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Trump federalizing DC police, deploying National Guard in capital crime crackdown

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WaPo/George Mason poll of 604 Washington residents.

Starts with an interesting deep cut using past surveys on how residents feel about their neighborhood as a place to live. Net positive responses have grown from 56% in the 1980s to 89% today.

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Biggest problem facing the city? Trump & Trump take-over, followed closely by crime.
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Do you support Trump taking control of the local police and adding national guard and FBI to the streets?

Strongly support 9%
Somewhat support 8%
Somewhat oppose 10%
Strongly oppose 69%

[Of those who had seen federal troops on the streets] Does it make you feel more or less safe?

More safe 18%
Less safe 61%
no difference 20%
 
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Protesters heckle Vance, Hegseth, Miller as they get photo op with DC National Guard​

Protesters booed and jeered Vice President JD Vance, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller as they came to [Union] station, located blocks from the U.S. Capitol, to thank the troops. The crowd's chants drowned out the voices of the officials.

Vance and Miller dismissed the jeers of the protesters, which drowned out their press gaggle, calling them "crazy" and "communists."

Vance added that he believed that crime statistics do not report the full scope of crime on the streets, however he declined to talk about evidence that backed his claim up and told a reporter to "You just got to look around."
 
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MAKE DC HUNGRY AGAIN! SANDWICH CONTROL NOW!

Trump’s D.C. Takeover Targets the Real Criminals: Delivery Drivers​

Several residents report seeing Uber and delivery drivers detained.​


“Yesterday, my UberEats driver got arrested by ICE while he was delivering my food. I walked downstairs to pick it up and I noticed his location hadn’t changed in two or three minutes, and it was like two or three blocks away from my house,” said D.C. resident Tyler DeSue in a TikTok he posted on Sunday that went viral. “I stepped into the streets and I saw police lights … he was being questioned by eight or nine ICE officers.”

D.C. residents are reporting that they’re seeing fewer delivery drivers out and about ... And restaurants across the city saw a 25 percent drop in reservations in the days immediately after Trump federalized the city’s police forces
 
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essentialsaltes said:
Vance added that he believed that crime statistics do not report the full scope of crime on the streets, however he declined to talk about evidence that backed his claim up and told a reporter to "You just got to look around."
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I think that sums him up quite nicely.
 
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National Guard vehicle collides with civilian car near US Capitol, trapping one person​

One person was trapped inside the car after the accident and had to be extricated by emergency responders, according to D.C. fire department spokesman Vito Maggiolo. The person was transported to a hospital with minor injuries.

A video posted online showed a tan-colored armored vehicle and a silver SUV with a crushed side. The military vehicle was twice the height of the civilian car.
 
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essentialsaltes said:
Vance added that he believed that crime statistics do not report the full scope of crime on the streets, however he declined to talk about evidence that backed his claim up and told a reporter to "You just got to look around."
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He's right. We should just look around in SE, the high crime area of the District where his federal officers are afraid to go.
 
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