Trump has federalized DC’s police force. Now what? [Edit - new link] (archive.ph)

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[-] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 44 points 8 months ago

The DC mayor is dem garbage. But I repeat myself. Trump is lying about everything yet she makes excuses for him.

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Mayor Bowser treads a diplomatic path in response to Trump's policing takeover in DC. Catch up here

Washington, DC, Mayor Muriel Bowser struck a diplomatic tone during a news conference this afternoon to discuss President Donald Trump’s decision to place the city’s police department under federal control and to deploy the National Guard.

Earlier, three sources told CNN that Bowser and DC Police Chief Pamela Smith did not know of Trump’s move before his announcement this morning.

While she called it “unsettling and unprecedented,” the mayor said she believes the president’s view is “shaped by his Covid-era experience during his first term” when crime spiked while noting that the crime rate has since fallen.

Those who have been appointed by Trump to help implement the executive order will report to the attorney general, Bowser said, adding she has reached out to Pam Bondi to set up a meeting.

What is known about the deployment so far: Troops are not expected to openly carry rifles as they patrol the streets, an Army official told CNN. Bowser said all members of federal law enforcement will “be identifiable by uniform, a badge, a jacket,” when asked about potential confusion with so many different agencies being involved.

What the US Army has said: “There will be about 800 Soldiers activated. During this activation, between 100-200 Soldiers will be supporting law enforcement at any given time,” the Army’s statement said. “Their duties will include an array of tasks from administrative, logistics and physical presence in support of law enforcement.”

Some reactions: DC Police Union Chairman Greggory Pemberton said the group agreed with Trump that “something needs to be done” about crime in DC while the Democratic Mayors Association described the president’s move as a “political charade.”

[-] stink@lemmygrad.ml 32 points 8 months ago

Shes a disgusting piece of shit.

Instead of building affordable housing shes spending $3 billion of tax payer money to build a stadium for some rich assholes.

She enacted curfews across the city, with harsher curfews in ~~minority~~ problematic areas.

Now she's kissing the ring of Trump, as a democrat by the way. I hope someone shoots her in the head.

[-] VILenin@hexbear.net 12 points 8 months ago

You could say she’s spineless, but then again she evidently has one considering how she repeatedly carries truckloads of water for fascist narratives

[-] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 8 months ago

This is like the average "anti-populist democracy-defender" politician in the west.

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