Jeff Fargo asks the hard question: What’s your feeling on sending armed forces into our cities? Devin Douglass doesn’t pull punches. He says he’s torn; “I don’t like the militarization of sending an army into a city” — yet he also asks: “What do you do when mayors and governors refuse to fix the problems?”
They dig into the numbers. In Washington, D.C., after the deployment of federal troops, violent crime dropped by as much as 17-18% in certain categories.
But they also point out that this isn’t the cities with the highest crime rates, and that the legal, moral, and practical implications of decals like “troops on the streets” are massive.
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From liability and legality under the Posse Comitatus Act to public pushback and state autonomy; they unpack how the decision to deploy forces is a reflection of political appetite as much as crime control.
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