Mr. Trump recently called violent crime in Washington, D.C., a 鈥渘ational disgrace鈥� and deployed National Guard troops to address it. On Friday, our Scott Baldauf wrote about how that鈥檚 playing on one of D.C.鈥檚 toughest neighborhoods. Scott 鈥� a veteran foreign correspondent who, after many years living abroad, has just rejoined the Monitor staff to cover America 鈥� noted that Anacostia鈥檚 murder rate ranks higher than that of Ciudad Ju谩rez, Mexico, a drug cartel hotspot. But the people he talked to said that consistent local policing rather than federal troops is what鈥檚 needed.
That debate is likely to heat up this week.
