Trump vows ‘more than the National Guard’ amid blue-city crime wave
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New York City police detained a man in connection with public transportation disruptions and he is charged with two dozen more crimes, many of them violent, as President Donald Trump signals he plans to step up his federal crackdown on blue city crime.
Around 6:30 a.m. Saturday, a 37-year-old man suffered a cut on the left side of his face while sitting in a Q train car in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood, according to the NYPD.
On Tuesday morning, police announced the arrest of Odyssey Head, 27, of Brooklyn, on more than two dozen charges, including three counts of attempted murder.
The NYPD did not immediately release further details describing the full list of allegations beyond Saturday’s Q train attack.
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The NYPD has released surveillance footage of a man suspected of slashing a passenger on a Q train in Brooklyn’s Flatbush neighborhood on Saturday morning. They later announced the arrest of 27-year-old Odyssey Head, who police charged with 25 charges, including three counts of attempted murder, multiple counts of assault and arson. (NYPD)
Other charges include multiple counts of burglary, assault, menacing and weapons possession. He faces charges of trespassing and criminal mischief and one count of arson.
FOX 5 New York Police are investigating a potential connection between the Q train massacre and two train attacks that occurred over the weekend, police said, citing law enforcement sources.
Speaking to American troops stationed in Japan during a visit to the U.S. ally on Tuesday, Trump said he was considering stepping up the federal response to blue city crime.
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U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech regarding the aircraft carrier USS George Washington during his visit to the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Japan, on October 28, 2025. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung Hoon)
So far, their plans have included sending the National Guard to troubled areas.
“We have cities that are having trouble. We can’t have cities that are having trouble, and we’re sending in our National Guard,” Trump told a gathering of U.S. marines and Japanese allies.
“And if we need more of the National Guard, we will send in more of the National Guard because we will have safe cities. We will not allow people to be killed in our cities.”
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi looks on at the aircraft carrier USS George Washington during a visit to the U.S. Navy’s Yokosuka base in Yokosuka, Japan, Oct. 28, 2025. (REUTERS/Kim Kyung Hoon)
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He condemned Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker for failing to prevent gun violence in Chicago, condemned South American drug traffickers and credited his aggressive policies for reducing crime in Washington, D.C., where he first deployed the National Guard to assist local police earlier this year.
“Whether people like it or not, we’re doing it,” Trump said.
