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Constitutional expert Jonathan Turley, whose career includes teaching the Constitution, advising members of Congress on the Constitution and even representing them in court on constitutional issues, has lauded the fact that "the cause of free speech is alive in Europe."
He knows this because of one man's sentence to jail for … his free speech expression.
He explained it is the little-reported case of Emanuel Brunisholz in Switzerland, which infamously was unable to side with the allies against Adolf Hitler in World War II.
The defendant is reportedly about to start a 10-day prison stint "due to his voicing skepticism about claims that skeletons are transgender."
That's the concept that skeletons, which in fact exhibit characteristics of being male or female, cannot be defined that way, as a "male" skeleton during his lifetime may have been "female."
Turley explained, "There is very little coverage of this story. Free speech cases are often downplayed by European media. So, we have only limited information coming from conservative sites."
What is known is, "In 2022, he responded to a Facebook post by Swiss National Council member Andreas Glarner on the controversy. Some, including academics in the United States, are now claiming that you really cannot gauge the sex of individuals from their skeletons. The wind-instrument repairman thought that such claims were unfounded and posted a comment that said, 'If you dig up LGBTQI people after 200 years, you'll only find men and women based on their skeletons. Everything else is a mental illness promoted through the curriculum.'"
Police knocked on his door and prosecutors weren't far behind, claiming he engaged in "hate speech" and "public belittling."
"If true, this sounds like just another absurd use of the criminal conduct to silence those with opposing views. However, a court actually convicted him and then another court upheld the conviction. He was ordered to pay a fine or go to jail. He is now going to jail for simply expressing his view, a view supported by many scientists and citizens," Turley said.
He described how the case shows that free speech in Europe is in free fall.
"I spoke in Berlin at the World Forum, where European leaders gathered in one of the most strikingly anti-free speech conferences I have attended. This year's forum embraced the slogan 'A New World Order with European Values.' That 'new world order' is based on an aggressive anti-free speech platform that has been enforced for years by the European Union," he said.
Some anti-free speech campaigners, in fact, are inviting the EU to attack U.S. companies with sanctions for not censoring Americans, he said.
"Yet, there remain brave free speech advocates and groups still struggling to restore this indispensable right to their countries. By going to jail, Brünisholz is bringing needed attention to the crackdown on free speech in that country. Despite the disgraceful role of the courts in this effort, citizens like Brünisholz show that the cause of free speech is alive in Europe."
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Violence is surging across American politics, including the horrific tragedy of the assassination of Turning Point USA co-founder Charlie Kirk just weeks ago, not to mention riots against federal ICE agents enforcing American border laws.
So is the rhetoric about violence, highlighted by the comments from Jay Jones, a candidate for Virginia attorney general, that have been found in which he says it would be a "good thing" for a former colleague, and the former colleague's children, to die.
Those thoughts came out in a message from Jones, who wrote, "Three people, two bullets. [Republican House Speaker Todd] Gilbert, [H]itler, and [P]ol [P]ot. Gilbert gets two bullets to the head. Spoiler: put Gilbert in the crew with the two worst people you know and he receives both bullets every time."
Delegate Carrie Coyner had pushed back on Jones' agenda, to which Jones confirmed that he was advocating for the Gilbert children to die.
"Only when people feel pain personally do they move on policy," Jones continued. Jones also called the Gilberts' young children "little fascists."
A RealClearWire report confirmed leading Virginia Democrats have condemned the "hypothetical scenario" created by Jones, "but none have called for Jones to step aside."
Jones subsequently issued a statement that he was "embarrassed" by the texts.
Now the Federalist has a report pointing out that the actual statements are not what legacy media are saying is the problem.
That's actually that GOP members are "pouncing."
"The Associated Press's (AP) Steve Peoples and Olivia Diaz want readers to know that the Democrat candidate for Virginia attorney general fantasizing about murdering Republicans pales in comparison to the real story: Republicans 'pouncing," the report said.
"Instead, Peoples and Diaz think the real story is that 'Republicans are seizing on recently unearthed violent rhetoric from Virginia's Democratic candidate for attorney general in a push to re-shape the state's governor's race — and tarnish the Democratic Party nationally — less than a month before Election Day."
That report calls out how, "President Donald Trump, like Republicans across Virginia, called for Democratic state attorney general candidate Jay Jones to quit the race over the weekend. The Republican president described Jones as a 'radical left lunatic' and sought to link him to former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, Virginia's Democratic candidate for governor."
