Residents in D.C.’s high-crime neighborhoods back federal takeover of city police
Robbie Woodland was skeptical of President Trump’s takeover of the District of Columbia until she spotted a patrol firsthand in Southeast.
The lifelong Washingtonian watched as federal agents drove by without performing any jump-outs or other strong-arm police tactics of the sort she feared would target her predominantly Black neighbors living across the Anacostia River, a part of the nation’s capital long associated with high crime.
When she took her focus off the patrol and looked at her surroundings, she noticed that the troublemakers who had become fixtures of her community were nowhere to be found.
The D.C. Police Union, an avid supporter of the president’s move, shared data showing major drops in carjackings (down 83%), robberies (down 46%) and overall violent crime (down 22%) during the first week of the federal takeover.
Social media videos have shown FBI agents conducting patrols along 14th Street Northwest in Columbia Heights, which has one of the biggest increases in violent crime in the District year-over-year.
Martin Mancia, who has lived in Columbia Heights for 32 years, said he supports the takeover and has seen federal authorities interact cordially with residents as they walk around the neighborhood.
“The government has to apply the law,” he said. “You’re talking about illegal guns, drugs, this and that. I see no problem with it.”
the District has the fourth-highest homicide rate in the country, outpacing New York City and Chicago, and has one of the highest car theft rates in the nation.
I'm all for having an orderly capitol city, and the residents being able to enjoy peaceful lives. To the extent local governance wasn't working, something had to be done to fix it.
On the other hand, when Biden was President, a lot of folks on my side of the political spectrum raised concerns that the "Defund the Police" movement would lead to violence and chaos in the cities, and that this would eventually be used as justification for a federalized police force. And isn't that precisely what we're seeing now?
We've seen what a politicized FBI looks like: Senior citizens arrested for praying outside an abortion clinic; parents put on watchlists for expressing anger at a trans "girl" raping a girl in a public school bathroom and so on.
Now we see federal agents serving as a local police force. It's just temporary, we're told. Is it really? I don't know. A federalized police force under a President Newsom or Harris or Ocasio-Cortez is a pretty chilling prospect.
I dont see why you are "torn", but you are entitled to your feelings.
Defund the police is not practical. Criminals will continue to be criminals, esp when there are no consequences. One day you will experience their efforts.
The judicial and court process has become untenable for law abiding citizens. Bad guys continually get a free pass, while law abiding citizens are screwed.
As you examples above describe, I NEVER saw Trump v 1.0 nor v2.0 go after "law abiding citizens". Yes, he and his DOJ are now investigating all the politicization that was done under Obama and Biden, and hopefully bring some exposure/humiliation and perhaps jail time to those offenders, as well as undue the injustices that were committed by those two presidents.
Whatever folks think of Trump, he has been railroaded and persecuted for 10 years now, IMO, and I am fully informed.
Having a police presence whether in dc or other crime infested cities works wonders. Law breakers see them and scatter like rats, and many get caught. Lets hope the justice system works as it was intended on those rats. Law abiding citizens can go about their day, in relative peace and comfort, knowing that law enforcement is on the job.
I never had a problem with seeing police, or military personnel on the streets. Made me a bit more relaxed and safer.
Like you, I could not imagine any of the dems you listed being in charge of national law enforcement (think what Commie-la did to the southern border as Czar). We would all be lined up, provided a mask, and given a shot to stop v 12.0 of "covid", or we would not be allowed to walk in public. A bit extreme but we were very close to that back in 2021 etc.
ABSOLUTELY! Any of those Dems he mentioned being in control of anything more than what they are already (& F***** up) is the truly truly troubling and very very scary part. OY!!!
A federal police force under any president, including Trump, is a chilling prospect. Law enforcement must be conducted by the state, not the feds.
That said, if this experiment dramatically reduces violent crime, then we have a possible solution for the capital city: the federal government gives D.C. enough money to duplicate this experiment permanently. (Note: the D.C. budget is federally funded, which is why the feds have to pay.)
That means hundreds of millions of dollars a year to pay for hundreds of officers whose sole duty is walking neighborhoods in combat gear and rifles. They will interact with residents in four-officer fire teams, but not have to respond to the everyday 911 calls that "regular" cops must.
If the federal government is not willing to ante up to permanently reduce violent crime in D.C., then this military show of force was only a stunt. And it cannot be duplicated in any other city because no other city can afford those hundreds of millions of dollars for roving fire teams.
The next time you make a useful comment will be the first, so let me give you a head start on that worthy life goal:
D.C. is federal territory but the cops are not. (If the cops were federal already there'd be no need for a federal takeover, savvy?) D.C. has a local police force and chief, not federal. A peach pit would have understood that's what I meant by "state control" in my comment: Not Federal. But you didn't, which figiures.
Finally, Shane's my real name, so the " " should go around "Running Burning Asshole."
You’d piss yourself if you had to actually live in and confront issues in one of these neighborhoods, asshole.
White, phony liberals love to wax poetic about “justice” for these hoods
Bloated rednecks love to talk shit on them because they’re black
Neither would deign to set foot in any of them to actually see what goes on, including yourself, because they’re both bloviating pussies that don’t want real solutions.
But by all means keep throating your Daddy Trump as he blows these popcorn farts, spineless rat.
Much like Biden's Covid vaccination mandate, Trump's 'policing' can only be applied legally in federal areas. Much is for show to foreigners who are visiting on political business or as tourists.
Governors of many (most?) states have the authority to do the same, but evidently don't see the need.
