CHICAGO — Chicago area clergy are standing together to resist what they are calling the Trump takeover of Chicago.

For the third time this week, a group gathered at Federal Plaza on Friday to denounce the potential deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago.

While the White House’s plans to send in the National Guard are still largely unknown, some members of the faith-based community in Chicago say they feel the National Guard is neither warranted nor wanted and are urging the president to rethink his plans.

"It is deeply disturbing and frustrating that a sitting president would dare override the duly elected leadership of our city's mayor and our state’s governor," Ira Acree, the pastor of Greater St John Bible Church of Chicago, said.

Friday's gathering was organized by LIVE FRE

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