WaPo: “Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry (R) has requested federal assistance to deploy National Guard troops to combat crime in urban centers throughout the state, weeks after President Donald Trump floated the possibility of sending troops to New Orleans.
In a letter dated Monday, Landry asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for as many as 1,000 troops to be mobilized in Louisiana until September 2026, citing “elevated violent crime rates” in New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Shreveport as well as “critical personnel shortages within local law enforcement.”
The Trump administration has deployed military force in unprecedented ways in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and other U.S. cities, despite falling crime rates and opposition from Democratic leaders in many of the jurisdictions.”