Most everything Trump does is for show, not results. This is no different.
Trump's supplementing of D.C.'s local police with federal troops and agents is legal, at least in the short term. I only question its sanity. Even if it cuts crime dramatically--and we don't know that yet--no city can possibly make that arrangement permanent. It's too costly to hire hundreds of "supercops" to walk around neighborhoods without doing any other police work. These guys don't answer 911 calls, write reports, testify in court, settle domestic disputes, haul drunks out of bars, or do the 1,000 other things everyday cops do. They walk and talk to people, period. That's not their fault, it's what they're told to do. But when they go home, criminals go back to work.
Exactly. And the result might be peace and quiet in DC while Trump is president. He's neither federalizing the MP nor pushing to get rid of it. If future Presidents see a problem it's for them to solve. As a former resident and frequent visitor, I'd hope another result might be that Congress and voters understand the nonsense of "DC Statehood."
Shane, this is what 'Black Lives Matter' actually looks like. Those complaining the most (seem) to be non-whites living in safe communities. Which also seem to be the same folks who chanted 'Black Lives Matter' the loudest during the summer of Floyd. Am I wrong?
You think the feds don’t already “ante up” enough to police D.C.? The problem is the corruption of the city’s politicians, courts, and police. Remember Marion Barry? DC needs cleaned up and so do their elections.
LE can't become politicized unless it becomes covert. I don't see anything covert about this - quite the contrary. In fact, visibility seems to be a main component of the effort.
I see you posting comments on Substack occasionally. They are usually weird takes on things - as though you are some sort of wise man. You are in fact strange.
This is good news. My concern is are the criminals just hiding until the feds go away? DC judges will release anyone arrested. A judge just released the two teenagers who assaulted and tried to carjack the Trump aide called "Big Balls." How is that going to work if everyone arrested is going to be released? Can AG do anything about it?
It is very notable that the police union supports Trump's effort and contradicts city leaders on the extent of the crime problem. Unions usually aren't enthusiastic about intrusions on "bargaining unit work."
It's usually a terrible idea to get the military involved in law enforcement. The military is trained to destroy enemies with the maximum force they can muster. Law enforcement is supposed to be trained to use the minimum force possible to defuse volatile situations and take people into custody when needed. That's why "martial law" is a scary term and should be.
But in this case, the broader purpose justifies the risk. Trump is exposing that cities can be made safe, clean, and pleasant. The only reason they're not is that city leaders across the country are refusing to do their jobs. If Trump succeeds and forces some city leaders to do their jobs better, many children in cities will grow up in a much safer and better environment, and some will live who would have otherwise died.
Those are the stakes. You don't have to like the Orange Man or trust his motives to see the value in this.
There is also the demonstration that basic conservative principles provide better governance and function, and a more civil society. One of the manifest contradictions of current Liberalism is that it ended up making the argument that you should be punished for not wearing a paper mask, but that it was OK to shoplift in broad daylight (with a threat of force in many cases) and take things out of peoples' hands if you were the right "identity".
A simple demonstration of competence is a strong political argument.
But, you are right, there are many who can't see past who's doing it. If Godzilla started destroying San Francisco, and the Trump administration started defending it, we would see The Omnicause turn out with pro-giant-lizard messaging.
Democrats find themselves in the awkward position of having to explain why they oppose a reduction in violent crime in Dem run cities. It’s not a good look.
Obama suspended the Posse Comitatus Act, which from 1878 to 2012 " limited the powers of local governments and law enforcement agencies from using federal military personnel to enforce the laws of the land". Since then, it has been legal to use for the military for civilian law enforcement.
Additionally, Obama suspended due process and habeas corpus allowing indefinite suspension, including of American citizens, for 'national security':
Where were the critics 13 years ago when Obama suspended Posse Comitatus and the rights to due process and habeas corpus?
(as of August 6th, 2025 the Library of Congress had deleted sections of the Constitution including the right to habeas corpus, but claimed it was a "coding error", now corrected.)
Generally, when citizens' civil rights are abrogated for "national security" such rights never fully recover.
"But in this case, the broader purpose justifies the risk. Trump is exposing that cities can be made safe, clean, and pleasant."
How?
What about this is demonstrating that crime can be reduced without the use of military force? I mean, we already knew that--repressive police states have always been extremely safe and orderly. That's usually how they're justified.
Dude. You've actually read about them, haven't you?
They are states in which local enforcement is absorbed into and usurped by the military.
Which is precisely what's going on here.
I ask again: how does any of this prove that crime will be any lower once the National Guard stops their occupation of the city? You cited that as the justification for this, if you recall.
We're talking about a democratic republic whose hubs are,or were, cities where civil order is collapsing. The "law enforcement" that is superceded is broken. Police are deliberately disabled, nullified, and demonized in various ways, as everyone knows. This was not an act of aggression, it was a forced act of defense of law abiding citizens. Systematically dismantle barriers against violence and chaos and then object to every single effort to beat it back. Humanely get the homeless off the streets. A step toward doing this would be the admission of dogs or cats to homeless shelters. Instead the money goes to parasitic NGOs who monetize and perpetuate the status instead of doing triage on these people and helping those who can be helped.
Those with violent history or proclivities or psychiatric problems that require heavy medication need to be housed permanently and kept separate from people who are down on their luck or on drugs and need treatment and some help up. If shelters weren't places for predators you'd get more people who need them using them.
"This was not an act of aggression, it was a forced act of defense of law abiding citizens."
