President Donald Trump's administration announced Wednesday it is expanding a controversial deployment of federal agents to three more US cities - Cleveland, Detroit and Milwaukee - to tackle a spike in crime.
In a statement announcing the move, Attorney General Bill Barr said all three Democratic-run cities "have seen disturbing increases in violent crime, particularly homicides."
Trump's administration previously ordered a "surge" of federal agents into Chicago and Albuquerque, compounding public anger at the deployment of federal troops to Portland, where they have clashed with demonstrators for several weeks.
AFP
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