US EditionMcCabe: National Guard Doesn’t Have Policing ‘Skill Set’
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AUG 11 – Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops citing crime concerns despite a 30% decline in homicides and 20% drop in juvenile arrests, highlighting his focus on law and order policies.
- President Donald Trump declared he would send 800 National Guard members to the capital and assume temporary control over the city's police force.
- Trump framed the move as a historic action to rescue the capital from crime, bloodshed, and chaos amid his long-standing criticism of liberal-led cities and escalating violence.
- Despite claims of rising crime and protests critical of Trump, official data shows violent crime in D.C. has fallen over 30 percent in the past year, with juvenile arrests declining nearly 20 percent.
- Trump announced a major initiative to reclaim control of Washington D.C. from disorder and crime, describing the moment as a turning point, and indicated that similar efforts might be launched in other cities such as Chicago and Los Angeles.
- The deployment faced backlash from D.C. officials and Democrats, who deemed it illegal and viewed it as a politically motivated attempt to roll back years of progress in police reform.
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One of the reasons President Donald Trump says he's taking over the policing of Washington D.C. is because of what he calls "roving mobs of wild youth." U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro echoed the president's remarks and explained that under current laws she would have difficulty prosecuting those under 17 years old for crimes they are suspected of committing."The president is going to do everything we need to do to make sure that these embo…
From a single announcement coup, President Donald Trump went from talking about security and crime to promising a “forced recall” of homeless people and Washington DC’s “beautifulness,” initiating an unprecedented federal operation: he took direct control of the local police and deployed 800 members of the National Guard, even though criminality is at its lowest level in three decades, according to the Justice Department. “Our capital city has b…
Members of the National Guard began arriving in Washington, D.C., following orders from Donald Trump in order to 'reduce crime'.
In the United States, Donald Trump mobilizes his troops to "clean up" Washington. On August 11, he announced that he would place law enforcement in the capital under the control of his administration and deploy soldiers from the National Guard. Donald Trump appointed Terrance (Terry) Cole, the head of the agency responsible for combating drug trafficking and distribution in the United States (DEA), to also lead the Washington police.
McCabe: National Guard doesn’t have policing ‘skill set’
Former acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe said Monday that President Trump’s decision to deploy National Guard troops in the nation’s capital could backfire, citing the soldiers’ lack of experience with community policing. “Even the most tactically astute, highly trained FBI agents, those who serve on swat teams. I know this as a former swat team…
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