The law abiding citizens had no say in this, and at any rate, what 'forced' it?
The assault Trump cited? Even in cities with extremely low crime rates, assaults happen every day. If an assault like the one he cited requires the military to occupy a city and police its streets, then we will be 'forced' to occupy every major and minor metropolitan area in the U.S. That is, once again, the rationale for a police state--and those never end well.
Don't believe your eyes, the endless capacity to rationalize. Maybe that works some places.
Walking the nation's capital streets after dark shouldn't be Russian roulette. Being advised to dart from one side of the street to the other is not normal. Take a chance, you say. Will a pack of sociopathic teenagers beat the hell out of you, maybe kill you, steal your car and be back on the street the next day? Forces of crime thrive in many countries south of us, so why not give way to them here, too, demonize efforts to take back the streets. Why not become a failed state? Foreign diplomats and the nation's citizenry come and go in the US capital all the time. To do the nation's business, to testify before Congress. Most of us, and certainly the residents, don't have personal security. Since when do we have tents and non- permitted Middle Eastern bazaars in the middle of Washington DC.? Thugs ringing the Lincoln memorial? That's never okay. That's never leave it to the locals. The cities are a mess because of "progressive" misrule and what can only be, at this stage, malign intent, because nobody's that stupid. Oakland is a sewer, with enormous, blubbery all but naked prostitutes tramping through box store parking lots in front of kids, dead car grave yards and some kind of insane festival that the police can't stop - they're "outnumbered," they say, so that's that-- that involves wrecking and driving stolen cars.
DC's governing class has given "law abiding" residents the bird for as long as I can remember. For good reason, the federal government has a say in its own capital, especially when from ideology or sheer incompetence the locals are not doing the job. The left conveniently forgets that it used to be very easy to enter a government building before terrorist attacks and the capital's buildings were surrounded by ugly, massive cement berms and security long before Jan. 6. That was fine because they didn't want to criticize you know, terrorists. The loss of so much of normal living in a free and peaceful society, everything from getting on a freaking plane to going in a government building, has met with crickets on the left. Police state? The forced lockdown during Covid, and forced closing of schools, and businesses from which many have never recovered, the forced vaccinations, the fatal blow to many restaurants that haven't reopened, in which law abiding citizens "had no say," was championed by the left. Everyone had to stay inside, churches had to close -- except George Floyd rioters and protesters, who got a great, big, corrupt exemption. The collapse of parts of Oregon and Seattle and major cities like Minneapolis into anarchy and violence, attacking police stations and courthouses, is much more a threat than a national guardsman from Lynchburg, Virginia patrolling the streets of Washington DC.
In San Francisco and New York City major chains closed because of retail theft and fears for employee safety. Toothpaste is behind lock and key. Madison Avenue in New York loses great shops by the day. Robbers have cleared out entire shops. Until the failed state mentality of what used to be the Democrat Party starts locking up criminals and getting them off the street, yeah, I think the federal government will be forced to step in. I trust the guys and women in the National Guard and in the military. The current Democrat candidate, a communist, in New York wants to open the jails.
I would agree that using combat troops usually is a bad idea, as
I watch the News and the camera shoots these troops are Military Police MPs. They are trained in law enforcement just like your local cops. Many were law enforcement before entering the military or are National Guard. So it looks to me like they are using military personnel very much qualified to do this job
As an old fart, I remember a tale told by Ivanovich Belenko who in 1976 defected to the west by flying a fully operational Mig-25 'Foxbat' to Japan. He said that his squadron was shown a propaganda film showing the Watts riots as an example of the downfall of the west. He said that what actually shocked him and his fellow pilots was how many cars lined the streets in the background, showing that even the poorest U.S. citizens could afford new or late-model cars, completely backfiring on the intent of the propaganda film. Relating that to the above report about D.C. and all the protests, what struck me was that the protesters were almost uniformly white and female in a town that is majority black. In all the footage I saw only one dark-skinned male, and even he looked like someone from out of town. I would bet $1000 that not one of those protesters could be persuaded to walk alone and unarmed down a D.C. street of my choice at 1:00 am
One of my acquaintances (I would have called her a friend until she spent 2021-2022 agreeing that I should lose my job for not wanting to take part in a sketchy medical experiment) has been screeching non-stop for a week about how low crime really is in DC. She lives in fucking Kensington. It's 85% white and the median household income is $150K.
The murder record in D.C. declined to 29 per 100,000 residents from 40/100,000. That’s why they say crime is “down 30%”. But the D.C. murder rate is still four times the U.S. average of about 7/100,000 and well above most “third world” levels. In Europe, the same rate is 1-2/100,000. So yes, D.C. has a serious crime problem. Last I looked, 9 of the 10 highest crime cities were controlled by Democrats. Probably just a coincidence.
When you’re comparing yourself to yourself WATCH OUT
Its like the 29 year old who couldn’t read at the third grade level last year and now he can read at the fifth grade level and he feels he should be CEO because he basically skipped a grade because of his proficiency.
There's definitely a perspective here. But interesting footage.
Where were these screechy cosplayers ("the resistance" = Boomer + Millenial cosplayers, AFAICT) during the lockdowns? When peaceful abortion protesters were dealt actual SWAT teams, not just "scary looking police" committing the sin of being around suppressing the usual street crime.
It's funny that the left is fine with armed military police walking around European cities, but are sure it's "fascism" in the US.
