Mayor Brandon Johnson responded to what he called President Trump’s threat to deploy federal troops in Chicago by signing an executive order of his own on Saturday, in which.
Mayor Brandon Johnson responded to what he called President Trump’s threat to deploy federal troops in Chicago by signing an executive order of his own on Saturday, in which he demands that the president « stand down. » The order directs city government to pursue all legal and legislative means of stopping the deployment and specifies that the city’s police department takes orders only from the mayor. « We do not want military checkpoints or armored vehicles on our streets and we do not want to see families ripped apart », Johnson said, WLS reports.
