Fact Checking The White House’s Claims About Crime In Chicago
Update: 2025-08-27
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The National Guard was deployed to Washington, D.C. earlier this month as a part of President Donald Trump’s effort to mitigate crime in the capital. And Chicago could be next.
City and state leaders, such as Gov. JB Pritzker, have made their message clear. “Do not come to Chicago.”
Since then, the White House has issued a press release of its own. A bullet-pointed list of crime statistics and headlines.
Reset will go behind those headlines and fact-check the White House’s claims that Chicago residents want the National Guard in the city with WBEZ criminal justice reporter Chip Mitchell and Northwestern professor Andrew Papachristos.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
City and state leaders, such as Gov. JB Pritzker, have made their message clear. “Do not come to Chicago.”
Since then, the White House has issued a press release of its own. A bullet-pointed list of crime statistics and headlines.
Reset will go behind those headlines and fact-check the White House’s claims that Chicago residents want the National Guard in the city with WBEZ criminal justice reporter Chip Mitchell and Northwestern professor Andrew Papachristos.
For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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