"For AP and the rest of the corporate media, the problem isn't that a Democrat fantasized about political assassination — it's that Trump might notice such rhetoric and point out that Democrats have a violence problem. It's not that Republicans are responding to a Democrat's bloodlust, but rather, according to the AP, that they are exploiting the moment," the Federalist said.
"That, ultimately, is the entire point of this piece of propaganda. The AP's framing isn't about condemning a Democrat candidate's violent rhetoric — it's about trying to portray Republicans' outrage as opportunistic. The scandal itself is an afterthought to the AP. Instead of asking why a major-party nominee fantasized about murdering Republicans and children, the AP tries to cast Republicans as simply milking the story for political gain," it explained.
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Leftists have been protesting, even rioting, against law enforcement operations of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency.
Sometimes where they are enforcing the law, sometimes at their offices, sometimes elsewhere.
It was happening this week at the Portland ICE office, in a city where federal agents have been working to secure America's border and deport illegal aliens, especially targeting illegal alien criminals.
Nick Sortor, an independent online journalist, was on hand, reporting on situations such as this:
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And this:
Then Sortor was attacked. And arrested.
A report at the Liberty Daily explained, "Tensions boiled over outside Portland's ICE building late Thursday night when police detained independent reporter Nick Sortor during a confrontation with protesters.
"Sortor, known for his on-the-ground coverage of stories often overlooked by mainstream outlets, found himself in handcuffs after what witnesses described as a defensive response to an attack."
The report explained an observer C.K. Bouferrache, who goes by Honeybadgermom on X, captured the confusion, explaining, "Looked like @nicksortor got jumped. We are on the lower roof at ICE but difficult to tell exactly what happened at this distance. Portland liaison officers stand nearby and watch."
Bouferrache said, "I cannot believe they arrested this guy for defending himself. The woman that went after him has taken part in a few assaults this last week."
The Liberty Daily said, "Just days earlier, reporter Katie Daviscourt suffered a brutal hit to the face from a flagpole-wielding assailant during similar protests, yet no arrest followed despite clear evidence. Portland officials cited safety concerns for not pursuing the attacker immediately, leaving many to accuse Portland law enforcement of being 'woke.'"
The report continued, "The Portland Police Bureau later clarified that three people were booked into jail on charges of Disorderly Conduct in the Second Degree following multiple fights at the protest: Angela Davis, 49, of Vernonia, Oregon; Nicholas Sortor, 27, of Washington, DC; and Son Mi Yi, 43, of Portland."
And it said, "This arrest unfolds against a backdrop of intensified federal involvement in Portland, where protests at the ICE site have persisted for months. DHS officials have condemned the violence, pointing to a 1000% increase in assaults on ICE personnel and vowing not to back down. With local police often criticized for limited engagement—sometimes attributed to city directives—calls grow louder for national intervention to reclaim control from the chaos. Sortor's detention serves as a stark reminder of the risks journalists face in these zones, where covering the story can quickly turn into becoming part of it."
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The Muslim mayor of Dearborn, Michigan recently put his city in an unwelcome spotlight when he told a Christian resident and taxpayer, who was objecting to promotions of violence, to go away.
Literally, Mayor Abdullah H. Hammoud scolded resident Edward "Ted" Barham, telling him, "Although you live here, you are not welcome here."
The dispute had arisen over the naming of streets in honor of a business operator who publicly has promoted Hezbollah and Hamas terrorism.
Now an investigation by the Federalist has revealed that the Muslim leaders of the Muslim-influenced city are making it a "hostile place" for Christians and Jews.
Jewish leaders already call the city "America's Jihad Capital" and it is under the dominating influence of Islam.
The Federalist said Dearborn "has been extremely accommodating to Muslims, but not so much to minority Christians and Jews — particularly when it comes to the city's involvement in celebrating religious holidays."
Civil rights lawyers Robert J. Muise and David Yerushalmi have written to the city about concerns over its discrimination, and they told Hammoud, "The bottom line is that the City of Dearborn has become a hostile place for Christians and Jews.
City lawyer Jeremy Romer also was copied on the letter, and he "should be familiar with Muise and Yerushalmi," because they already have won high-profile cases and huge judgments against Dearborn for religious rights discrimination.
The Federalist added, "For now, the attorneys' American Freedom Law Center, a nonprofit Judeo-Christian law firm 'Fighting for Faith & Freedom,' is reminding the mayor and the city that the Arab-majority city can't play favorites with religious displays."
