These are individuals that stepped up and they were working with the federal government, the National Guard, to clean up crime in a city. And by all accounts, it really, really worked. Crime was way down [in the city where the National Guard was deployed]. I know. I spoke with the President yesterday and he was talking about that. And then you have this brazen act of terrorism and the way they did it. (04:42–04:44)
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