How Trump Can Send the Feds to Chicago

[livingston]

How Trump Can Send the Feds to Chicago

A tweet by Donald Trump threatening to “send in the feds” if Chicago cannot get a handle on the raging violence in the city has a lot of people on edge. What they don’t remember is that there is a way for the feds to knock down a high murder rate.

It’s called Project Exile, and it worked in Richmond, Virginia. Even The New York Times, no friend of the Second Amendment, covered how it succeeded. It worked by simply having federal prosecutors enforce quite non-controversial gun laws, like being a felon in possession of a firearm, using a gun in a drug-related or violent crime, and so on.

Here’s one case in point: Melvin Douglas Smith had been a terror on the streets of Richmond, being arrested multiple times on all sorts of charges. Until one day, early in Project Exile, when he was pulled over, and a cop saw crack cocaine, a sawed-off shotgun, and a 9mm handgun. Smith was caught in a slam-dunk case and received a 16-year sentence in a federal prison. Smith’s problems were only beginning. Once he had been sentenced, witnesses came forward — eventually, Smith was charged with six murders.

It’s a safe bet that Chicago’s deadly streets are that way because all too often, gangs rule the streets of this Democrat-run urban poverty plantation, and cops, afraid of being second-guessed by bureaucrats who rarely, if ever, leave the safety of a cubicle in DC, pull their punches. But Project Exile just simply needs ATF agents who can be at the jail, and a few federal prosecutors who want to rack up a lot of easy convictions.

How Trump Can Send the Feds to Chicago

 

[livingston]

President Trump threatens to 'send in the Feds' if Chicago doesn't 'fix the horrible carnage' of rising gun violence

• President Trump threatened the Illinois city on Twitter on Tuesday night

• 'I will send in the Feds!', he said, if Chicago doesn't 'fix the horrible carnage going on'

• There have already been 42 murders and 228 shootings in Chicago in 2017

• Last year marked the deadliest year for the city in almost 20 years

• Trump previously urged the city's mayor to ask for help tackling the problem

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[Catskillkid]

They don't need the Feds. They need a bulldozer. Scratch that. A whole hell of a lot of bulldozers.

 

[togmaster]

Save a lot of time and effort and let them be. Let them kill each other off.

 

[tirwin1]

Save a lot of time and effort and let them be. Let them kill each other off.

There was a term for that coined in the early 1980's when the crack cocaine trade exploded in NYC. It was called "the self-cleaning oven."

I don't think it really works out that way since there doesn't seem to be a shortage of gangs or guns in chicago. I've read enough to believe the politicians of that city are complicit in the level of violence. And there are still plenty of law abiding poor citizens in Chicago who have to live under constant fear as a result of the violence. I am sure there will be plenty of people who will say we can't "arrest our way out of the problem." Yes you can. That will only increase the prison population which is another problem. But if we want safer streets in Chicago, you have to remove the bad actors.

 

[livingston]

The folks on the street have to step up to the plate. Law enforcement cannot do it alone . In Rochester there was a street fight a few years ago. A woman was killed ... I believe over 70 people were there. It took maybe 2 years before someone talked about the case . Trouble is The drug trade supports many folks directly and indirectly ...

 

[kev74]

I would like to see Trump send in the National Guard in addition to project exile. The show of force would get things rolling, and would highlight the failures of Rahm Emanuel and the Dailys before him in a way the media couldn't continue to ignore.

 

[pjzwtl]

I would like to see Trump send in the National Guard in addition to project exile. The show of force would get things rolling, and would highlight the failures of Rahm Emanuel and the Dailys before him in a way the media couldn't continue to ignore.

I'm not sure I want to see the Nat Guard rolling down US streets for domestic law enforcement. I am sure the CPD could deal with it if they were allowed to.

 

[Catskillkid]

I'm not sure I want to see the Nat Guard rolling down US streets for domestic law enforcement. I am sure the CPD could deal with it if they were allowed to.

Agreed. Once you start using the military in a law enforcement capacity things start to get weird really quick.

 

[tirwin1]

Agreed. Once you start using the military in a law enforcement capacity things start to get weird really quick.

Yes. I would prefer to exhaust all other options before we start using the national guard for civilian law enforcement. That's the start of a slippery slope we don't need to explore.

 

[speedkills27]

I would like to see Trump send in the National Guard in addition to project exile. The show of force would get things rolling, and would highlight the failures of Rahm Emanuel and the Dailys before him in a way the media couldn't continue to ignore.

That idea has the founders rolling in their graves. A federal, militarized, police force!!!???? Thats the wrong approach for a number of reasons, all of which should be obvious. A slippery slope that will surely lead to us needing the 2nd amendment for the original intentions, a government turned tyrannical.

 

[islandman]

You will never hear Trump address the underlying issues in regards to inner city violence. You have single parent homes, mainly the Mother. She has to work two or more jobs to make ends meet. Her children have no father figure, so they go to the local street thug to look up to. Let's throw in the failed drug war, which has fueled gang violence due to turf wars. You also have the strict gun laws to blame as well.

