Louisiana governor asks for national guard deployment to New Orleans (www.theguardian.com)

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Jeff Landry’s request comes as crime trends analyst says New Orleans has had fewest murders since 1970

The Donald Trump-supporting Republican governor of Louisiana has asked for national guard troops to be deployed to New Orleans and other cities through fiscal year 2026, saying Monday that the state needs help fighting crime and praising the president’s decision to send the military to Washington DC and Memphis.

Governor Jeff Landry asked for the Trump administration to support an extended deployment of 1,000 troops in a letter sent to the Pentagon’s top official, Pete Hegseth. It comes weeks after Trump suggested New Orleans could be one of his next targets for deploying the national guard to fight crime.

Preliminary data from the New Orleans police department shows that there had been 75 homicides so far in 2025 – including 14 who were killed on New Year’s Day when a terrorist aimed a truck attack on Bourbon Street. There were 124 homicides in 2024. In 2023, there were 193.

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[-] hypna@lemmy.world 31 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

But the governor of Louisiana already has command of the Louisiana National Guard. Is there some funding advantage to having them federalized? Is it to normalize National Guard use for law enforcement? Maybe fishing for a case to bring to the supreme court on posse commitatus? This doesn't make obvious sense.

[-] TheLowestStone@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

Is it to normalize National Guard use for law enforcement?

Ding ding ding! We've got a winner.

[-] TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 23 points 12 hours ago

Put your boot on my neck senpai

[-] HorikBrun@kbin.earth 10 points 11 hours ago

Start with the governor's house.

[-] tla@lemmy.world 7 points 10 hours ago

How long before the, now normalised, sending in of the national guard, is used to stop anyone / everyone from stealing (yes, /s) the next election from taco?

[-] bagsy@lemmy.world 9 points 9 hours ago

Republicans are in deep. They are in ride or die mode. For them, its either remain in power or face prison. With options like that, the only path forward is escalation. Prepare your self for things to get much, much worse.

[-] TheMinister@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

lol “face prison”

I wouldn’t bank on it

[-] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 5 points 9 hours ago

It's pretty much guaranteed at this point. There's no way any future election will be fair and open. You can't vote yourself out of fascism.

[-] Linktank@lemmy.today 17 points 12 hours ago

You're going to have to lean in to truly get a brown nose there Governor. He's got a fat ass.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

a fat, crusty ass. so not so much as you might imagine.

[-] PattyMcB@lemmy.world 11 points 12 hours ago

Fuck that guy, too

[-] 0ndead@infosec.pub 2 points 10 hours ago

Jeff Landry is a traitor

[-] Lucky_777@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago

What a coward lmao. This guy wants a cabinet position. Probably after Trump cans Patel.

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