DC’s soft-on-crime leaders let teens run wild, opened door for Trump takeover: police group
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Trump federalizes Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department for 30 days, citing rising violent crime, gang activity and recent attacks on federal staffers
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"Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people," Trump said Monday while announcing the move. "And we're not going to let it happen anymore. We're not going to take it."
In explaining why he was federalizing D.C. police, Trump pointed to a rise in criminal activity that included a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer being beaten and the murder of a congressional intern.
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