He as President of the United States, tweets he will send in the feds? What we need right now is a President that follows the Constitution, a President that embraces liberty, liberty for all in this country. Not a President that threatens by tweets and that is what he is actually doing. The conversation should be on how we overcome this violence. Not what we are seeing right now and what we will see in the future. How about he tweets that he will cut highway funding unless the princess, his friend, repeals the unSAFE act?

 

[pjzwtl]

I love it when tweets get someone's panties in a bunch

 

[gun_slinger_boy]

You will never hear Trump address the underlying issues in regards to inner city violence. You have single parent homes, mainly the Mother. She has to work two or more jobs to make ends meet. Her children have no father figure, so they go to the local street thug to look up to. Let's throw in the failed drug war, which has fueled gang violence due to turf wars. You also have the strict gun laws to blame as well.

This is something that can't be "fixed" by any entity in the entire world. To be honest this is something I don't think can be fixed period.

 

[4excal]

Soon he'll tweet a "I will overturn your dumbass gun laws with an "everyone can carry". That will stir the pot of action, and if the idiot Governor doesn't step up and and take control of his state, then Trump will spitefully push the loose carry laws to make the state wake up..and be able to protect themselves.

 

[speedkills27]

Soon he'll tweet a "I will overturn your dumbass gun laws with an "everyone can carry". That will stir the pot of action, and if the idiot Governor doesn't step up and and take control of his state, then Trump will spitefully push the loose carry laws to make the state wake up..and be able to protect themselves.

 

[speedkills27]

This is something that can't be "fixed" by any entity in the entire world. To be honest this is something I don't think can be fixed period.

I think a good start would be to end the war on drugs. Ending the war on drugs would start to curb the gang violence as the product and revenue source for the gangs dried up. The reason the black dad is noticeably absent is because the democrats have been fairly successful at replacing them and inserting government in their place.

 

[RDN]

The main problems in Chicago and other city like LA, Detroit, Baltimore ....ect
Is Black on Black violence. There is a fundamental dysfunction in the Black communities. It is very complex and it is a the core of these communities.
The problems are beyond the legacy of slavery, segregation and racism. So.. no gov't program, money, or policing will solve these problems.
It has to be solved deep within Black communities (involve behavioral and attitude changes)

I give credit to Trump for even addressing the issues at all. Wish him luck.

 

[Saltwater60]

Agreed. Once you start using the military in a law enforcement capacity things start to get weird really quick.

More than word down right scary as hell.

 

[Saltwater60]

I think trump should support them and send in fedaral law enforcement and break some balls. That's it. He can't take this too far or he will be a military dictator. The next time around a liberal will be beating down our door taking our guns. We can't allow this.

 

[pjzwtl]

This is something that can't be "fixed" by any entity in the entire world. To be honest this is something I don't think can be fixed period.

Expunge the leftist nanny state and those communities will fix themselves in a generation or 2

 

[Celt]

No, no, no. He has it all wrong, we need to airdrop guns and ammunition all over the place there to help them accelerate the process. Then after they've eradicated themselves we can start the rebuilding process. Should only take about 6 months with my plan.

 

[livingston]

Send in the fed ... Does this mean military I think not . What will it take to shut down the gangs ... The same thing as shutting down the mob of yesterday... ?...
Chicago's top cop baffled by Trump's tweet, opposes bringing in National Guard

Read the comments section ....
Good Lord, these Chicago "leaders" are so stupid it hurts. He never said he was sending troops. The best thing he could do is direct the DOJ to enforce federal gun laws and put many of these gang-bangers away for repeat offenses. Isn't this what the little Mayor and Johnson have been asking the state to do? Where's that proposal at? Oh, that's right. The AA community via the Black Congressional Caucus won't allow that because it might incarcerate a disproportionate number of Black. How's that going for you in your communities?« less

why is he so "baffled" ...? Chicago needs helps .... he should welcome any help that is needed, becasue obviously whats happening right now isn't working

 

[4excal]

It was a Trump "threat" nothing more. He's not gonna bust down ChiTown marshall law LOL

 

[FrankenCub]

And that's the first thing they mentioned on the news tonight, fear porn of marshal law and troops. Liberals will eat it up.

 

[reinhardt]

Let Chicago stew in it's own mess. It's leaders are corrupt and it's citizenry are sheep. At best, the State of Illinois should do whatever it believes needs doing. Feds must stay out.

 

[Dr. Evil]

Chicago: 29 people shot in about 24 hours

 

[Podmonkey]

How? I suppose in trucks, APCs and tanks would be the obvious and direct way. Or he could choose a more flamboyant airborne operation. Probably not a good idea given all the tall buildings. Air assault via helicopters would work though. Can we get an aircraft carrier up the St. Lawrence Seaway and into lake Michigan maybe? Ballistic sub?

 

[carpediem]

In helicopters

 

[Podmonkey]

I'd kinda like to see a fleet parked just off the Chicago shore. Definitely sends a "not fucking around" message.