NYPD’s Tisch ‘Revolted’ by Idea of US Troops on NYC Streets (1)

New York City’s police commissioner doesn’t want to see the National Guard patrolling the streets of the nation’s biggest city and is “revolted” by the prospect of President Donald Trump deploying the military to urban areas.

Federal National Guard members lack the training to handle street crime and may create new problems if they’re sent to big US cities, New York Police Department Commissioner Jessica Tisch said Monday at an event in midtown Manhattan. Tisch’s comments come as Trump is threatening to send National Guard troops to Chicago and New York after putting Washington, DC’s police department under federal control ...