Since he was shot decades ago on Chicago’s South Side, Eric Wilkins has committed his life to violence prevention.

While President Donald Trump has called the city a “killing field” and threatened to deploy the National Guard, Wilkins argues it’s those most impacted by violence who know how to keep Chicago safe.

“Trump is using all his tactics to tear the city apart when we’re working from the grassroots to put it together,” Wilkins said Tuesday. “No, we’re not going to stand for it.”

Wilkins joined a handful of gun violence survivors on Tuesday to push back against the potential deployment of federal troops.

Violence prevention leaders like Wilkins said since taking office for his second term Trump has undermined proven solutions to gun violence, and they said his proposal of using th

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