"While all of the residents of the City do not share the same faith, they do share the same rights guaranteed under the United States Constitution," the attorneys' letter warned.
The legal team has documented multiple instances where city officials, specifically Hammoud, have publicly exhibited a "preference" for Islam over any other faith.
Banners have been flown in the city for weeks for Ramadan, but the city refused to present any religious displays for Christian or Jewish holidays other than "secular' components, the Federalist reported.
"Documents obtained by The Federalist show taxpayers paid thousands of dollars for the Ramadan displays and other items. One double-sided banner cost $1,512. The city paid $825 for another sign, according to city invoices. A Dec. 26 email from Jonathan Golich of Dearborn's Parks and Recreation Department notes festive lights and displays would be left up 'through Ramadan,'" the report said.
And city emails include the crescent moon design, honored by Muslims, and a greeting, "Ramadan Kareem' (Generous Ramadan) Downtown Dearborn," in Arabic and English.
Then there are the fundraising drives by the city police and fire departments that sold shirts showing Islamic religious messages.
"They did not provide similar opportunities for Christians and Jews to purchase clothing 'with messages appropriate to their faith traditions,'" the attorneys told Hammoud.
The recent pro-Islam scandal was sparked by Hammoud's attack on a taxpayer.
Barham had objected to renaming some intersections in Dearborn after Osama Siblani, Arab American News publisher who has promoted Hezbollah and Hamas, both Middle East organizations that have inflicted death, destruction and terror on Americans.
Hammoud issued a dangerous suggestion for Barham to not see the signs.
"The best suggestion I have for you is to not drive on Warren Avenue or close your eyes while you're doing it. His name is up there and I spoke at a ceremony celebrating it because he's done a lot for his community," Hammoud claimed.
He then turned to a personal attack on his city's resident, accusing Barham of being "a bigot, and you are racist, and you're an Islamophobe. Although you live here, I want you to know as mayor, you are not welcome here. And the day you move out of the city will be the day that I launch a parade celebrating the fact that you moved out of this city."
Barham had explained Siblani is "a promoter of Hezbollah and Hamas. … He talks about how the blood of the martyrs irrigates the land of Palestine … whether we are in Michigan and whether we are in Yemen. Believe me, everyone should fight within his means. They will fight with stones, others will fight with guns, others fight with planes, drones, and rockets."
WND also reported only days ago that adjacent Dearborn Heights was forced into an embarrassing backtrack when officials announced a badge for police officers that said "Dearborn Heights Police" in Arabic.
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The suspect in a school shooting in Evergreen, Colorado, this week has died of self-inflicted injuries.
That's according to a report from Fox affiliate KDVR.
Classes at the school, located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains about 25 miles west of Denver, were canceled for the rest of this week.
Reports of an "active assailant" came in to authorities about noon on Wednesday, and the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office revealed three students were injured.
One student remained hospitalized in critical condition on Thursday, another had less serious injuries.
The shooter died at the hospital from his injuries.
Jefferson County Public Schools Supt. Tracy Dorland said, "We cannot pretend this is just another tragic incident. The pain of this incident reopens old wounds. I know there are many in our Jeffco community hurting and grieving tonight, in Evergreen and beyond. The urgency this moment demands is undeniable. Student safety is not an abstract issue for us in Jeffco. It is the most important responsibility we hold. Safety is our number one priority every day, and yet, here we are once again, grieving with a community over gun violence impacting our students."
Dorland also bashed those of faith who respond to tragedies with their "thoughts and prayers."
"The nation is tired of statements filled with platitudes and 'thoughts and prayers.' What we need is courage. What we need is the collective will of our entire community. Violence involving our young people should never be normalized, and we must face the difficult truth that too often, it is," Dorland said.
KDVR also posted a list, from state records, of shootings at Colorado schools that have taken place during school hours, "not including suicides."
They include:
There have been additional shootings on school grounds, and the list does not include mass Colorado shootings in movie theaters and such.
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Lisa Cook, a Federal Reserve board governor ordered fired by President Donald Trump, has been put under formal investigation by the Department of Justice over allegations she committed fraud on mortgage papers.
She's one among several prominent Democrats facing the same or similar counts: For claiming that multiple homes all are "primary" residences, which qualify for better mortgage interest rates.
