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Buttigieg: Trump Taking over DC Police ‘to Solve His Political Problems’
President Trump deployed 800 National Guard troops and federalized the D.C. police amid a public safety emergency with 100 homicides so far in 2025, despite crime rates falling 26%.
- On Monday, President Donald Trump announced federalizing the Metropolitan Police Department and deploying 800 National Guard troops, placing the force under U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi.
- Metropolitan Police Department data shows 99 homicides in 2025, the highest since 2008, amid ongoing high-profile violent incidents.
- Trump said the move ensures integrated enforcement, with the Metropolitan Police Department’s 3,400 officers reporting to DEA administrator Terry Cole and National Guard troops under Army Secretary Dan Driscoll.
- Protesters chanted 'Hell no, we won't go' and accused President Trump of racial profiling during the demonstration against the federal takeover in Washington, D.C.
- The Princeton professor argued MSNBC contributor Eddie Glaude claimed Trump used the 'public safety emergency' to distract from Jeffrey Epstein stories.
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Pahrump Valley TimesSAUNDERS: There’s a new sheriff in Washington — one that actually wants to stop criminals
Dubious crime statistics have created predictable partisan positions on President Donald Trump’s takeover of D.C. policing.
Trump Says Journalists Downplaying DC Crime Should Go On Police ‘Ride Alongs’ To See Mess For Themselves
President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that journalists downplaying the rampant crime in Washington, D.C., should consider going on “ride alongs” with police to witness the mess for themselves. The corporate media has cited Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) data which shows that violent crime has dropped 26% since 2024, though these numbers are at odds with Federal […] Trump Says Journalists Downplaying DC Crime Should Go On Police ‘Ride Al…
Trump may have just triggered his biggest scandal yet
I don’t know whether Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington, D.C., police force is a distraction from the Jeffrey Epstein scandal that’s still dogging him. Some liberals say it is. Some say it isn’t. I also don’t know why it must be either/or. I do know this, however: white power is distracting, ...
Obama-Era Deep State Hack Freaks Out About Trump's Big DC Move - The American Tribune.com
Speaking in a breathless interview on CNN’s “News Central,” former Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe went berserk over the idea that President Trump has put the DC metro police force under federal control so that it can be used to clean up crime in the city, insisting that such a move is a sort of tyranny that will permanently harm Americans. As background, President Trump declared on Monday, August 11, the same day as McCabe’s interview …
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