Some top law enforcement officials in Chicago are weighing in on what they would want the federal government to do to quell the violence.
At a forum prior to Trump’s speech, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says he would welcome federal money for mental health programs and economic development. Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says if funds are reduced for mental health programs, that would hurt efforts to stem the violence. In his speech to a joint session of Congress, President Trump said more than 4-thousand people were shot in Chicago last year.
But he didn’t offer any specifics in how to address the violence.
At a forum prior to Trump’s speech, Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson says he would welcome federal money for mental health programs and economic development.
JOHNSON: If he wants to send money and help us out with all that, I’m all for it. I embrace that. If we’re talking about sending in the national guard, we don’t need tanks rolling down Michigan Avenue.
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart says if funds are reduced for mental health programs, that would hurt efforts to stem the violence.