There seemed also to be an Omnicause vibe going on, with all the transvestites showing up and making it about them.
I couldn't watch that much of it as it was obviously led by professional agitators. The chant leader had the intelligence of a fox terrier. Which species that insults is anyone's guess.
The last time I left someone's home in Georgetown I was advised, seriously, to "serpentine," as in the In -laws movie, " Serpentine, Shel, serpentine."
A woman had been shot nearby the week before. That same visit, my wallet was stolen in Union station. While we were having coffee. A coworker who lived in Kalorama said he hears gunshots most nights.
The people who openly oppose law enforcement of any kind are sanguine about crime and chaos. No protest, ever, when people get shot and teenage thugs carjack. They're pretty dangerous.
99 44/100% of these rude and stupid protesters are white and I would bet dollars to donuts that not a one of them actually live in DC, and most of them are recently unemployed federal deadwood, I mean ‘workers’. (Thank you DOGE).
I’d like to see the before and after crime statistics.
This 99.9% white group doesn’t appear to have any support from the black community who suffer the most from crime. Just what black people need — a group of whites to do their thinking and protesting for them.
Unfortunately, for too long, too many black people have allowed do-gooder whites to do their thinking and protesting for them. The results have been speaking loudly for a very long time, but the ignorance was near absolute with Democrats counting on a 90% vote share from the black community.
There are signs of an awakening here, but it's still very low level and it will take a couple decades at the current pace to seriously matter.
when I watch all the videos of the store breakins and looting, street riots and smashed windows and cars, in whatever city is on the news, it appears to me that 95% + of the participants are black (or POC). Despite the myriad masks and hoodies they wear, you can easily see they are blacks, and likely from their own, or nearby neighborhoods. Simply put these folks are hurting themselves and their neighbors, which is sad to see. More of their community need to stand up and call it out, and call on law enforcement to put a stop to it, with our court system support of sentencing offenders. Consequences (negative) is what people understand, and behavior is modified from that.
"More of their community need to stand up and call it out, and call on law enforcement to put a stop to it,"
Sorry, that would be racist. They would be supporting the Man against the brothers.
Right on cue:
"I'm concerned about the way he is rolling that out in Washington, DC," Bass said, "which is essentially calling, essentially going after young black and brown youth . . ."
Two things… First, my kudos to the troops and officers who showed up to help. I would have lost my shit within an hour of having to listen to the “Bullhorn Harpies” screeching nonstop at me. Second, I didn’t see anyone protesting who appeared to be “DC native”. This underscores the thought that these protests are astroturfing at its finest.
Some of them are TurboKarens who probably Uber'ed in from Great Falls and Chevy Chase at the prompting of the "Community Call for Action" that substitutes for an actual homily at whatever Unitarian gobbledygook church they socialize at on Sunday mornings before the organic farmers market opens. The vast majority are rent-a-mobs.
it will certainly kill the "shop-lifting economy", which is just fine with me! I keep thinking how fun it would be to stand in a CVS and wait for a lifter to start exiting the store, and just plow his/her ass over, then pummel them with the stuff they stole, while the cops are on the way to respond to my 911 phone call....
I find irony in the fact that these protestors (paid or not) are going on about the fascist regime yet here they are protesting without so much as being arrested. I think in a truly fascist country, these protestors would be in jail, or dead.
“FREE DC!” screams the fat cow who legally has the right to protest and is not arrested … the tries to block the NG as they leave the area. Make up your mind, lady.
Awful lot of election denialism in there but I thought only MAGAts were election deniers … weird.
I’m willing to make a large wager not a single one of these idiots have ever experienced, or been a witness to, violent crime. Nor have they read the Constitution. Nor do they understand the difference between National Guard and active duty military and the various roles they can fulfill.
Nice blowup doll of Trump wearing diapers, but the only ones pissing/shitting themselves in this video are the protesters.
Residents in D.C.’s high-crime neighborhoods back federal takeover of city police
Robbie Woodland was skeptical of President Trump’s takeover of the District of Columbia until she spotted a patrol firsthand in Southeast.
The lifelong Washingtonian watched as federal agents drove by without performing any jump-outs or other strong-arm police tactics of the sort she feared would target her predominantly Black neighbors living across the Anacostia River, a part of the nation’s capital long associated with high crime.
When she took her focus off the patrol and looked at her surroundings, she noticed that the troublemakers who had become fixtures of her community were nowhere to be found.
The D.C. Police Union, an avid supporter of the president’s move, shared data showing major drops in carjackings (down 83%), robberies (down 46%) and overall violent crime (down 22%) during the first week of the federal takeover.
Social media videos have shown FBI agents conducting patrols along 14th Street Northwest in Columbia Heights, which has one of the biggest increases in violent crime in the District year-over-year.
Martin Mancia, who has lived in Columbia Heights for 32 years, said he supports the takeover and has seen federal authorities interact cordially with residents as they walk around the neighborhood.
“The government has to apply the law,” he said. “You’re talking about illegal guns, drugs, this and that. I see no problem with it.”
the District has the fourth-highest homicide rate in the country, outpacing New York City and Chicago, and has one of the highest car theft rates in the nation.
I'm torn.
I'm all for having an orderly capitol city, and the residents being able to enjoy peaceful lives. To the extent local governance wasn't working, something had to be done to fix it.
On the other hand, when Biden was President, a lot of folks on my side of the political spectrum raised concerns that the "Defund the Police" movement would lead to violence and chaos in the cities, and that this would eventually be used as justification for a federalized police force. And isn't that precisely what we're seeing now?
