CHICAGO — If the National Guard comes to Chicago, would it actually reduce crime?

Local leaders and a violence intervention expert say it’s not likely — and could even exacerbate tensions.

President Donald Trump has said in recent days that he’s considering sending National Guardsmen to Chicago — though he appeared to hedge on those plans Monday. It’s not the first time Trump has threatened to bring troops to Chicago while inaccurately painting the city as some sort of war zone.

Gov. JB Pritzker, Mayor Brandon Johnson and other state and local leaders have said any deployment of National Guard troops to Chicago would be unconstitutional and an abuse of federal power, which they echoed at a joint news conference Monday.

Lance Williams, a professor at Northeastern Illinois University who

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