US EditionDC Councilmembers Question Metro Police Use of Force During Alleged Fare Evasion Arrest
President Trump deployed over 1,500 federal officers and 800 National Guard troops to address a surge in violent crime, resulting in more than 240 arrests, officials said.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump declared federal control of Washington, DC's Metropolitan Police Department and authorized 800 National Guard troops to address a 'public safety emergency'.
- Created by Trump’s March executive order, the ‘Making D.C. Safe and Beautiful’ task force launched Aug. 7, amid fears of a return to 1990s violence with 482 murders.
- On Friday alone, the White House official said 52 people were arrested, including 28 illegal immigrants, and three guns were seized.
- Protesters in Washington marched, Mayor Muriel Bowser called the action “unsettling and unprecedented,” and D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit, criticizing the federal takeover.
- The Washington Post’s editorial board warned the 30-day limit could end as a political win or albatross, hinging on whether crime in D.C. is meaningfully addressed, with President Donald Trump facing a 30-day clock.
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DC crime and the Trump-is-bad-but-he's-right effect
DC CRIME AND THE TRUMP-IS-BAD-BUT-HE’S-RIGHT EFFECT. There’s something interesting going on in the continuing controversy over President Donald Trump’s anti-crime initiative in Washington, D.C. When Trump first announced the move, saying crime in the district is “out of control,” many Democrats and their media allies denounced it with the argument that crime is in fact falling in the district, perhaps even to its lowest point in 30 years. Now, …
PBS 'Washington Week' Sees 'Racially Tinged Hypocrisy' in Trump's DC Anti-Crime Blitz
President Trump’s use of emergency powers to deploy the National Guard to America’s disgracefully crime-ridden capital city was greeted with racially charged animus by the (for the moment) taxpayer-funded pundits on PBS’s Washington Week in Review on Friday evening. Show moderator and Atlantic editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg brought up what he “a domestic military situation, the National Guard on the streets of Washington.” Scott MacFarlane of …
How Long Will the Feds Control the DC Cops?
(Washington, DC) – If there are any assurances in life, they can be linked to President Trump. Whatever he proposes, you can bet your bottom dollar that the political left will oppose it. The longstanding joke has been if Trump were to cure cancer, Democrats would complain. Now, as Trump takes active steps to try and end out-of-control crime in Washington, DC — Democrats are crying. Imagine the shock! Holding true to his dogged commitment to fig…
Homan Calls Out False Media Claims, Explains How DC Crackdown Will Aid Deportation Efforts - The American Tribune.com
Speaking in the wake of Attorney General Pam Bondi deposing the current DC Metro Police Chief and replacing her with a senior DEA official while also revoking DC’s sanctuary city policies, Trump Administration Border Czar Tom Homan discussed with the media what the point of the exercise is and how the DC police will aid the crackdown on illegal immigration. For reference, Bondi’s order came in the evening of Thursday, August 14. In it, the Attor…
"These are Criminals who Support Crime" - Trump Responds to Democrats Paying Protestors to Fight DC Crime Crackdown
President Trump highlighted on Friday recent reports that the Democrats are paying protestors to mobilize against his “attack on crime,” as leftists attempt to fight against his federalization of DC police and federal use of agents and troops on the streets. “These are criminals who support crime,” the President stated.
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