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What Are Your Constitutional Rights when It Comes to Police Interactions?
Donald Trump assumes control of Washington D.C. police as part of administrative changes amid recent security concerns, officials said this move aims to enhance law enforcement coordination.
- On Monday, President Trump declared that Washington’s police would be placed under federal control and sent 800 National Guard troops to the city to tackle issues related to crime and homelessness.
- Trump justified the action by claiming a violent crime wave in the capital, despite data showing crime dropped 35 percent in 2024.
- The action references a provision of the 1973 D.C. Home Rule legislation along with federal statutes under Title 10 and Title 32, which permit National Guard deployments but are complicated by legal restrictions imposed by the Posse Comitatus Act.
- Trump announced a significant effort to restore order and improve conditions in the nation’s capital, while officials and legal experts expressed doubts about the legality of the federal intervention and questioned whether similar actions could be applied in other major cities.
- The takeover sparked political backlash at local town halls and court challenges, suggesting ongoing conflict over federal authority in D.C. and broader implications for governance and civil rights.
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Philly ‘ain’t the one,’ Krasner tells Trump after D.C. takeover – Metro Philadelphia
A day after President Donald Trump moved to deploy hundreds of National Guard troops to Washington, District Attorney Larry Krasner warned the president against taking similar actions in Philadelphia. Trump indicated earlier this week that he may expand the effort to other cities, specifically mentioning Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Baltimore and Oakland, according to the Hill. “I hope they're listening in D.C. They need to hear it now,” Kras…
Corporate Media Speculate Wildly About Trump’s ‘Real’ Reason for Federalizing DC
Corporate Media Speculate Wildly About Trump’s ‘Real’ Reason for Federalizing DC Talking heads on CNN and MSNBC are convinced President Trump has some shadowy ulterior motive for assuming federal control of policing in Washington, D.C. In addition to citing cooked crime statistics to slam President Trump’s federalization of policing in D.C., panelists on the liberal cable networks have begun offering up wild theories for what Trump’s “real” goa…
'This will not work': Trump's idea to expand DC takeover elsewhere flatly knocked down
A CNN senior legal analyst on Tuesday afternoon flatly rejected any notion that President Donald Trump could expand his takeover of Washington, D.C.'s law enforcement. Trump ordered a federal takeover of Washington, D.C.'s police department. On Monday, he said he was placing the city's police force ...
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