# Trump Threatens to Send in the Feds to Chicago **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [January 25, 2017, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114 "2017-01-25T03:47:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/41 "2017-01-25T12:30:37Z")
Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair? Me here, at last, on the ground You in mid-air ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/42 "2017-01-25T12:36:44Z")
What exactly does “send in the feds” mean? ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/43 "2017-01-25T13:39:22Z")
> [@arfurvirus](#): > > Best to just wall off the bad parts of town and let them have at it. Jesus, _another_ wall? Is this the answer to everything? What are you going to do about immigration? We need a wall. What are you going to do about crime? We need a wall. What are you going to do about conflicts of interest? We need a “wall.” What are you going to do about Corey Lewandowski’s haircut? We need a Wahl. What are you going to do about Pixar movies? We need a Wall-E 2. Social Security? Trade? Climate change? Infrastructure? Business cards? Super Bowl commericals? What’s for dinner? Wall, wall, wall, wall, wall, wall, wall… and one more wall just to be sure. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/44 "2017-01-25T13:44:46Z")
You forgot the best player on the Washington Bullets, er, Wizards, NBA team, chosen #1 in the 2010 draft… [John Wall](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wall_(basketball)). ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/45 "2017-01-25T13:48:37Z")
The true issue is that POTUS should not make long-term policy decisions and announcements via impulsive reactions to things seen on TV opinion shows meant to inflame impulsive reactions. Tweets like this make the “Twitler” moniker all too apt. Our President should be better than that. Period. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/46 "2017-01-25T14:18:31Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Chicago has violent neighborhoods due to decades of neglect, wink-wink segregation, official disinterest, lack of opportunity and a resulting hopelessness. ^ This. > [@JohnT](#): > > Tweets like this make the “Twitler” moniker all too apt. Haven’t heard “Twitler” before but I like it - is that available for general use or has someone trademarked it? ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/47 "2017-01-25T14:27:17Z")
I coined it myself, but was probably in the zeitgeist as I found references to it on Twitter. I don’t think anybody has trademarked it or made it their own, however. ---
**Author:** ![Bone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bone/32/407_2.png) [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/48 "2017-01-25T16:40:57Z")
> [@foolsguinea](#): > > Honestly, I don’t know what the answer is. And I don’t think a third-rate real estate developer does either. But I think Trump knows he can kill niggers by the truckload and become more popular as a share of the electorate. This use of epithet is unnecessarily inflammatory. Please remain civil. [/moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/49 "2017-01-25T17:12:47Z")
> [@Trinopus](#): > > Hey, Elliot Ness did a fine job! Meh, more so for Cleveland than Chicago. And what he mostly did was pursue corruption, and modernize the forensics department. Didn’t really go after murderers. That was the TV show. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/50 "2017-01-25T17:17:31Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Social Security? Trade? Climate change? Infrastructure? Business cards? Super Bowl commericals? What’s for dinner? Wall, wall, wall, wall, wall, wall, wall… and one more wall just to be sure. Jesus, as if Walmart didn’t have enough power. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/51 "2017-01-25T17:30:55Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Chicago has violent neighborhoods due to decades of neglect, wink-wink segregation, official disinterest, lack of opportunity and a resulting hopelessness. Certainly true, but even those living in the affected areas think there’s more to it this time, but they aren’t sure what’s causing this particularly lethal spike. The focus on jailing the big time gang leaders may have something to do with it. There’s no big guy at the top controlling what’s going on. So just shoot whoever you want and there’s no repercussions from within. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/52 "2017-01-25T17:36:26Z")
