A new poll shows Washington, D.C. residents overwhelmingly oppose President Donald Trump's deployment of the National Guard and other federal law enforcement officials in the city. In Columbia Heights, residents jeered and shouted at masked federal agents in a Metro station who appeared to be assisting transit police with fare evasion enforcement. Agents from Homeland Security Investigations and the FBI stood around an alleged fare evader alongside transit police, creating confusion about enforcement roles and the use of federal resources for petty crimes. A crowd chanted at the agents, who left in unmarked vehicles to cheers from residents.
Zeteo journalist Prem Thakker reported on Tuesday that residents in Columbia Heights jeered and shouted at masked federal agents in their local Metro station who were apparently there to assist transit police in holding train fare evaders accountable. While at the station, Thakker observed agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) standing around an alleged fare evader alongside the transit police.
"He first said they weren't [helping enforce anti-fare evasion laws]; it was only the local police who responded," wrote Thakker. "It was a confusing response, given all the agents we just saw at the scene. We then got into a lengthy back-and-forth... I repeatedly tried to re-focus the conversation on ICE and other federal agencies' roles. He said he can't speak to other agencies, while maintaining that they were all supporting each other."
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