President Donald Trump has escalated his rhetoric on urban crime, saying Baltimore and other cities is “so far gone” regarding public safety. The Republican president said this last week when he put the Washington, D.C., police department under federal control and ordered deployment of the National Guard and other federal law enforcement resources to fight crime in the nation’s capital. His comments have sparked debate over whether outside intervention is appropriate or effective.

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