Trump isn’t offering specifics about how the federal government could help. The White House website says: “Our country needs more law enforcement, more community engagement and more effective policing.”
Other leaders in Chicago responded to his comment.
“We’ve talked long and hard that policing is not the sole answer here. If they are going to have help, certainly federal support and prosecution. But also making sure that we have jobs programs, that we have infrastructure investment to create jobs. Those are the kinds of things that are really going to help on this issue,” Deputy Mayor and Chief Neighborhood Development Officer Andrea Zopp told ABC7.
In 2016, Chicago’s murder and shooting total spiked to its highest in 19 years. DNAInfo says that 746 people were killed last year.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
