Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson held a public safety roundtable Monday, as both cities have come under fire from President Donald Trump over crime numbers.

When it comes to drugs, illegal guns, and poverty, Johnson said crime is down and programs like community violence intervention are working. He added that a heavy hand from the federal government does not work.

Trump said he would like to send the National Guard to Baltimore and Chicago to decrease crime. So far in Chicago, it has been stopped by the lower courts, with the Supreme Court likely to make the final decision.

“There’s an approach to community safety that doesn’t involve armed, masked men sticking long guns in the faces of poor people and sending Black Hawk helicopters in the middle of the n

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