We've seen what a politicized FBI looks like: Senior citizens arrested for praying outside an abortion clinic; parents put on watchlists for expressing anger at a trans "girl" raping a girl in a public school bathroom and so on.
Now we see federal agents serving as a local police force. It's just temporary, we're told. Is it really? I don't know. A federalized police force under a President Newsom or Harris or Ocasio-Cortez is a pretty chilling prospect.
Johnathan,
I dont see why you are "torn", but you are entitled to your feelings.
Defund the police is not practical. Criminals will continue to be criminals, esp when there are no consequences. One day you will experience their efforts.
The judicial and court process has become untenable for law abiding citizens. Bad guys continually get a free pass, while law abiding citizens are screwed.
As you examples above describe, I NEVER saw Trump v 1.0 nor v2.0 go after "law abiding citizens". Yes, he and his DOJ are now investigating all the politicization that was done under Obama and Biden, and hopefully bring some exposure/humiliation and perhaps jail time to those offenders, as well as undue the injustices that were committed by those two presidents.
Whatever folks think of Trump, he has been railroaded and persecuted for 10 years now, IMO, and I am fully informed.
Having a police presence whether in dc or other crime infested cities works wonders. Law breakers see them and scatter like rats, and many get caught. Lets hope the justice system works as it was intended on those rats. Law abiding citizens can go about their day, in relative peace and comfort, knowing that law enforcement is on the job.
I never had a problem with seeing police, or military personnel on the streets. Made me a bit more relaxed and safer.
Like you, I could not imagine any of the dems you listed being in charge of national law enforcement (think what Commie-la did to the southern border as Czar). We would all be lined up, provided a mask, and given a shot to stop v 12.0 of "covid", or we would not be allowed to walk in public. A bit extreme but we were very close to that back in 2021 etc.
ABSOLUTELY! Any of those Dems he mentioned being in control of anything more than what they are already (& F***** up) is the truly truly troubling and very very scary part. OY!!!
A federal police force under any president, including Trump, is a chilling prospect. Law enforcement must be conducted by the state, not the feds.
That said, if this experiment dramatically reduces violent crime, then we have a possible solution for the capital city: the federal government gives D.C. enough money to duplicate this experiment permanently. (Note: the D.C. budget is federally funded, which is why the feds have to pay.)
That means hundreds of millions of dollars a year to pay for hundreds of officers whose sole duty is walking neighborhoods in combat gear and rifles. They will interact with residents in four-officer fire teams, but not have to respond to the everyday 911 calls that "regular" cops must.
If the federal government is not willing to ante up to permanently reduce violent crime in D.C., then this military show of force was only a stunt. And it cannot be duplicated in any other city because no other city can afford those hundreds of millions of dollars for roving fire teams.
It is a federal territory, douche bag. There is no state. You are among the reasons we are so deep in bullshit. " Shane".
The next time you make a useful comment will be the first, so let me give you a head start on that worthy life goal:
D.C. is federal territory but the cops are not. (If the cops were federal already there'd be no need for a federal takeover, savvy?) D.C. has a local police force and chief, not federal. A peach pit would have understood that's what I meant by "state control" in my comment: Not Federal. But you didn't, which figiures.
Finally, Shane's my real name, so the " " should go around "Running Burning Asshole."
You’d piss yourself if you had to actually live in and confront issues in one of these neighborhoods, asshole.
White, phony liberals love to wax poetic about “justice” for these hoods
Bloated rednecks love to talk shit on them because they’re black
Neither would deign to set foot in any of them to actually see what goes on, including yourself, because they’re both bloviating pussies that don’t want real solutions.
But by all means keep throating your Daddy Trump as he blows these popcorn farts, spineless rat.
You, ma'am, are a genuine pussy. Lotsa words; little sense. Try manning up. Oh, wait ....
Much like Biden's Covid vaccination mandate, Trump's 'policing' can only be applied legally in federal areas. Much is for show to foreigners who are visiting on political business or as tourists.
Governors of many (most?) states have the authority to do the same, but evidently don't see the need.
Most everything Trump does is for show, not results. This is no different.
Trump's supplementing of D.C.'s local police with federal troops and agents is legal, at least in the short term. I only question its sanity. Even if it cuts crime dramatically--and we don't know that yet--no city can possibly make that arrangement permanent. It's too costly to hire hundreds of "supercops" to walk around neighborhoods without doing any other police work. These guys don't answer 911 calls, write reports, testify in court, settle domestic disputes, haul drunks out of bars, or do the 1,000 other things everyday cops do. They walk and talk to people, period. That's not their fault, it's what they're told to do. But when they go home, criminals go back to work.
Exactly. And the result might be peace and quiet in DC while Trump is president. He's neither federalizing the MP nor pushing to get rid of it. If future Presidents see a problem it's for them to solve. As a former resident and frequent visitor, I'd hope another result might be that Congress and voters understand the nonsense of "DC Statehood."
I agree, but would add that residents and workers of this crime- and homeless-ridden city will be primary beneficiaries.
Shane, this is what 'Black Lives Matter' actually looks like. Those complaining the most (seem) to be non-whites living in safe communities. Which also seem to be the same folks who chanted 'Black Lives Matter' the loudest during the summer of Floyd. Am I wrong?
Those complaining the most to be whites.
You think the feds don’t already “ante up” enough to police D.C.? The problem is the corruption of the city’s politicians, courts, and police. Remember Marion Barry? DC needs cleaned up and so do their elections.
