.... images from an authoritarian state. Armed military in DC patrolling towards a giant picture of dear leader.
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I think you are dealing with dementia, just like trumpy. You do understand that crime being at a 30 year low doesn't mean there is zero crime, right? It's only logical that if you send the military into a city, crime will go down.
It's funny, you completely lost your mind when Trudeau briefly used the Emergencies Act, but you would be content if trumpy turned your entire country into a military state.Comment
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Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.Comment
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National Guard troops not seen outside tourist areas of D.C., residents say
In Southeast Washington, advocates say a new batch of federal police are making unusual arrests
When U.S. President Donald Trump sent thousands of National Guard troops to Washington in early August, they weren't seen in the highest crime sections of the city. Residents mostly encountered them in tourist areas and subway stations.
In Southeast Washington, away from the monuments and museums, advocates like Jawanna Hardy have seen a new batch of police making unusual arrests — but it's not the National Guard.
Hardy is the founder of Guns Down Friday, an organization that helps youth affected by crime in one of D.C.'s most dangerous areas. She said officers from out of town are now cracking down on youth smoking pot in the street, transit fare evaders and more.
"Just the other day, a young lady went to jail for fare evasion. She jumped the fence [at] the metro and didn't pay and they arrested her," Hardy said. "She went to jail for, I think, two days."
Miss Hardy, as she's known in the community, said her organization has been holding training sessions every Friday to teach youth how to act when they encounter law enforcement and notify them of changes to the way officers do their jobs.
National Guard troops are not making arrests at this time, the White House said, but there has been "a surge in federal law enforcement" sent to D.C., who are making arrests including in Wards 7 & 8, in Southeast Washington.
"Nearly half of non-immigration arrests since the crime crackdown started have occurred in these two wards," said White House spokesperson Abigail Jackson in an email to CBC News.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department's crime data, there have been 898 incidents of violent crime so far this year in Washington, with 699 of them occurring in Wards 7 and 8.
The White House said 1,283 arrests have been made in Washington since Aug. 7, when increased law enforcement units arrived in D.C. But local community advocates question what types of arrests are behind those numbers, and whether the surge of law enforcement has done much to keep neighbourhoods safe.
Spend on community resources: residents
Experts estimate it costs about $1 million a day for 2,200 National Guard troops to be in Washington. It's unclear how much it costs for the additional law enforcement teams that have also been deployed. Hardy said that is not a sustainable solution to crime and suggested the money could be better spent on resources for the community.
"If $1 million is being spent everyday, that's 30 million a month," said Hardy. "Where's this money coming from? So that's what scares me."
At the Renaissance apartments in Ward 8, iron gates at the entrance keep unwanted people out. Locals said they were erected after a string of drive-by shootings. Some of the windows of the buildings in the area are boarded up with plywood. The parking lot is full of potholes. The kids here play in the street because there is no recreation centre for them to go.
"There ain't no playgrounds, there ain't no recreation centres, it ain't enough, you know what I'm saying, there ain't enough mentoring going on around here for the youth," said Bryan Turner, a 23-year-old resident of Ward 8.
Turner comes to the Renaissance apartments to check up on his cousins and make sure they're OK. He said young people in the neighbourhood need a safe place to go to get their minds off things like bullying in school, or make TikTok videos with their friends without being bothered by officers on patrol.
"There's a bunch of kids out here, they shouldn't be seeing the type of weapons drawn towards them or other people in the community," said Turner.
He said he would also like to see the city invest in fixing up the area, instead of investing in more police resources.
"The community needs a lot more," said Turner.
Unmarked police patrols spook some residents
Laniyah King, 17, said there have been no drive-by shootings in Renaissance since more officers got here. But police bring their own safety issues, she said.
King said some of the officers are driving up to people in unmarked cars, and the locals aren't sure if they are police or someone who plans to shoot at them.
"The boys don't know whether to defend themselves or just walk away," said King.
"A bullet doesn't have a name on it, and it could end up in any direction. So I really don't feel safe."
.... in the end, the military takeover of DC will fail because it does not address the root causes of crime in the city. The money being spent is wasted on a poorly conceived misson that does not address the real needs of the local community.
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This is very simple. The reason crime is "down" is because the liberal district attorney has stopped prosecuting many crimes. Folks are tired of it. Democrats have caved when it comes to prosecuting blacks for things like looting, shoplifting and so much more.Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.Comment
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Judge says Trump administration’s use of US military in Los Angeles violated federal law
A federal judge ruled Tuesday that President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth violated federal law by using the US military to help carry out law enforcement activities in and around Los Angeles this summer.
US District Judge Charles Breyer concluded that Trump’s use of thousands of federalized California National Guard members and US Marines to provide protection to federal agents during an aggressive immigration crackdown in the Los Angeles area ran afoul of the Posse Comitatus Act, a 19th Century law that generally prohibits the use of troops for domestic law enforcement purposes.
The ruling from Breyer, who held a multi-day trial last month over Trump’s use of the military in the state, comes as the president is weighing whether to send National Guard members to other cities, including ones in California and Illinois.
“President Trump and Secretary Hegseth have stated their intention to call National Guard troops into service in other cities across the country,” Breyer wrote in his 52-page opinion, “… thus creating a national police force with the President as its chief.”
“The evidence at trial established that Defendants systematically used armed soldiers (whose identity was often obscured by protective armor) and military vehicles to set up protective perimeters and traffic blockades, engage in crowd control, and otherwise demonstrate a military presence in and around Los Angeles. In short, Defendants violated the Posse Comitatus Act,” Breyer wrote.
In an effort to stave off further violations of the Posse Comitatus Act in California, Breyer blocked Trump and Hegseth from using troops there for “arrests, apprehensions, searches, seizures, security patrols, traffic control, crowd control, riot control, evidence collection, interrogation, or acting as informants.”
The judge paused that part of his ruling until next Friday to give the administration time to appeal it.
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'Alligator Alcatraz' will soon shut down
The immigration detention center in Florida’s Everglades that officials have dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” soon will hold no detainees. Last week, a judge ordered Florida and the Trump administration to stop bringing new detainees to the facility and to wind down operations there within 60 days
... a complete waste of $218M of Florida tax dollars plus an abuse of human rights detaining people in horrible conditions. Authoritarian overreach is rampant amongst MAGA followers.Comment
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If it saves just one life...................Comment
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54 shot in Chicago over the weekend. SSG and liberals like their crime the way it is. No help or interference.Adversity temporarily visits a strong man but stays with the weak for a lifetime.Comment
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