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"Dictatorship": D.C. Residents Demand End of Federal Takeover

2025-08-20 News & Politics
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Support our work: https://democracynow.org/donate/sm-desc-yt Six Republican-led states have now pledged National Guard troops to the Trump administration's takeover of Washington, D.C., where it has assumed control of policing under the claim of tackling crime. Along with the D.C. National Guard that Trump already controlled, this brings the total number of troops in the streets of the capital to more than 2,000. The federal takeover comes even as violent crime in the capital is at a 30-year low — numbers the Trump administration now disputes, with the Justice Department launching an investigation into whether those crime statistics were manipulated by city officials. "What we're seeing is lawlessness, but it's all coming from the White House," says community activist Keya Chatterjee, the executive director of the group Free DC. Democracy Now! is an independent global news hour that airs on over 1,500 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream at democracynow.org Mondays to Fridays 8-9 a.m. ET. Subscribe to our Daily Email Digest: https://democracynow.org/subscribe

Top Comments (10)

@laurakali6522 2025-08-20

Tennessee, Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri have the highest overall crime rates. This is such BS.

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@lindseyhaas6639 2025-08-20

I do not understand (as a non- American) how it is legally possible or permissible to have law enforcers - ICE or national guards - to be unidentifiable through covered faces and no numbers on their uniforms.

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@kbrom60 2025-08-20

There is going to be more troops than residents.

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@mtstomachs 2025-08-20

It's amazing- I read this story before about one hundred years ago!

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@adinahaun6001 2025-08-20

Outrageous! Everyday is a new report that harms our country.

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@1foot2Worlds 2025-08-23

Mississippi has 11 times higher murder rate per national average.

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@curtissmith3196 2025-08-23

T rump wants to insulate DC with armed guards to protect Him when he makes his next illegal move 🤮 among other things…

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@winstonernest2315 2025-08-26

WE'RE IN A DICTATORSHIP! WHY DOESN'T HE SEND TROOPS TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI? THE MURDER CAPITOL OF AMERICA OR NEW ORLEANS?

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@msjvaldez 2025-08-25

Scary for..No we don't want that. Very scary.

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@taiwosa2597 2025-08-24

They're gonna split that money between themselves!

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