15 people were shot at a funeral the Chiacgo Police were monitoring.
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President Trump has announced plans to address the consistent and ongoing violence in Chicago by sending in a "surge of federal law enforcement".
“Perhaps no citizens have suffered more from the menace of violent crime than the wonderful people of Chicago, a city I know very well,” Trump said.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was conatcted by Trump to reiterate his plan. While the Mayor called the conversation "brief and straightforward", she expressed concerns about the intentions of the federal agents.
“If those agents are here to actually work in partnership and support of gun violence and violent cases, plugging into existing infrastructure of federal agents, not trying to play police in our streets, then that’s something different but the proof is going to be in the pudding.”, Lightfoot said.
Attorney General William Barr said federal agents could take part in a plan to investigate gangs, drug trafficking organizations, gun crime while being engaged in "classic crime-fighting." The agents and investigators would include the Drug Enforcement Adminstration, the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and U.S Marshals Service.
Trump's announcement comes a day after a shooting outside a South Side funeral home in which 15 people were shot.
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