> [@MarcusF](#): > > Wow! That’s pretty quick Godwinisation. > > Something I suspect will happen in every thread mentioning Trump… When you have someone in power who tells a lie, makes it big, and repeats it often, Big H certainly comes to mind. Oh, wait…that was Lenin. Big difference, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/53 "2017-01-25T17:55:54Z")
If the cops really aren’t patrolling Chicago because they’re afraid they’ll end up on the national news the next time they gun down a random unarmed civilian, then I guess the cops in Chicago really do have a problem. As for what’s going to happen, nothing’s going to happen. Trump watched O’Reilly, and sent out a random tweet about it. Tomorrow he’s going to watch another show and send a random tweet about that show. Anyone who thinks Trump’s tweets are supposed to herald a new policy initiative are sadly mistaken. The tweets are just what passed through Trump’s mind as he was switching between Fox News and YouPorn. ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/54 "2017-01-25T18:09:30Z")
Highest crime rates per capita in the US: 1 Detroit, MI 1,988.63 2 Memphis, TN 1,740.51 3 Oakland, CA 1,685.39 4 St. Louis, MO 1,678.73 5 Milwaukee, WI 1,476.41 6 Baltimore, MD 1,338.54 7 Cleveland, OH 1,334.35 8 Stockton, CA 1,331.47 9 Indianapolis, IN 1,254.66 10 Kansas City, KS 1,251.45 11 Buffalo, NY 1,228.24 12 Atlanta, GA 1,227.43 13 Washington, DC 1,185.32 14 Nashville, TN 1,122.45 15 Toledo, OH 1,091.23 16 Newark, NJ 1,077.71 17 Miami, FL 1,059.96 18 Philadelphia, PA 1,021.45 19 Minneapolis, MN 1,011.96 20 Houston, TX 991.38 21 New Orleans, LA 973.88 22 Cincinnati, OH 905.36 23 Orlando, FL 901.13 **24 Chicago, IL 884.29** 25 Albuquerque, NM 882.85 [SOURCE](http://www.worldatlas.com/articles/most-dangerous-cities-in-the-united-states.html) Murder rates by city: Here is 24/7 Wall Street’s Top 25 list of the cities with the highest murder rates: 1 St. Louis, MO 2 Baltimore, MD 3 Detroit, MI 4 New Orleans, LA 5 Birmingham, AL 6 Jackson, MS 7 Baton Rouge, LA 8 Hartford, CT 9 Salinas, CA 10 Milwaukee, WI 11 Washington, DC 12 Kansas City, MO 13 Cincinnati, OH 14 West Palm Beach, FL 15 Memphis, TN 16 San Bernadino, CA 17 Oakland, CA 18 Atlanta, GA 19 Richmond, VA 20 Kansas City, KS 21 Pittsburgh, PA 22 Dayton, OH 23 Philadelphia, PA **24 Chicago, IL** 25 North Charleston, SC [SOURCE](http://fox6now.com/2016/11/02/americas-25-murder-capitals-milwaukee-has-10th-highest-murder-rate-of-any-american-city/) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/55 "2017-01-25T18:13:45Z")
Yeah, but Chicago has **BIG NUMBERS**. You are your percentages and stuff. That’s fuzzy math!! ETA: Salinas!! Salinas!!! Yeah, I heard about gang activity, but… Salinas??? And I’m guessing San Bernadino is the after-affects of that shoot-out last year? ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/56 "2017-01-25T18:14:04Z")
> [@Lemur866](#): > > The tweets are just what passed through Trump’s mind as he was switching between Fox News and YouPorn. Well, that’s not so bad then. It’s the tweets that come after YouPorn that concern me now. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/57 "2017-01-25T18:16:28Z")
At least we’ll _know_ that he’s found new ways to screw us… ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/58 "2017-01-25T18:22:53Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > When you have someone in power who tells a lie, makes it big, and repeats it often, Big H certainly comes to mind. Oh, wait…that was Lenin. > > Big difference, eh? Well, one’s a communist revolutionary, the other’s a genocidal war-monger. There’s a YUUUUUUUGE difference. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/59 "2017-01-25T18:30:21Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > You forgot the best player on the Washington Bullets, er, Wizards, NBA team, chosen #1 in the 2010 draft… [John Wall](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wall_(basketball)). What we needs is [Wonderwall](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx1Bh8ZvH84)! ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bruce\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2017, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114/60 "2017-01-25T18:34:44Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Murder rates by city:… > Here is 24/7 Wall Street’s Top 25 list of the cities with the highest murder rates:… > **24 Chicago, IL** … > [SOURCE](http://fox6now.com/2016/11/02/americas-25-murder-capitals-milwaukee-has-10th-highest-murder-rate-of-any-american-city/) 458 murders in 2015 per your source vs. 762 in 2016 and on pace to be even higher in 2017. Chicago will be much higher on that list when they refigure the next list of cities with the highest murder rate. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-threatens-to-send-in-the-feds-to-chicago/778114.md?page=4)