OAKLAND MAYOR BARBARA LEE and a handful of other local leaders denounced President Donald Trump’s recent criticism of the city and his insinuation that he could send in the U.S. National Guard to crack down on crime.

At a City Hall press conference on Thursday, Lee and others called out the president for federalizing the Washington, D.C. police force this week and sending National Guard troops to the nation’s capital. 

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Kiley Russell writes primarily for Local News Matters on issues related to equity and the environment. A Bay Area native, he has lived most of his life in Oakland. He studied journalism at San Francisco State University, worked for the Associated Press and the former Contra Costa Times, among other outlets. He has covered everything from state legislatures, local governments, federal and state courts, crime, growth and development, political campaigns of various stripes, wildfires and the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.