LE can't become politicized unless it becomes covert. I don't see anything covert about this - quite the contrary. In fact, visibility seems to be a main component of the effort.
You are a C fucking asshole. Wake up. What a cunt you are.
Whoa!
Can you show us on the doll where the bad man touched you with truth and facts, little Burn?
Of course YOU would have that reaction. You seem fixated on perversions, fella. I recommend counseling.
Me? I'm not the one who vomited "C fucking asshole cunt" in the same post. Pervert, heal thyself.
lol. Douche bag.
I see you posting comments on Substack occasionally. They are usually weird takes on things - as though you are some sort of wise man. You are in fact strange.
This is good news. My concern is are the criminals just hiding until the feds go away? DC judges will release anyone arrested. A judge just released the two teenagers who assaulted and tried to carjack the Trump aide called "Big Balls." How is that going to work if everyone arrested is going to be released? Can AG do anything about it?
It is very notable that the police union supports Trump's effort and contradicts city leaders on the extent of the crime problem. Unions usually aren't enthusiastic about intrusions on "bargaining unit work."
It's usually a terrible idea to get the military involved in law enforcement. The military is trained to destroy enemies with the maximum force they can muster. Law enforcement is supposed to be trained to use the minimum force possible to defuse volatile situations and take people into custody when needed. That's why "martial law" is a scary term and should be.
But in this case, the broader purpose justifies the risk. Trump is exposing that cities can be made safe, clean, and pleasant. The only reason they're not is that city leaders across the country are refusing to do their jobs. If Trump succeeds and forces some city leaders to do their jobs better, many children in cities will grow up in a much safer and better environment, and some will live who would have otherwise died.
Those are the stakes. You don't have to like the Orange Man or trust his motives to see the value in this.
There is also the demonstration that basic conservative principles provide better governance and function, and a more civil society. One of the manifest contradictions of current Liberalism is that it ended up making the argument that you should be punished for not wearing a paper mask, but that it was OK to shoplift in broad daylight (with a threat of force in many cases) and take things out of peoples' hands if you were the right "identity".
A simple demonstration of competence is a strong political argument.
But, you are right, there are many who can't see past who's doing it. If Godzilla started destroying San Francisco, and the Trump administration started defending it, we would see The Omnicause turn out with pro-giant-lizard messaging.
Democrats find themselves in the awkward position of having to explain why they oppose a reduction in violent crime in Dem run cities. It’s not a good look.
maybe the Dems should sport blue caps reading KDCD (i.e. Keep DC dangerous)
Right? Talk about painting yourself into a corner...
It's like they're not even trying to win a national office ever again...
"History shows again and again how nature points out the folly of man"
Godzilla.
Well played!
Funny. Sad and true, but funny.
Obama suspended the Posse Comitatus Act, which from 1878 to 2012 " limited the powers of local governments and law enforcement agencies from using federal military personnel to enforce the laws of the land". Since then, it has been legal to use for the military for civilian law enforcement.
Additionally, Obama suspended due process and habeas corpus allowing indefinite suspension, including of American citizens, for 'national security':
www.aclu.org/press-releases/president-obama-signs-indefinite-detention-bill-law
Where were the critics 13 years ago when Obama suspended Posse Comitatus and the rights to due process and habeas corpus?
(as of August 6th, 2025 the Library of Congress had deleted sections of the Constitution including the right to habeas corpus, but claimed it was a "coding error", now corrected.)
Generally, when citizens' civil rights are abrogated for "national security" such rights never fully recover.
"But in this case, the broader purpose justifies the risk. Trump is exposing that cities can be made safe, clean, and pleasant."
How?
What about this is demonstrating that crime can be reduced without the use of military force? I mean, we already knew that--repressive police states have always been extremely safe and orderly. That's usually how they're justified.
The National Guard has created a police state in DC?
Dude.
Dude. You've actually read about them, haven't you?
They are states in which local enforcement is absorbed into and usurped by the military.
Which is precisely what's going on here.
I ask again: how does any of this prove that crime will be any lower once the National Guard stops their occupation of the city? You cited that as the justification for this, if you recall.
We're talking about a democratic republic whose hubs are,or were, cities where civil order is collapsing. The "law enforcement" that is superceded is broken. Police are deliberately disabled, nullified, and demonized in various ways, as everyone knows. This was not an act of aggression, it was a forced act of defense of law abiding citizens. Systematically dismantle barriers against violence and chaos and then object to every single effort to beat it back. Humanely get the homeless off the streets. A step toward doing this would be the admission of dogs or cats to homeless shelters. Instead the money goes to parasitic NGOs who monetize and perpetuate the status instead of doing triage on these people and helping those who can be helped.
Those with violent history or proclivities or psychiatric problems that require heavy medication need to be housed permanently and kept separate from people who are down on their luck or on drugs and need treatment and some help up. If shelters weren't places for predators you'd get more people who need them using them.
"This was not an act of aggression, it was a forced act of defense of law abiding citizens."
The law abiding citizens had no say in this, and at any rate, what 'forced' it?
The assault Trump cited? Even in cities with extremely low crime rates, assaults happen every day. If an assault like the one he cited requires the military to occupy a city and police its streets, then we will be 'forced' to occupy every major and minor metropolitan area in the U.S. That is, once again, the rationale for a police state--and those never end well.
Don't believe your eyes, the endless capacity to rationalize. Maybe that works some places.
