Crime

Deploying Federal Troops Is Not a Sustainable Solution to Crime in American Cities

Federal officers policing Washington, D.C., on Trump's orders appear to be driving crime down, but the plan is neither constitutionally sound nor viable in the long term.

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Members of the National Guard patrolling the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C. | Mehmet Eser/ZUMAPRESS/Newscom
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Katherine Mangu-Ward is editor in chief of Reason.