The others so far identified to have allegedly committed such offenses are New York Attorney General Letitia James, whose "fraud" case against Trump's companies has mostly died, and anti-Trump Russiagate hoaxer Adam Schiff, now a senator from California.
According to the Daily Mail, Attorney General Pam Bondi's Justice Department issued subpoenas on Thursday regarding information about Cook and her mortgage paperwork.
It's not the only legal fight she's in, as instead of departing her position when Trump fired her for "cause," she sued to keep her job.
The focus is on Cook's properties in Michigan and Georgia.
Last month, Bill Pulte, the Federal Housing Finance director, alleged Cook engaged in mortgage fraud, sending a referral to the DOJ.
Among the complications is that Trump has for months been trying to have the Federal Reserve lower interest rates for American consumers, but has been handed only resistance from chairman Jerome Powell and others on the board.
The irony is that Cook is accused of cheating to lower her own interest rates while voting to keep interest rates for consumers high.
Trump already has replaced one board member, and if Cook is removed, he would be able to gain influence through another appointee.
"Once we have a majority, housing is going to swing, and it's going to be great," Trump has explained. "People are paying too high an interest rate. That's the only problem with us. We have to get the rates down a little bit."
In fact, interest rates exploded to more than 9% under Joe Biden. Mortgage rates have since receded, but still remain, in Trump's opinion, far too high.
A report at the Gateway Pundit noted, "Lisa Cook allegedly committed occupancy fraud (and perhaps tax fraud) on all three of her properties. According to Federal Housing Director Bill Pulte's first criminal referral to the DOJ, Lisa Cook committed mortgage fraud by lying on her mortgage application and falsifying bank statements when she designated her out-of-state Atlanta condo as her 'primary residence' — just two weeks after taking a loan on her Ann Arbor, Michigan home, which she also claimed as her 'primary residence.'"
A followup referral from Pulte concerns Cook's third home, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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A virulently anti-Trump federal judge has ordered a woman who was jailed for her deranged social media posts about her desire to kill President Donald Trump released from jail.
Instead of being behind bars, Nathalie Rose Jones has been told to be on electronic monitoring and to see a psychiatrist.
Those instructions come of James Boasberg, a federal judge in Washington who has held an agenda against President Trump dating to the Russiagate conspiracy theory that was launched by Democrats against Trump in the 2016 election.
Boasberg, at that time, was part of the effort by the Barack Obama administration, on behalf of now twice-failed presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, to spy on and undermine Trump.
Lately, he has run an agenda opposing Trump's efforts to secure America's borders and remove illegal alien criminals from U.S. shores, wildly insisting that two jets loaded with those individuals that already were on deportation flights in international airspace to turn around and return the criminals to America, without acknowledging whether the jets even had enough fuel to do that.
Now the New York Post has reported that Boasberg "released" Jones, "a 50-year-old Big Apple resident, under electronic monitoring on Aug. 27 and ordered she see a psychiatrist once back home.
"A New York City woman locked up for making deranged social media posts threatening to kill President Trump was quietly released by an Obama-appointed judge last week," the report confirmed.
It was only two weeks ago that Jones allegedly traveled from New York to Washington, D.C., with the intent of killing Trump, the report said.
Then U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro announced her arrest saying, "She was working to have [Trump] eliminated. She's now in custody, she will be prosecuted to the fullest extent to the law."
The Gateway Pundit explained, "Now this woman has been quietly released by Obama-appointed Judge James Boasberg. That would be the same Judge Boasberg who has repeatedly interfered in efforts to deport illegal alien criminals."
Just days earlier U.S. Magistrate Judge Moxila Upadhyaya denied Jones bond over the persistent threats on Trump's life she issued over social media earlier this month, the report said.
"Officials were aware of concerning posts starting on Aug. 2 and Jones herself told Secret Service agents in an Aug. 15 interview that she would 'carry out the mission of killing' Trump with a 'bladed object' if she was given the chance," the report said.
At her arrest, authorities explained she was taken into custody for her plan to "sacrificially kill" President Donald Trump.
The woman, originally from Lafayette, Indiana, made her statements on Facebook and Instagram.
"I literally told the FBI in five states today that I am willing to sacrificially kill this POTUS by disemboweling him and cutting out his trachea with Liz Cheney and all The Affirmation present," Jones is accused of writing in an Aug. 6 Facebook post.
In an Aug. 14 Facebook post, Jones allegedly urged U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to "please arrange the arrest and removal ceremony of POTUS Trump as a terrorist on the American People from 10-2pm at the White House on Saturday, August 16th, 2025."
