Trump Sending National Guard to Memphis
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Trump did not say on Friday what law he would invoke to send troops to Memphis. A federal judge ruled earlier in September that the National Guard’s deployment in Los Angeles this summer violated federal law due to the troops’ use in civil law enforcement functions.
President Trump said he planned to send National Guard troops to Memphis, Tenn., as part of a crackdown on crime across the country, following his administration’s intervention in Washington, D.C.In an interview with Fox News on Friday,
Memphis becomes focus of Trump's nationwide crime initiative as Senator Hagerty details federal-state cooperation through Operation Viper that led to hundreds of arrests.
Michigan swing voters in our latest Engagious/Sago focus groups strongly oppose the idea of President Trump sending the National Guard into their cities, citing concerns about militarizing the police,