DC residents heckle authorities at checkpoint amid ramped-up federal presence

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.

Protesters Tell ICE to “Read the Constitution,” But Their Actions Are Constitutional

Federal and local authorities set up a checkpoint Wednesday night in Washington, D.C., stopping cars for seat belt violations and broken taillights.

Here Are Your Rights at an ICE Checkpoint in DC - Washingtonian

Last night, Washingtonians heckled federal agents at a traffic stop near the U Street corridor.

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…