Hundreds of members of the Virginia-Western National Guard will deploy through the national capital within the framework of the The effort of the Trump administration to revise Power of police services in the Columbia district thanks to a federal repression against crime and homelessness.
This decision comes as the federal agents and the troops of the National Guard began to appear in the city strongly a democrat after the executive order of President Trump on Monday, federal of the local police forces and activating around 800 troops of the National Guard of DC.
Virginia-Western Republican Governor Patrick Morrisey announced on Saturday that he was sending a contingent of 300 to 400 members.
“Virginia-Western is proud to stand with President Trump in his efforts to restore the pride and beauty of the capital of our country,” said Morrisey.
By adding external troops to join the existing deployment of the National Guard and federal agents of the application of laws temporarily assigned to Washington, Trump exercises even more control over the city. It is a play of power that the president justified as an emergency response to crime and homelessness, even if the district officials noted that violent crimes are inferior to what it was during the first term of Trump.
A White House official said to CBS News on Saturday That members of the National Guard are deployed to DC “can be armed”, but that they would not carry out arrests. It was a reversal earlier within the week, when an official of the Ministry of Defense told CBS News that the members of the deployed guard would not be armed at the request of local law partners. The official also said at the time that they would not have weapons in their vehicles.
“The National Guard does not arrest arrests at the moment – they can be armed, in accordance with their mission and their training, to protect federal assets, provide a safe environment to law enforcement agents to make arrests and dissuade violent crimes with a visible presence on the application of laws,” said the White Chamber manager on Saturday.
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A protest against the intervention of Mr. Trump attracted scores to Dupont Circle on Saturday afternoon before walking in the White House, about 1.5 mile from there. Protesters gathered behind a banner who said “no DC fascist control”, and some in the crowd held signs that said “no military occupation”. Trump was in his Virginia golf club after Friday summit with Russian president Vladimir Putin in Alaska.
The activation of Virginie-Western also suggests that the administration sees the need for an additional workforce after the president has personally played the need for Washington to hire more police officers.
Major-general James Seward, general adjutant of Virginia-Western, said in a statement that members of the State National Guard “lent themselves to support our partners in the national capital region” and that the “unique capacities and preparation of the goalkeeper make it an invaluable partner in this important enterprise”.
Federal agents appeared in some of the most victims of the city, which obtains a mixture of praise, hindsight and alarm of residents and local leaders across the country.
Municipal leaders, who are obliged to cooperate with the president’s order under federal laws which direct the local governance of the district, sought to work with the administration, although they have bristled the scope of the president’s takeover.
Friday, administration reverse course on order who was aimed at placing The chief of the Drug Enforcement Administration as “Emergency Police Commissioner” after the best lawyer in the district continued his competition. After a hearing, the Attorney General Pam Bond issued a service note which ordered the Metropolitan Police Service to cooperate with the Federal Immigration Application, whatever the city law.
District officials say they assess how to comply as best as possible.
In his order on Monday, Trump declared an emergency due to “the inability of the city government to maintain public order”. He said that it hampered “the ability of the federal government to operate effectively to respond to the wider interests of the country without fear that our workers were subject to rampant violence”.
In a letter to residents of the city, the mayor of DC Muriel Bowser, a democrat, wrote that “our limited autonomy has never faced the type of test we face at the moment”. She added that if the Washingtonians stay together, “we will show the whole nation what it looks like to fight for American democracy – even when we do not have fully access.”