Walking the nation's capital streets after dark shouldn't be Russian roulette. Being advised to dart from one side of the street to the other is not normal. Take a chance, you say. Will a pack of sociopathic teenagers beat the hell out of you, maybe kill you, steal your car and be back on the street the next day? Forces of crime thrive in many countries south of us, so why not give way to them here, too, demonize efforts to take back the streets. Why not become a failed state? Foreign diplomats and the nation's citizenry come and go in the US capital all the time. To do the nation's business, to testify before Congress. Most of us, and certainly the residents, don't have personal security. Since when do we have tents and non- permitted Middle Eastern bazaars in the middle of Washington DC.? Thugs ringing the Lincoln memorial? That's never okay. That's never leave it to the locals. The cities are a mess because of "progressive" misrule and what can only be, at this stage, malign intent, because nobody's that stupid. Oakland is a sewer, with enormous, blubbery all but naked prostitutes tramping through box store parking lots in front of kids, dead car grave yards and some kind of insane festival that the police can't stop - they're "outnumbered," they say, so that's that-- that involves wrecking and driving stolen cars.
DC's governing class has given "law abiding" residents the bird for as long as I can remember. For good reason, the federal government has a say in its own capital, especially when from ideology or sheer incompetence the locals are not doing the job. The left conveniently forgets that it used to be very easy to enter a government building before terrorist attacks and the capital's buildings were surrounded by ugly, massive cement berms and security long before Jan. 6. That was fine because they didn't want to criticize you know, terrorists. The loss of so much of normal living in a free and peaceful society, everything from getting on a freaking plane to going in a government building, has met with crickets on the left. Police state? The forced lockdown during Covid, and forced closing of schools, and businesses from which many have never recovered, the forced vaccinations, the fatal blow to many restaurants that haven't reopened, in which law abiding citizens "had no say," was championed by the left. Everyone had to stay inside, churches had to close -- except George Floyd rioters and protesters, who got a great, big, corrupt exemption. The collapse of parts of Oregon and Seattle and major cities like Minneapolis into anarchy and violence, attacking police stations and courthouses, is much more a threat than a national guardsman from Lynchburg, Virginia patrolling the streets of Washington DC.
In San Francisco and New York City major chains closed because of retail theft and fears for employee safety. Toothpaste is behind lock and key. Madison Avenue in New York loses great shops by the day. Robbers have cleared out entire shops. Until the failed state mentality of what used to be the Democrat Party starts locking up criminals and getting them off the street, yeah, I think the federal government will be forced to step in. I trust the guys and women in the National Guard and in the military. The current Democrat candidate, a communist, in New York wants to open the jails.
I believe it's an MP Guard unit that has been deployed, not combat infantry.
🎯🎯
I would agree that using combat troops usually is a bad idea, as
I watch the News and the camera shoots these troops are Military Police MPs. They are trained in law enforcement just like your local cops. Many were law enforcement before entering the military or are National Guard. So it looks to me like they are using military personnel very much qualified to do this job
As an old fart, I remember a tale told by Ivanovich Belenko who in 1976 defected to the west by flying a fully operational Mig-25 'Foxbat' to Japan. He said that his squadron was shown a propaganda film showing the Watts riots as an example of the downfall of the west. He said that what actually shocked him and his fellow pilots was how many cars lined the streets in the background, showing that even the poorest U.S. citizens could afford new or late-model cars, completely backfiring on the intent of the propaganda film. Relating that to the above report about D.C. and all the protests, what struck me was that the protesters were almost uniformly white and female in a town that is majority black. In all the footage I saw only one dark-skinned male, and even he looked like someone from out of town. I would bet $1000 that not one of those protesters could be persuaded to walk alone and unarmed down a D.C. street of my choice at 1:00 am
One of my acquaintances (I would have called her a friend until she spent 2021-2022 agreeing that I should lose my job for not wanting to take part in a sketchy medical experiment) has been screeching non-stop for a week about how low crime really is in DC. She lives in fucking Kensington. It's 85% white and the median household income is $150K.
The murder record in D.C. declined to 29 per 100,000 residents from 40/100,000. That’s why they say crime is “down 30%”. But the D.C. murder rate is still four times the U.S. average of about 7/100,000 and well above most “third world” levels. In Europe, the same rate is 1-2/100,000. So yes, D.C. has a serious crime problem. Last I looked, 9 of the 10 highest crime cities were controlled by Democrats. Probably just a coincidence.
When percentage is used WATCH OUT
When you’re comparing yourself to yourself WATCH OUT
Its like the 29 year old who couldn’t read at the third grade level last year and now he can read at the fifth grade level and he feels he should be CEO because he basically skipped a grade because of his proficiency.
The murder rate declined... Yeah, right --- and my 2011 F-150 can go to the moon and back on one tank of gas.
Maybe it could with a solar charger. :)
There are no such things as coincidences.
Most of them likely work for "Crowds on Demand" or similar.
Thank you. I saw the very same..
There's definitely a perspective here. But interesting footage.
Where were these screechy cosplayers ("the resistance" = Boomer + Millenial cosplayers, AFAICT) during the lockdowns? When peaceful abortion protesters were dealt actual SWAT teams, not just "scary looking police" committing the sin of being around suppressing the usual street crime.
It's funny that the left is fine with armed military police walking around European cities, but are sure it's "fascism" in the US.
There seemed also to be an Omnicause vibe going on, with all the transvestites showing up and making it about them.
