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Protesters Call for End of Federal Law Enforcement Takeover of DC
Protests oppose federal takeover of DC police and National Guard deployment, costing about $1 million daily amid claims of authoritarian overreach and low local crime rates.
- Last month, President Donald Trump declared a crime emergency, ordered federal control of the DC police department, and deployed National Guard troops; on Saturday, protesters marched from Meridian Hill Park to Freedom Plaza opposing the federal takeover.
- Against a backdrop of falling violent crime in 2024, critics noted Washington, DC's violent crime rate fell to its lowest since 1966, arguing the federal action disrupted the federal workforce despite this decline.
- Howard University student Stephanie Collins-Stewart said the troop presence felt like intimidation, prompting neighbors to protest, while participants holding anti-ICE signs opposed raids and family separations on Saturday.
- Experts estimated the operation is costing roughly $1 million a day, and taxpayers and city residents worry the occupation of ICE and National Guard is misusing funds.
- Saturday's marches suggested broader local mobilization beyond D.C., with David Reinke saying it moved him to protest and Kristine Sieloff fearing Guard deployment to Baltimore soon.
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Protesters in D.C. flood the streets demanding an end to Trump’s military deployment
Marchers sang protest songs and led "Trump must go now" chants as they walked down 16th Street NW in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 6, 2025 during the "We Are All DC" demonstration against the deployment of National Guard troops in the nation's capital. (Photo by Ashley Murray/States Newsroom)WASHINGTON — Thousands marched in Washington, D.C., Saturday to protest President Donald Trump’s continued deployment of National Guard troops and the increase…
Thousands of protesters marched on Saturday through the streets of Washington, D.C., in one of the largest protests against the federal takeover of police work by President Donald Trump's government in the nation's capital. Behind a red banner with the legend "End the Occupation of D.C.," written in English and Spanish, protesters traveled more than three kilometers from Meridian Hill Park to Freedom Plaza, near the White House, to protest again…
Protesters call for end of federal law enforcement takeover of DC | News Channel 3-12
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Scores of protesters marched in Washington, DC, on Saturday against President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the city’s police department and deployment of National Guard troops to the capital. Holding signs that read “protect DC home rule” and “stop the Trump takeover,” participants in the “We Are All DC” march journeyed from Meridian Hill Park to Freedom Plaza near the White House to protest what they…
Protesters call for end of federal law enforcement takeover of DC
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN (CNN) — Scores of protesters marched in Washington, DC, on Saturday against President Donald Trump’s federal takeover of the city’s police department and deployment of National Guard troops to the capital. Holding signs that read “protect DC home rule” and “stop the Trump takeover,” participants in the “We Are All DC” march journeyed from Meridian Hill Park to Freedom Plaza near the White House to protest what they…
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