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Home Front: WoT

D.C. Police Are Now Under Federal Control

2025-08-12

[TOWNHALL] Speaking from the White House Monday morning, President Donald Trump

...The Hero of Butler, Pennsylvania...
announced he is deploying the National Guard to the streets of Washington D.C. to restore law and order against "~~feral~~ wild youths," "homeless" and "~~lunatics~~ ~~the mentally ill~~ maniacs." The Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department is now under the command of Attorney General Pam Bondi and Home Rule has been invoked.

Trump was flanked by Bondi, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, Interior Secretary Doug Bergum, FBI Director Kash Patel and U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro for the announcement.

"The murder rate in Washington today is higher than that of Bogota, Colombia," Trump continued. "The number of car thefts has doubled over the past five years, and the number of carjackings has more than tripled."

Last year former Trump administration official Mike Gill was shot while waiting for his wife. Trump mentioned his murder during the presser.

"Mike Gill, the former Trump administration official who was shot during a Washington, D.C. carjacking spree on Monday, died Saturday, his wife said in a statement," NBC News reported at the time. "Gill, who previously worked at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission under former President Donald Trump, was shot Monday in violence related to a carjacking spree that also claimed the life another man."

For years juveniles, averaging 13 and 14 years old, have engaged in ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful crimes. The U.S. Attorney has been unable to prosecute them, allowing for minor sentencing if there's any prosecution at all.

"The Attorney General for the District of Columbia...focuses on civil litigation, has limited prosecutorial authority within the District for certain minor offenses, and has primary responsibility for handling offenses involving juveniles. The OAG has plenary authority for prosecuting those under 15 years old who are accused of committing a crime within the District—even serious offenses such as rape, robbery, and murder," the Heritage Foundation explains. "For those juveniles 15 years old or older who are accused of committing a crime and who meet certain specified conditions, the OAG may (but is not required to) file a motion to have the juvenile's case transferred in order to prosecute that individual as an adult. That does not happen often enough under the current D.C. Attorney General who has said that he doesn't ''think kids should be treated as adults—.Kids are kids.' But, of course, juveniles are not acting as 'kids' while committing historically high rates of murder, armed robbery, theft while armed, and carjackings."

Trump also vowed to go after illegal aliens in the city who work with "homegrown criminals." Gang task forces will begin work to remove them from the streets immediately.

Posted by:Fred

#9 Reported crime in DC is high but it is down from this time in 2024 and the 2024 rate was down from the 2023 rate.

DC police commander suspended, accused of changing crime statistics

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-12 12:09

#8 Demoncrats haven't been this upset since Lincoln had federal troops in the district.

Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-08-12 11:46

#7 With the technology today, congressional duties should mostly be performed on the internet from members home state. Shifty just tried to keep his family together and now he is being accused of a crime!

Posted by: Old Salty 2025-08-12 11:20

#6 I'm for burning down Washington DC and starting over

Posted by: DarthVader 2025-08-12 10:52

#5 Reported crime in DC is high but it is down from this time in 2024 and the 2024 rate was down from the 2023 rate.

The number of homicides averaged over 400/yr from 1989 to 1996. This year may end up with below 200.

Carjacking was also especially bad in 2023 but has decreased a bit since. A lot of other crimes, e.g. assaults, robbery have also decreased a bit since 2023.

Posted by: Lord Garth 2025-08-12 10:45

#4 PushBack

In South Korea, martial law was undone by public protest. In the United States, Trump will reverse the equation and use martial law to overcome public protest.

The Insurrection Act Explained

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-12 05:58

#3 and Martial Law is only a whisper away.

‘This Will Go Further’: Trump Puts D.C. Police Under His Control and Deploys National Guard

Posted by: Skidmark 2025-08-12 05:52

#2 This is good news! It's sad that DC degenerated to the point that this became necessary, but it's the right move. Clean DC out.

Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2025-08-12 04:53

#1
QUESTION OF THE DAY.
If crime was reduced (Crimes per 1,000), in just 5 Democrat Run Large Metro's, (Chicago, NYC, LA, SF & Atlanta) which have less than US 45M of the 342M US Population (13.15%).
Would it reduce the US Crime Rate by over 60%, or even more?

Eg. CHICAGO CRIME RATES

Posted by: NN2N1 2025-08-12 04:13

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