I couldn't watch that much of it as it was obviously led by professional agitators. The chant leader had the intelligence of a fox terrier. Which species that insults is anyone's guess.
The last time I left someone's home in Georgetown I was advised, seriously, to "serpentine," as in the In -laws movie, " Serpentine, Shel, serpentine."
https://youtu.be/W9MU2oXzSL4?feature=shared
A woman had been shot nearby the week before. That same visit, my wallet was stolen in Union station. While we were having coffee. A coworker who lived in Kalorama said he hears gunshots most nights.
The people who openly oppose law enforcement of any kind are sanguine about crime and chaos. No protest, ever, when people get shot and teenage thugs carjack. They're pretty dangerous.
Agua fria…..that’s cold water, Shel
99 44/100% of these rude and stupid protesters are white and I would bet dollars to donuts that not a one of them actually live in DC, and most of them are recently unemployed federal deadwood, I mean ‘workers’. (Thank you DOGE).
I’d like to see the before and after crime statistics.
Agree. Now, Matt and crew do an interview with D.C. residents.
YES!
Anyone else wondering how many of these protesters are government employees?
Or ex government employees.
I........throw a sandwich in your general direction!!!!!
😂😂
government employees tossing around the F(ascist) word, of course.
it's a literal fascist regime, but we'll keep working for it because quitting would be inconvenient.
One might almost think they don't actually believe their own hysteria.
Yes, I did.
This 99.9% white group doesn’t appear to have any support from the black community who suffer the most from crime. Just what black people need — a group of whites to do their thinking and protesting for them.
Unfortunately, for too long, too many black people have allowed do-gooder whites to do their thinking and protesting for them. The results have been speaking loudly for a very long time, but the ignorance was near absolute with Democrats counting on a 90% vote share from the black community.
There are signs of an awakening here, but it's still very low level and it will take a couple decades at the current pace to seriously matter.
? I had,
when I watch all the videos of the store breakins and looting, street riots and smashed windows and cars, in whatever city is on the news, it appears to me that 95% + of the participants are black (or POC). Despite the myriad masks and hoodies they wear, you can easily see they are blacks, and likely from their own, or nearby neighborhoods. Simply put these folks are hurting themselves and their neighbors, which is sad to see. More of their community need to stand up and call it out, and call on law enforcement to put a stop to it, with our court system support of sentencing offenders. Consequences (negative) is what people understand, and behavior is modified from that.
"More of their community need to stand up and call it out, and call on law enforcement to put a stop to it,"
Sorry, that would be racist. They would be supporting the Man against the brothers.
Right on cue:
"I'm concerned about the way he is rolling that out in Washington, DC," Bass said, "which is essentially calling, essentially going after young black and brown youth . . ."
https://thepostmillennial.com/karen-bass-claims-fighting-crime-in-dc-is-racist
A much bigger problem is "snitches get stitches" or worse. There are never any witnesses.
Same thing. One is bottom up, the other is top down.
And yet they persist in voting left against their own clear interest. The disconnect between common sense and the ballot is astounding.
Any satirists out there? Anybody writing about this?
Not sure you can satirize a roving foul mouthed band of self satirizers. Feel free to give it a shot. If it doesn't work, someone can satirize you.
Ah, good point. They're doing it themselves very brilliantly. I'll stay away from them. Including the parrot.
Lol
Two things… First, my kudos to the troops and officers who showed up to help. I would have lost my shit within an hour of having to listen to the “Bullhorn Harpies” screeching nonstop at me. Second, I didn’t see anyone protesting who appeared to be “DC native”. This underscores the thought that these protests are astroturfing at its finest.
Some of them are TurboKarens who probably Uber'ed in from Great Falls and Chevy Chase at the prompting of the "Community Call for Action" that substitutes for an actual homily at whatever Unitarian gobbledygook church they socialize at on Sunday mornings before the organic farmers market opens. The vast majority are rent-a-mobs.
Bonfire of the AWFLs
I could see protesters being met by unsympathetic residents who are welcoming the return of law & order.
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Major Strasser: Are you one of those people who cannot imagine the Germans in their beloved Paris?
Rick: It's not particularly my beloved Paris.
Major Strasser: How about New York?
Rick: Well there are certain sections of New York, Major, that I wouldn't advise you to try to invade.
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Cracking down on crime will kill the local economy!
it will certainly kill the "shop-lifting economy", which is just fine with me! I keep thinking how fun it would be to stand in a CVS and wait for a lifter to start exiting the store, and just plow his/her ass over, then pummel them with the stuff they stole, while the cops are on the way to respond to my 911 phone call....
I take some small measure of comfort knowing that these is likely paid actors. The everyday person does not want crime and squalor.
Cringebait. ; )
I find irony in the fact that these protestors (paid or not) are going on about the fascist regime yet here they are protesting without so much as being arrested. I think in a truly fascist country, these protestors would be in jail, or dead.
“FREE DC!” screams the fat cow who legally has the right to protest and is not arrested … the tries to block the NG as they leave the area. Make up your mind, lady.
Awful lot of election denialism in there but I thought only MAGAts were election deniers … weird.
I’m willing to make a large wager not a single one of these idiots have ever experienced, or been a witness to, violent crime. Nor have they read the Constitution. Nor do they understand the difference between National Guard and active duty military and the various roles they can fulfill.
Nice blowup doll of Trump wearing diapers, but the only ones pissing/shitting themselves in this video are the protesters.
Apparently there a lot of unemployed theater majors out there in DC.