Protesters slam Trump’s DC police takeover
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On Thursday evening in Washington, D.C., the weird juxtapositions of life in this city, eleven days into the Trump Administration’s unprecedented takeover of the District’s local law enforcement, were on full display.
Business has never been this slow for Jovan Richards, who sells shirts, hats and souvenirs emblazoned with the likeness of the nation’s capital.
President Donald Trump has threatened a "complete and total" federal takeover of Washington, D.C., amid a dispute over the city's crime figures. Trump has already deployed federal troops, officers and agents to D.C. as part of a crackdown on crime and homelessness.
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Trump threatens full 'Federal takeover' in DC, accuses mayor of peddling 'inaccurate crime figures'
President Donald Trump threatens "Federal takeover of" Washington D.C., claiming Mayor Muriel Bowser is disseminating false crime statistics
This move, which is linked to Trump's crackdown, could include mobilising at least "a few thousand members of the National Guard as soon as September."
President Donald Trump threatened Friday that his administration would completely take over Washington, D.C., if Mayor Muriel Bowser doesn’t stop saying that crime was down in the city before the recent surge of federal agents and National Guard troops.
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Trump embraces tough-on-crime mantra amid DC takeover as he and Democrats claim political wins
President Donald Trump is proudly promoting the work of roughly 2,000 National Guard troops in Washington to confront what the Republican president describes as an out-of-control crime wave in the Democratic-run city.
The US capital, he declared, had been "overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people". He vowed to rescue it from "bedlam and squalor" and to let the police "do whatever the hell they want".
D.C. Police Union chairman Gregg Pemberton offered his support to President Donald Trump's law enforcement takeover cracking down on crime in a Washington Post op-ed.
Trump and his team - who paved over the Rose Garden - have new pitch for DC residents under takeover: Fresh grass! President Donald Trump’s team, which notoriously paved over Rose Garden in the White House, is making a new pitch to Washington, D.C., residents about his takeover of the nation’s capital: fresh grass.