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DC residents heckle authorities at checkpoint amid ramped-up federal presence
Federal officers left a D.C. checkpoint after protesters opposed the federal takeover amid claims of crime emergency despite reports showing violent crime at a 30-year low.
- A traffic checkpoint in Washington D.C. set up by police and federal agents drew community outrage, with people yelling at officers.
- President Trump announced taking over the city's police department and ordering federal law enforcement to patrol D.C.
- Residents expressed concerns that the increased federal presence would not make the city safer but angrier.
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'Go home fascists!' Trump's forces hit by rising fury in DC
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 capital—and potentially other major cities.The officers at the Wednesday night checkpoint reportedly in…
'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…
DC residents heckle authorities at checkpoint amid ramped-up federal presence
Federal law enforcement officers in Washington were heckled Wednesday as tensions rise in the nation’s capital over President Trump’s moves to take over the local police force. A group of protestors near the 14th Street NW corridor, where the agents established a vehicle checkpoint, shouted out or held up signs with phrases such as “Go…
Colorado Springs Gazette
Residents respond in protest as federal officers, MPD mobilize in DC
D.C. protesters chanted “Whose Street? Our street!” and “Go home!” toward federal and local law enforcement officers conducting a vehicle checkpoint stop across 14th Street NW on Wednesday night. Dozens of Department of Homeland Security and Metropolitan Police Department officers…
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