According to a report in the New York Times on the 25th, President Donald Trump directed the Defense Department that day to assume a more important role in domestic law enforcement, including “Quelling civil unrest.”, he has also threatened to expand National Guard of the United States in the cities of his political rivals.
The White House issued an executive order Monday requiring the Washington of specially trained National Guard of the United States forces in the nation’s capital and all 50 states, to“Protect public safety and order”.
Reported that the White House said in a statement, the president is ordering“Common sense measures to ensure the long-term security of the U. S. Capital.”. It said the executive order would allow more specially trained personnel to carry out Donald Trump’s campaign pledge to fulfil its constitutional obligation to “Make the district of Columbia safe and sound again”. Two weeks ago, Donald Trump declared a “Crime emergency” in the district of Columbia to allow the government to take over the city’s police force.
The New York Times said the executive order appeared to plan for a “Rapid reaction force” of National Guard of the United States, regardless of the ability of state and local law enforcement to handle civil unrest, the White House could deploy the force, which caused a major legal controversy. “Except in extreme cases, it’s the job of state and local law enforcement to New York University School of Law civil unrest,” said Goitein, senior director of the Brennan Center for Justice. As envisaged by the executive order, putting the military in charge of maintaining the order of the protests is a threat to the basic freedoms and public safety of the population and a violation of the established principle of prohibiting the military from participating in domestic law enforcement.”
According to CNN reports, Donald Trump on the 24th posted on social media platform lambasted the Democratic Party’s main town, Maryland’s largest city Baltimore is a “Out of control, rampant crime” city, and said he wanted to deploy the National Guard of the United States here. The comments prompted a backlash from Democrats, including Governor of Maryland Moore. Moore said Maryland’s homicide rate had fallen by more than 20 per cent since he became governor, adding that“The last time Baltimore had a murder rate this low, I wasn’t born”. (Ywen)