Alex Vitale writes in The Nation that Trump's tactic of inviting federal forces into cities is not new, and that in the case of ongoing Operation Relentless Pursuit, Democratic mayors are inviting Trump's federal forces into their cities. Why?
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/operation-relentless-pursuit/
"The Trump administration, desperate to divert attention from its abject failure of urban policy, thinks the road to reelection is paved with more policing and mass incarceration. The question remains, why are local Democrats supporting their efforts?"
"One of the problems with embracing federal police is their almost total lack of local or even federal accountability. Cities like Albuquerque, Atlanta, St. Paul, San Francisco, and Portland have all pulled out of federal-local task forces in the past because federal agents have violated local rules regarding racial profiling, use-of-force policies, and requirements to wear body cameras."
"The bigger question is why big-city Democratic mayors are embracing Trump’s tough-on-crime reelection strategy. Each of these cities applied to be part of ORP; the Justice Department did not unilaterally impose it on them."
