We take a backseat to no other editorial board in disapproving of President Trump’s overreach in sending National Guard troops to fight crime in Los Angeles, Washington, and, potentially, Chicago.

Yet, the President is right that crime in our cities is at an intolerable level, and the President’s critics are wrong to pretend it’s not.

Mainstream media parrot that rates of crime in our cities have fallen in the last couple of years. They’re right, but that’s not the whole picture.

Murders exploded during the coronavirus pandemic when the country was practically shut down for three years.

Toledo experienced more than 70 homicides in one year, several times more than the annual level of murders experienced in most preceding years.

Toledo Mayor Wade Kapszukiewicz says that Toledo is safer

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