While announcing the National Guard would go to Memphis next, President Trump said the head of Union Pacific also asked him to do the same in St. Louis. "He said, 'Sir please, do me a favor. St. Louis has been so badly hit.

President Donald Trump has announced that National Guard troops will be deployed to Louisiana to fight crime, and the Shreveport Police Department has welcomed the help, while residents have mixed feelings about it.

As I was driving down Marion Barry Avenue in Southeast Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, I had to pull over to let some police cars, lights flashing, pass me. It seemed ironic as I was in that area to interview people about whether Trump’s efforts against D.

Pentagon officials confirmed the accuracy of the documents but said they “should not be interpreted as policy.”

The plan to continue using National Guard troops to reduce crime in cities such as Chicago and Baltimore violates the legal prohibition against domestic military law enforcement.