Trump asserts control of Washington D.C. police, will deploy National Guard in nation's capital

This is not normal.

President Donald Trump says National Guard soldiers will be deployed on the streets of Washington, D.C., and he asserted federal control over the city's Metropolitan police department.

This is not normal.

"This is liberation day in DC and we're going to take our capital back, we're taking it back," Trump said during a press conference at the White House. He said the Metropolitan police would now be led by a federal team

This is a straight up threat by the president of the United States to execute unhoused people who have committed no crime.

[President Trump] offered no explanation for where homeless people would be sent, but in a social media post suggested they would be banished from "FAR from the Capital" where many are long-term residents, with family and community ties.

This is not normal.

The move comes over the objections of local leaders, despite the fact violent crime plunged to a 30-year low last year, according to data compiled by the U.S. Department of Justice. A DOJ announcement posted earlier this year boasted that crime in Washington had plunged across a wide range of indicators.

"In addition to the overall violent crime reduction, homicides are down 32%; robberies are down 39%; armed carjackings are down 53%; assaults with a dangerous weapon are down 27% when compared with 2023 levels, with the District reporting the fewest assaults with dangerous weapons and burglaries in over 30 years," the DOJ statement said.