The Department of Defense has mobilized the National Guard and has other specialized units ready to address crime in Washington, DC.
The Department of Defense has mobilized the National Guard and has other specialized units ready to address crime in Washington, DC, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said during a press conference with President Donald Trump on Monday.
At the press conference Trump declared a “public safety emergency” in D.C., explaining that the capital city “has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people.”
“And we’re not going to let it happen anymore,” Trump said, invoking section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control, and activating the National Guard.
“You’re going to see police, or you’re going to see FBI agents — going to have a lot of agents on the street,” Trump said. “You’re going to have a lot of, essentially, military.