During a Secret Service interview, she indicated if she had the opportunity, she would "carry out her mission of killing" the president at "the compound" with a "bladed object."
Boasberg also has been criticized for publicly suggesting, during a judicial conference, that Trump would not follow his orders and that would create a constitutional crisis.
Attorney General Pam Bondi explained she ordered a complaint filed over the "misconduct" by Boasberg, for "making improper public comments about President Trump and his administration."
"These comments have undermined the integrity of the judiciary," she confirmed.
A DOJ official confirmed, "Judge Boasberg first tried to persuade Chief Justice Roberts and other federal judges that the Trump administration would not follow court orders, despite having no basis for his belief. Then he acted on his baseless belief again and again in litigation over which he was presiding. Judge Boasberg violated the Canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges, including the requirement that he 'promote public confidence in the integrity and impartiality of the judiciary.'"
WorldNetDaily has reported it was the Federalist that obtained access to comments Boasberg made at a recent judicial conference undermining the president.
He disparaged the president, even though he's required to be neutral on issues and people in his court, where Trump is a defendant in a number of cases brought by activists trying to undermine his agenda for America.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche later described Boasberg as a "threat to the rule of law" for using his own agendas in his court rulings to try to control the decisions of the Executive Branch.
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The scorecard ended up Humans 1, and Artificial Intelligence 0 in one fight that was started by robots.
Not the Bee is reporting that Taco Bell is running away from its announced plans for AI order takers.
"Last year, Taco Bell made a simple bet that Alexa-like voice assistants could handle the drive-thru window. It didn't consider whether people could handle dealing with AI. According to the Wall Street Journal, the company embedded AI in the drive-thru boxes at more than 500 locations across the country and quickly found that it made mistakes, creeped people out, and got very easily manipulated," the report explained.
Dane Mathews, chief of digital systems for the company, said, "We're learning a lot, I'm going to be honest with you."
One of the complications that arose was someone who ordered "18,000 cuts of water, please." And AI's response.
The company ultimately decided too many mistakes were being made and customers really didn't like the "voice bots."
The goal of replacing teen drive-thru attendants, however, isn't going away, yet.
The chain's parent company, Yum Brands, recently confirmed a partnership with Nvidia with the goal of improving the tech that powers AI operations handling orders.
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Fox News' Jesse Watters halted former Vice President Kamala Harris' Senior Adviser Mike Nellis on Tuesday after he claimed that the National Guard would not be needed in Chicago to halt crime.
While speaking with the press on Friday, President Donald Trump said he was considering sending National Guard troops to Chicago after deploying them in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 11. With Democrats increasingly pushing back on the National Guard being sent to address crime, Watters asked Nellis on "Jesse Watters Primetime" if he believes Chicago should be open to help from the White House.
"No, look, I think Chicago needs to do a better job of dealing with crime. Our local leaders need to do a better job of dealing with crime, but the city of Chicago has had a chance to vote for Donald Trump three times, and he lost by 80% each of the three times that he was on the ballot. I think if Donald Trump wants to get involved heavily in issues somewhere else, he should go look at red states, because Donald Trump doesn't have any urgency to deal with Louisiana, which is the murder capital of the United States. He doesn't have anything to say about Oklahoma, which has the worst schools in the nation. Doesn't have anything to say about Arkansas, which has the highest teen pregnancy rate — " Nellis said before Watters jumped in.
"Those are crime ridden too! And if the mayor wants to invite Donald Trump to go in there and do it," Watters said. "Chicago's a little bigger than Baton Rouge, Mike, OK? You live in Chicago, and you should care. Did you hear my friend out there in the monologue talking about her cousin, her uncle, her niece. They're all dead, Mike! Do you care about that at all? Your mayor doesn't care. Your mayor doesn't want any backup. They're offering them more cops, more guards. And he says, 'No, more housing.' What the hell's wrong with him?"
Democrat Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Democrat Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson held a press conference Monday telling the president to not come, with Johnson touting what he said were lowered crime statistics.
Chicago Police Department data through Aug. 16 reportedly shows homicides in the city trending down 25% over the last 12 months compared to 2023. The frequency of killings remains higher than it was before the pandemic, accordingto ABC7 Chicago. Data from the outlet reports that in the last 12 months through Aug. 16, there have been 474 homicides, with an average yearly homicide rate of 722 between 2021 and 2023.
