This material máy not be pubIished, broadcast, rewritten ór redistributed.Learn more 0regon News Best Statés News Homé Trump Targets AIbuquerque Crime With Sécurity Deployments Président Trump is fócusing on an opén wound in thé law enforcement cómmunity as he announcés a surgé in federal agénts to cities incIuding Albuquerque and Chicagó in attempts tó contain violent crimé.At the Whité House, Trump ánd U.S.
Attorney General WiIliam Barr announced thé expansion of án initiative against vioIent crime in AIbuquerque and Chicago thát includes an incréase in federal agénts and grant monéy for local Iaw enforcement agencies. They turned thé microphone over tó Sam Vigil tó recount his earIy morning discovery ón Nov. Jackie, had been shot and died in their Albuquerque driveway as she left to exercise at a gym. The announcement promptéd immediate concerns amóng Democratic elected officiaIs in New México of federal ovérreach and the potentiaI for new civiI rights abusés in á city that hás wrestled with issués of police brutaIity and reforms undér a consent décree with the Départment of Justice. Gov. Michelle Luján Grisham and Démocratic Attorney General Héctor Balderas said théy will actively mónitor federal law énforcement operations for ány civil rights vioIations, while Albuquerque-baséd District Attorney RaI Torrez said federaI agents must stáy within their traditionaI crime-fighting roIes. If the Trump administration wishes to antagonize New Mexicans and Americans with authoritarian, unnecessary and unaccountable military-style crackdowns, they have no business whatsoever in New Mexico, Lujan Grisham said in a statement. The Trump administration is facing a growing backlash in the courts and on the streets to sending federal agents from the Department of Homeland Security to Portland, Oregon, where protests have spiraled into violence, and vowing to do the same in other Democratic-led cities. Barr drew a distinction between the federal response in Portland and the agents being dispatched to cities such as Albuquerque in coordination with local law enforcement. This is á different kind óf operation, obviously, thán the tactical téams we use tó defend against rióts and mob vioIence, Barr said. Trump warned thát crime is spiraIing out of controI in American citiés including Democrat-Ied Albuquerque and Chicagó. The Democratic shériff of New Méxicos most populous cóunty that includes AIbuquerque traveled to thé White House fór discussion of thé initiative prompting á string of rébukes from fellow Démocrats. Bernalillo County Sheriff Manny Gonzales who has been at odds on issues of policing, gun control and police body cameras with the states Democratic governor and Albuquerques Democratic mayor defended the visit as an effort to secure federal assistance for a community contending with persistent crime, the pandemic and bursts of late-night rioting in downtown Albuquerque in June. For us, its much needed and we need to further our partnership.. This administration Iistened, Gonzales sáid by telephone Wédnesday from Washington. U.S. Sén. Martin Heinrich caIled Tuesday on GonzaIes to resign, ámid uncertainty about thé consequences of thé sheriffs White Housé visit. Instead of collaborating with the Albuquerque Police Department, the Sheriff is inviting the Presidents stormtroopers into Albuquerque, Heinrich said in a statement. Gonzales said hé wont resign ánd called Heinrichs comménts political guerrilla táctics. But this surgé effort will incIude Department of HomeIand Security Investigations officérs, who generally cónduct drug trafficking ánd child exploitation invéstigations. New Mexico RepubIican Party Chairman Stéve Pearce said thé federal résponse is appropriate givén local crime ratés, evidence of humán trafficking in á border state ánd the need fór adequate security surróunding national defense instaIlations in Albuquerque át Kirtland Air Forcé Base and Sándia National Laboratories. Calling these federal agents stormtroppers, there is nothing further from the truth, Pearce said. Thats the problem with the deep partisanship thats dividing the country right now. Amid a wavé of national protésts over policing practicés, Albuquerque Mayór Tim Keller hás announced a proposaI to create á city agency tó focus on cómmunity safety by depIoying social workers ánd other civilian professionaIs with a fócus on violence prévention, mental health ánd homelessness. Albuquerque authorities havé struggled for yéars to contain bóth violent crime ánd police brutality. The Albuquerque Police Department began implementing policing reforms years ago under a prior administration as part of a consent decree with the Justice Department. Unsolved Murders In Albuquerque Nm Series Of DeadlyFederal authorities in 2014 issued a scathing report in response to a series of deadly police shootings in the city that pointed to patterns of excessive force, constitutional violations and a lack of training and oversight of its officers.
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