US EditionDC residents heckle authorities at checkpoint amid ramped-up federal presence
Federal officers left a Washington, D.C. checkpoint after protests against a federal police takeover, with over 100 arrests made citywide since early August, officials said.
- Late Wednesday night, over 100 protesters gathered along 14th Street Northwest in Washington, D.C., confronting a checkpoint set after President Donald Trump’s takeover announcement.
- Amid a declared “crime emergency” in D.C., President Donald Trump federalized the Metropolitan Police Department under Section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act on Monday.
- At 14th Street Northwest, protesters jeered ICE agents pulling over cars for violations and immigration checks, chanting `get off our streets` and `go home fascists`.
- Following the protest, the deployment sparked backlash from residents, and the checkpoint shut down before midnight with no National Guard troops present.
- Next month, officials warn, President Donald Trump has expressed interest in extending the law enforcement presence beyond the 30 days it is currently scheduled for.
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DC protesters clash with cops over local checkpoint after Trump’s federal takeover: ‘Get off our streets’
Enraged protesters squared off against DC cops and tried to warn drivers to avoid a police checkpoint as President Trump's crime crackdown in the nation's capital continues.
D.C. Federal Deployment Ramps Up as Protesters Converge on Police Checkpoint
WASHINGTON — Protesters gathered around an array of law enforcement officers, including homeland security agents, who set up a police checkpoint Wednesday night in the busy U Street corridor in northwest Washington, as President Donald Trump’s takeover of law enforcement…
Residents gather to heckle DC cops, yell at them to 'get off our streets' · American Wire News
Protesters in Washington, D.C., were seen heckling and yelling at federal law enforcement officers as they tried to set up a vehicle checkpoint. Video footage showed a group of protestors on Wednesday along a nightlife corridor near 14th Street NW shouting at police officers to “get off our streets!” “Why are you here? You are trying to arrest innocent people? What’s your purpose? What’s your goal?” one protester could be heard yelling. “What’s …
'Go home fascists': Protesters jeer federal agents in streets of DC
This story originally appeared in Common Dreams on Aug. 14, 2025. It is shared here with permission. More than 100 protesters gathered late Wednesday at a checkpoint set up by a combination of local and federal officers on a popular street in Washington, D.C., where U.S. President Donald Trump has taken over the police force and deployed around 800 National Guard members as part of what he hopes will be a long-term occupation of the country’s ca…
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