According to a White House press release, the city has had the highest "murder rate among U.S. cities with more than one million people" for seven consecutive years, with Chicago also labeled as having the "most murders of any U.S. city" for 13 consecutive years.
Nellis pushed back against Watters.
"I know I'm not going to feel safe when I take him to a ball game. I'm going to see armed military members. There's a way to do this," Nellis said. "I'm happy to support having more police on the streets of Chicago to help keep us safe. The problem is in Donald Trump's budget that he signed by the Republicans, he cut community police funding by $2 billion, which means there'll be fewer police on the streets."
Watters hit back.
"All right, Mike, you guys defunded the police. So don't talk about cutting funding, OK? Everybody knows the Democrats defunded. They defunded all over the country, Mike,' Watters said. "I don't have time to debate that. But I respect that you are from Chicago, and you want to be safe. But we are all in agreement that Chicago needs to do a lot better. You and I will agree on that."
Trump's decision to deploy the National Guard and invoke Section 40 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act followed after a slew of crimes in Washington, D.C. drew national attention. Among some were the brutal attack against a former Department of Government Efficiency staffer and the fatal June 30 shooting of Republican intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym.
Democrats and legacy media pundits have said Washington, D.C.'s crime dropped 35% in 2024, citing local police data. The statistics left out crimes such as felony and aggravated assault. In July, the Metropolitan Police Department said an investigation was opened against D.C. police Commander Michael Pulliam for allegedly altering crime statistics in his district, according to NBC Washington.
Despite the pushback from Democrats, a Harvard CAPS/Harris poll released Monday reported that 54% of registered voters said Trump's crime-fighting efforts in the nation's capital are "justified and necessary." According to U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro on Monday, the federal takeover in the nation's capital has led to 1,007 arrests and 111 illegal firearm confiscations.
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MSNBC's Joe Scarborough continuously pressed Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson on Tuesday as he attempted to dodge a question about policing making communities safer.
While advocating for social programs to bring down crime, Johnson did not want to answer Scarborough's question on whether he would support more federal funding for adding 5,000 additional officers on the streets of Chicago. The mayor's discussion about crime came as President Donald Trump has floated the idea of a federal crackdown in Johnson's city to combat violent crime.
"I'm curious, would you also like to get federal funding to help put 5,000 more cops on the street in Chicago, would that help drive down crime?" Scarborough asked.
When Johnson said policing itself is not the "full strategy," Scarborough said, "No, I understand that. You've talked about the other things you want, and I said those are good and important programs, but I'm asking also, would 5,000 more police officers on the street in Chicago be helpful to go along with all of those social programs that a lot of cities are engaging in and having success with?"
While Scarborough continued to press the mayor, Johnson said Chicago would be safer with more federal funding going toward "affordable housing" and other mental health services.
"I believe that the city of Chicago and cities across America would be safer if we actually had affordable housing," Johnson said.
"Okay, but that's not the question I asked," Scarborough immediately interrupted. "My question is, and I just need a yes or a no. Do you believe the streets of Chicago would be safer, if you got all of those extraordinary programs put back into place, which do have a history of being successful, if that's complimented by having 5,000 more cops on the streets of Chicago?"
The Chicago mayor accused Scarborough of narrowing the crime problem down to policing, and said that "putting out an arbitrary number" of officers would not solve the problem.
"What I'm saying is policing and affordable housing, is policing and mental and behavior healthcare services, is policing and youth employment. It's a full package," Johnson continued.
Chicago experienced a significant surge in homicides in the past decade and reached a 25-year high in 2021 with 797 victims, The Chicago Tribune reported.
There have been 262 homicides in Chicago as of Aug. 26, which is 117 fewer incidents in comparison to 2024, according to the Chicago Tribune. Total violent crime reportedly decreased by 22% in the first half of 2025 in comparison to the previous year.
Trump said on Friday that he will "probably" crackdown on crime in Chicago by deploying the National Guard once he is finished focusing on Washington, D.C. Since Aug. 7, a total of 1,007 arrests and 111 illegal firearm gun confiscations have taken place in the nation's capital as of Monday since the administration's federal takeover, U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Jeanine Pirro said.
ohnson and Democrat Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Trump would be violating the U.S. Constitution if he deploys the National Guard to Chicago. Johnson accused Trump on Aug. 11 of spreading misinformation about the crime statistics in Chicago and that the National Guard's presence would only "undermine" public safety.