Much was made of why the success of Baltimore's Gun Violence Reduction Strategy (GVRS) disproves Trump's claim that Baltimore needs National Guard occupation. But what if Baltimore's supposedly more human "public health" approach to policing reflects the same logic as Trump's occupation? We counter pro-National Guard propaganda with an analysis of how grassroots violence prevention lies in its unique political, spiritual, and racial self-esteem perspectives. We then explain how GVRS, despite claims to the contrary, is not primarily an attempt to empower these violence prevention entities, nor a reflection of "public health" thinking, but a pro-policing strategy that reflects flawed criminological assumptions around deterrence and actually makes grassroots violence prevention work harder. Finally, we conclude by analyzing the work and media appearances of focused deterrence scholar Anthony Braga to show how this strategy mirrors the worst excesses of racist, pro-police, pro-National Guard occupation and allies him with right wing media & Zionist ideology.