Why do cities fear Federal agents?

MAYBE BIG CITY CORRUPTION WILL BE EXPOSED

FEDERAL AGENTS HAVE BEEN USED SINCE THE 1930'S

Big city mayors seem to be worried that the Trump administration will be sending Federal agents to cities with out of control violence. Ever since the prohibition days of 1920's and 30's it has been routine for Federal authorities to intervene in cities with uncontrolled lawlessness. If you look at history, Al Capone and other big city criminals were brought to justice by Federal authorities. This was necessary as many of the local politicians and police were on the take.

Today, Chicago is still the distribution hub for drugs brought into the country by the Mexican cartels who now control much of the worlds drug trafficking. Much of the violence in Chicago and other major cities is generated by turf battles between gangs of low level drug traffickers. Many of these street dealers are not controlled by the cartels and chaos reigns.

The reality is the availability of drugs is mostly not hindered. The business plan of the cartels has always been bribery of politicians and law enforcement to make sure the flow of drugs is allowed to continue uninterrupted.  This is still the major key to their success. If anyone doubts local authorities are not being paid off they are either naive or incompetent.

So, while much is made of the introduction of federal authorities into these cities, it is likely that the presence of these officers may cause a increase risk to the drug trade and those who profit from enabling its continence. If these local politicians were really worried about the safety of their citizens, they would have cracked down on this situation years ago. It is obvious they really could care less about the collateral damage of their profitable business.

As for Portland, if not protected by Federal police the Federal courthouse would no longer exist. The local authorities have refused to protect not only this building but many of the business's in the city. The federal government has a right and an obligation to protect the assets of the Federal government. 

In fact, this courthouse has been only protected in a defensive manner, it could easily be considered as a insurrection or revolt very similar to the attack on Fort Sumter, the first battle of the civil war. 

With many cities and states beginning to disregard not only federal law but their own laws and many advocating independence from the federal government, we may soon need to make a decision as to give these states independence or make an effort to preserve the Union.