Trump’s Memphis Takeover Another Step Down the Road to Authoritarianism
Cătălin Roșioru
Trump makes himself the sheriff of another city. Photo: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images The deployment of National Guard units and federal agents to Memphis for a Donald Trump –defined crime-fighting mission has gotten far less alarmed attention nationally than the earlier presidential takeover of law enforcement in Washington, D.C. But even though the president himself is calling the Memphis action a “replica” of the D.C. “crackdown,” it’s actually different in important ways and is also different
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