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Clarence page, syndicated columnist

Will Donald Trump Chicago get more to move?

This question, an update by Richard Nixon's unforgettable farewell to news reporters, when he came out of the race of the California governor in 1962, came to mind when some unusually welcome news about violent crimes in Chicago came to mind.

According to a WBEZ analysis, the city ended with only 20 reported murders. This is the lowest number of April since 1962.

The public radio station also found that the city of the city “116 Murders in the first four months of this year are the lowest January to April record since 2014.”

Even if the city is piling up in violent crimes for its usual summer, it still seems to be up to date to reach the goal of Mayor Brandon Johnson 2025 for the first time in a decade.

In the meantime, Washington is the good news set – and how can we have more of it?

President Trump's historical snowstorm of Executive Orders in the last 100 days in office for this term was his presidential nose back in Chicago's matters at the moment when good news takes place without him.

In particular, three of his executive regulations seemed to be aligned with Chicago.

One tries to end all declarations of consent of the federal government that directed the behavior of the police.

This would include the agreement of Chicago, which in October 2014 goes back by the fatal shootout of Laquan McDonald (17) by the Chicago police officer Jason van Dyke.

McDonald died after van Dyke 16 9 -mm balls pumped into him. On 400 pages of reports, the police claimed that McDonald had acted “Crazy” When walking the street and crashed to civil servants after he refused to drop a knife and prompted the department supervisory authorities to rule the legitimate murder.

The video later published by the later published incident showed that McDonald went away. Van Dyke was convicted of a second degree murder, and Chicago and the US Justice Ministry signed a declaration of consent to solve the underlying civil rights issues of the case.

A second order from Trump calls on state and federal civil servants, as WBEZ reported “Publishing lists of jurisdiction, which are often referred to as protective cities, which restrict cooperation with the experiments of the federal officials, to arrange immigrants who are illegally in the country.”

That sounds like the inviting city regulation of Chicago. First “Based on the immigration status.”

Another arrangement signed by Trump would increase access to excess military equipment by state and local officials. This would also increase legal support for civil servants who are accused of the official obligation due to misconduct.

Although I believe in the support of law enforcement, the use of military equipment by local departments opens up another long -term debate about the wisdom and effectiveness of the militarizing local police, as this could lead to unnecessary applications of excessive violence, for example political demonstrators.

Finally, Trump signed an order to reinforce an existing federal law that requires the skills of the English language for commercial motor drivers. That doesn't sound too drastic, but I am excited to see how a Republican president, whose party normally emphasizes local solutions for local problems, tries to put Washington's nose in it.

Will Trump and his Maga movement in the middle of these executive commands notice the good news on the streets of Chicago and other big cities?

Is it possible that Trump and Maga have drawn so much political mileage from the criminal story about Chicago, which is to be deterred by mere facts?

“Chicago is a shooting disaster” Trump tweeted in August 2013. “You should stop immediately and arrive. You have no other choice, hundreds of life would be saved!”

“Stop and a fool” Guidelines are also very controversial and are popular among those who hear about it first. That reminds me of a wise saying from HL Mencken that Ronald Reagan loved to quote: “There is a solution for every problem that is neat, plausible and wrong.”

Trump's tireless tweeting often brings this to mind.

In order to find real solutions, a more careful examination requires that you will probably hear from the next bar stool.

My years of covering crime and other problems in the municipalities of Chicagos showed me how many street and committed specialists and volunteers at the level of the grass root were the unsung heroes who lead to safe and peaceful communities when we give them a chance.

We can learn a lot from obvious successes such as the intervention of violence in the community or CVI programs. They hire ex-offenders to convey gang conflicts and to direct people with high risk to social services and jobs.

Such programs will not end all of our urban crime problems, but I have seen a promising number of examples that have achieved positive results.

Can the answers to our urban crime problems be found on the same streets you have produced? It is worth a try.

In any case, it is better than transforming our neighborhoods, whose residents want to live in peace and security, into an escalating fighting zone.