Posted on 09/02/2025 7:06:25 AM PDT by DallasBiff
A surge in Chicago gun violence led two Illinois state representatives to request that the National Guard help fight violent crime in the city. Critics call the plea misguided, but others argue that the Guard could help control the stem the wave of killings. Host Michel Martin talks with John Fritchey, one of the two representatives who made the request, and with Bill Bratton, former chief of police for New York and Los Angeles.
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Like conservatives with tariffs
Was this only a request, unfulfilled? Or did the NG indeed come to Chicago?
Another inconvenient truth.
And the Dems are so far gone, they couldn’t care less.
Where is Eliott Ness when you need him?
It’s (D)ifferent now.
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