National guard heading to Chicago?

[Sstashmoo]

I heard about this today, sure enough, some lawmakers in Chicago want to bring in the national guard because the crime is so out of control. Could Detroit be next? Is this the coming police state?

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Daley cool to idea of National Guard troops on Chicago streets

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Update by Hal Dardick at 3:26 p.m. with Quinn comment, homicide rate; originally posted by Hal Dardick at 1:56 p.m.
Mayor Richard Daley today reacted coolly to the idea that the National Guard be called out to help slow the violence on Chicago’s streets, as two state representatives had suggested a day earlier.
“Everybody knows their frustration, when one crime is one too many in any community — any death or any injury,� Daley said, taking a quick break from an international municipal conference to address the issue. “But like anything else, you have to look at long-term solutions. You can’t just put something temporary in there.�


“People have to get involved in their community, family by family and block by block,� he added. “Like anything else, that is the key. The community must be as upset as anybody else.

"And so you have to look for long-term solutions. There’s no quick band aid. You just can’t think you’re going to fix it in one weekend and walk away," Daley said. "And that’s what the problem would be.�
Daley’s remarks came a day after state Reps. John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford, both Chicago Democrats, held a news conference to suggest the National Guard be deployed in Chicago to quell the violence, at a time when the city’s murder rate is on the rise. They said as many people have been slain in the city this year as U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.
While the city's homicide rate is on an uptick in the early part of this year, it is generally down from years past, when more than 500 people a year were killed.""




http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/...o-streets.html

[wolverine]

To be honest, living downtown I'm totally oblivious as to what's going on in the far reaches of the west and south sides. If this is the solution, wow I must not be in the loop [[no pun intended)

[Detroitej72]

Is this the coming police state?.

Relax, no need to start a panic and join a nut bag militia. Your question is answered further along in your post:

They said as many people have been slain in the city this year as U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan combined.

I guess by this article we can summarize that American cities are more dangerous than a foreign war zone.