In September, I talked with Honoré during my segment on the Tom Joyner Morning Show. I’ve now spoken with him several times since, publicly and privately, and he says there is no doubt that the National Guard should be considered a serious option for Chicago.
“It’s one of the tools in the box. But the first thing, normally, is they would call the state police in for backup, and then federal law enforcement, to go after two things: go after the cartels that’s providing the contraband that’s fueling these gangs, which is drugs and the weapons,” Honoré told me.
“That’s the cartel thing of that end…What the national guard can do is they can help thicken the police support by lining up with the police, do the driving, then relieve policemen who are on patrol duty like guard duty downtown…the primary people to patrol the streets where this happen needs to be police officers with a combination of guard people helping them.”
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