NYPD Commissioner 'Revolted' by National Guard on City Streets Amid Crime Decline

NYPD Commissioner's Stance on National Guard

• 🗽 NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch expressed being 'revolted' by the idea of the National Guard on New York City streets.
• 🧠 She stated that National Guard troops are not trained to handle street crime in New York City, despite being trained for other things.
• 📉 Tisch emphasized that crime is on the decline in the Big Apple, suggesting the presence of troops would only add chaos and confusion.

Federal Intervention and City Responses

• 🇺🇸 The president has threatened to send National Guard troops into Democratic cities as a means of controlling crime.
• 🏛️ This intervention is being pointed to as a success in Washington D.C., though leaders in both D.C. and Chicago state crime was declining before the National Guard was brought in.
• 🚧 Chicago is preparing for the arrival of National Guard troops by erecting fencing.

Related Federal Operations

• 🛂 The Department of Homeland Security has launched an operation targeting immigrants in the U.S. illegally, despite Chicago being a sanctuary city.
• ⚖️ The Supreme Court has allowed roving immigration sweeps in Los Angeles to continue for now, a decision the city's mayor called a dangerous threat to personal freedom.