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National Guard takes control of Washington DC as Trump tightens grip on law enforcement
A day after announcing a "criminal emergency" in Washington, US President Donald Trump deployed National Guard troops and assumed control over the US capital.
Approximately 800 National Guard members began arriving in the city on Tuesday following a White House directive that placed the city's police department under federal authority. Under the law, Trump is permitted to oversee the DC police for up to 30 days, AP reported.
However, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt indicated the federal control might be extended, pending further review and reassessment by authorities.
Extending federal control beyond that time would require Congressional approval, which would likely be tough to achieve in the face of Democratic resistance.
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About 850 officers and agents fanned out across Washington on Monday and arrested 23 people overnight, Leavitt said. The charges, she said, included homicide, drunk driving, gun and drug crimes and subway fare evasion.
The US Park Police also removed 70 homeless encampments over the last five months, she said. People who were living in them can leave, go to a homeless shelter or go into drug addiction treatment, Leavitt said. Those who refuse could face fines or jail time.
The city and Trump have had a bumpy relationship
While Trump invokes his plan by saying that “we're going to take our capital back,” Bowser and the MPD maintain that violent crime overall in Washington has decreased to a 30-year low after a sharp rise in 2023. Carjackings, for example, dropped about 50% in 2024 and are down again this year. More than half of those arrested, however, are juveniles, and the extent of those punishments is a point of contention for the Trump administration.Also Read: Trump govt modifies policy for H-1B visa holders' children – what does this mean for Indian families in US?
Resident Jeraod Tyre, who's lived in Washington for 15 years, said he does see crime slowing down. He's wary of the National Guard troops, who don't have the same local knowledge as the city's regular police force. "I feel safe walking through the city every day. The police are doing a mighty fine job,” he said.
Bowser, a Democrat, spent much of Trump's first term in office openly sparring with the Republican president. She fended off his initial plans for a military parade through the streets and stood in public opposition when he called in a multi-agency flood of federal law enforcement to confront anti-police brutality protesters in summer 2020. She later had the words “Black Lives Matter” painted in giant yellow letters on the street about a block from the White House.
In Trump's second term, backed by Republican control of both houses of Congress, Bowser has walked a public tightrope for months, emphasising common ground with the Trump administration on issues such as the successful effort to bring the NFL's Washington Commanders back to the District of Columbia.
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She watched with open concern for the city streets as Trump finally got his military parade this summer. Her decision to dismantle Black Lives Matter Plaza earlier this year served as a neat metaphor for just how much the power dynamics between the two executives had evolved.
Now that fraught relationship enters uncharted territory as Trump has followed through on months of what many DC officials had quietly hoped were empty threats. The new standoff has cast Bowser in a sympathetic light, even among her longtime critics. “It's a power play and we're an easy target,” said Clinique Chapman, CEO of the DC Justice Lab and a frequent Bowser critic.
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Trump is the first president to use the law's Section 740 to take over Washington's police for up to 30 days during times of emergency.
For Trump, the effort to take over public safety in DC reflects an escalation of his aggressive approach to law enforcement. The District of Columbia's status as a congressionally established federal district gives him a unique opportunity to push his tough-on-crime agenda, though he has not proposed solutions to the root causes of homelessness or crime, AP reported.
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