It should be obvious by now that President Donald Trump’s deliberately aggressive incursions into blue cities are not about curbing crime, but about exercising raw power. Militarizing Immigration and Customs Enforcement, attempting to federalize National Guard troops and issuing threats to jail opponents — these are not the actions of a leader intent on improving public safety.
Consider the president’s foray into Chicago, where the crackdown has been among the most fearsome — and contested. In recent weeks, ICE agents have stormed a South Side apartment building in a scene out of a bad Rambo sequel: a nighttime raid with federal agents rappelling down ...
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