Sending unwanted Federal agents to Chicago and Albuquerque

[struggle4progress]

Salvador Hernandez
Brianna Sacks
Last updated on July 22, 2020, at 8:19 p.m. ET
Posted on July 22, 2020, at 4:57 p.m. ET

... "The president has been on a campaign now for some time against Democratic mayors across the country," <Chicago Mayor Lori> Lightfoot said at a news conference. "The president is trying to divert attention from his failed leadership on COVID-19" ...

"We always welcome partnerships in constitutional crime fighting that are in step with our community, but we won't sell out our city for a bait and switch excuse to send secret police to Albuquerque," Mayor Tim Keller said in a statement. "Operation Legend is not real crime fighting; it's politics standing in the way of police work and makes us less safe" ...

"Contrary to claims by politicians in Washington D.C., Albuquerque has been keeping overall violent crime flat and has reduced homicides so far this year," Chief Michael Geier said. "While we welcome any assistance and additional resources to address violent crime, the President promised help in the past and has not yet followed through" ...

... mayors from other cities where Trump has threatened to deploy federal forces .. have also reached out .. arguing that the deployment of federal officers in US cities is "unacceptable and chilling" ...

https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/salvadorhernandez/trump-sending-federal-officers-to-chicago-albuquerque

[padah513]

1. It's all about the visuals

White soccer moms in yellow tee-shirts and white dads with leaf blowers getting gassed in Portland doesn't play well as African Americans in Chicago getting gassed or Mexicans in Albuquerque getting gassed. Edit: I don't know the demographics of Alburquerque, just trying to think as the boob thinks.

[ALBliberal]

2. I live in Albuquerque we are very culturally

diverse: White Native American AA and a very large Hispanic population.

I believe our protests have been largely peaceful with majority wearing masks. There has been one shooting when a statue was being removed and the shooter was a local militia guy whose father used to be sheriff.

It seems our governor (Dem Lujan-Grisham) has given a preliminary ok to the feds to send in federal help with a caution to not interfere with state and local police forces. This surprised me since there really doesn’t seem to be a problem with uptick of violent crime. I wonder if she is doing this in order to tamp down on protests because COVID-19 is spiking. We shall see.