Protesters oppose Trump's federal takeover of DC policing operations

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Protesters proceed to blast the Trump administration’s takeover of policing in Washington, DC , likening it to an "invasion" whilst crime plummets.

Demonstrators, who didn't look like a part of a particular group, on a pedestrian bridge on the I-95 in Virginia close to town this week, mentioned that "our programs are being assaulted."

" What the issue is, is that these are the Nationwide Guard are like my pals' little kids," one girl informed Fox Information Digital. "It is their time away from their household. The cash being wasted to make some extent is basically form of disgraceful and un-American as a result of they're sending them in opposition to precise Individuals with weapons. And it is actually an invasion. And we're not Russia, we're the US of freaking America."

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DC Metropolitan Police detain an individual after an altercation between members of the general public in Washington, D.C., U.S., August 14, 2025. (REUTERS/Nathan Howard)

The DC Police Union says crime has taken a tumble in because the takeover was introduced by President Donald Trump earlier this month. On Thursday, it was famous that there have been no reported homicides within the metropolis up to now week.

Along with the Nationwide Guard, quite a few federal companies, together with Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the FBI, are on patrol within the capital metropolis. Legal professional Common Pam Bondi signed an order that prompts native officers to adjust to federal immigration authorities in a robust rebuke to town’s personal sanctuary insurance policies.

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A U.S. army member holds a baby close to the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., August 14, 2025. (REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez)

"719 arrests and 91 unlawful weapons seized in Washington, DC Simply yesterday we made 40 arrests, took 5 extra unlawful firearms off our streets, and had 36 ICE arrests—together with a suspected MS-13 gang member. Thanks [President Trump] in your unwavering assist to make DC protected once more!" Bondi posted to X on Friday morning.

Trump has threatened to take the takeover a step additional in a Reality Social publish on Friday.

"Washington, D.C. is SAFE AGAIN! The crowds are coming again, the spirit is excessive, and our D.C. Nationwide Guard and Police are doing a improbable job. They're out in pressure, and are NOT PLAYING GAMES!!!" he wrote.

"As unhealthy because it sounds to say, there have been no murders this week for the primary time in reminiscence. Mayor Muriel Bowser should instantly cease giving false and extremely inaccurate crime figures, or unhealthy issues will occur, together with an entire and whole Federal takeover of the Metropolis! Washington D.C. will quickly be nice once more!!!" the president added.

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U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Metropolitan Police Division (MPD) conduct a visitors cease close to the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. on August 14, 2025. (Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Pictures)

One other protester famous that he's glad to see that crime has dropped within the metropolis, however mentioned declaring the crime challenge in Washington D.C. was not essential.

" I actually do imagine that we're edging into an space the place we're not following the regulation, the place we're not doing the issues that we should be doing with the intention to serve the folks," he mentioned.

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"I am very completely happy that crime's down, and it would not shock me in any respect if you are going to have troops and lots of people having regulation enforcement on the streets," he mentioned. "The issue with that is that we're making an emergency out of one thing that wasn't an emergency."

Cameron Arcand is a politics author at Fox Information Digital in Washington D.C. Story ideas will be despatched to Cameron.Arcand@Fox.com and on Twitter: @cameron_arcand