The Trump administration has announced the deployment of hundreds of West Virginia National Guard members to Washington D.C. as part of efforts to overhaul policing. This action follows protests against federal law enforcement presence in the city. The president's executive order federalizes local police forces and utilizes approximately 800 District of Columbia National Guard members. While justified as a response to crime and homelessness, local officials note declining violent crime rates. Protests have emerged, expressing concerns over perceived federal overreach and military occupation.
Hundreds of West Virginia National Guard members will deploy across the nation's capital as part of the Trump administration's effort to overhaul policing in Washington through a federal crackdown on crime and homelessness.
The move announced Saturday comes as protesters pushed back on federal law enforcement and National Guard troops fanning out in the heavily Democratic city following President Donald Trump's executive order federalizing local police forces.
Trump is exercising even tighter control over the city. It's a power play that the president has justified as an emergency response to crime and homelessness, even though city officials have noted that violent crime is lower than it was during Trump's first term in office.
Demonstrators assembled behind a banner that said, No fascist takeover of D.C., and some in the crowd held signs saying, No military occupation.
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