XPost: alt.politics.nationalism.black, alt.politics.trump, alt.f   
   n.rush-limbaugh   
   XPost: sac.politics, talk.politics.guns   
   From: yourdime@outlook.com   
      
   The Trump administration’s crackdown on violent crime in Washington, D.C.,   
   has already netted more than 240 arrests and taken 38 guns off the   
   streets, a White House official told Fox News.   
      
   The show of force has swept up gang members, robbery suspects and   
   immigration violators. On Friday alone, 52 people were arrested, including   
   28 illegal immigrants, while three guns were seized.   
      
   Federal teams also cleared 25 homeless encampments, and officials said   
   those removals were carried out without confrontations or arrests.   
      
   White House deputy chief of staff for policy Stephen Miller hailed the   
   scale of the operations and said the numbers are "breathtaking."   
      
   "We have seen a record number of violent offenders, bad guys, gang members   
   and all kinds of threats to public safety removed off the streets as well   
   as their illegal weapons that they've been using to terrorize the citizens   
   of this city," Miller told "Fox News Live."   
      
   "Additionally, we have seen over 70 homeless encampments that have scarred   
   and disfigured the public streets of this city, dismantled and thrown away   
   and the homeless cleared from those encampments. At the same time, we have   
   the National Park Service going around and getting rid of the gang   
   graffiti that has been left untouched by this city for decades."   
      
   The operation began quietly Aug. 7 with the launch of the "Making D.C.   
   Safe and Beautiful" task force created by President Donald Trump in March   
   through an executive order.   
      
   He escalated it Aug. 11 by temporarily seizing federal control of the   
   Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under emergency powers in the Home   
   Rule Act, the first such move in U.S. history.   
      
   The order puts the MPD under federal authority for up to 30 days, unless   
   Congress extends it, and 800 National Guard troops were deployed.   
      
   In all, 22 multi-agency teams with more than 1,800 personnel were deployed   
   across all seven police districts as the president vowed to aggressively   
   "take our capital back."   
      
   "We have a capital that’s very unsafe. … Something’s out of control. But   
   we’re going to put it in control very quickly," Trump said Monday.   
      
   Other arrests included drug distribution, weapons violations and   
   outstanding warrants. Police also detained suspects accused of fleeing law   
   enforcement, reckless driving, assault with a dangerous weapon and   
   kidnapping.   
      
   The D.C. National Guard carried out roving patrols on foot and in vehicles   
   around the National Mall and Union Station last night. While they remain   
   armed, the officials stressed they are not making arrests, instead   
   securing federal assets and providing cover for police.   
      
   Trump began floating the idea of federalizing D.C. law enforcement after   
   the brutal beating of a former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)   
   employee during an alleged attempted carjacking in Washington’s Logan   
   Circle. He then moved to ramp up his crackdown on Monday, invoking the   
   Home Rule Act.   
      
   Democrats and local officials pushed back, noting MPD and the U.S.   
   Attorney’s Office report violent crime is at a 30-year low, down 35% from   
   2023 to 2024.   
      
   FBI data for the same period shows a much smaller decrease of around 9%,   
   highlighting a substantial gap between local and federal statistics. The   
   discrepancy stems from differences in how crimes are classified and   
   reported to federal databases.   
      
   D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser described the federal action as "unsettling and   
   unprecedented," while Democrats have introduced a joint resolution in an   
   effort to put the brakes on the federal takeover of police.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/politics/hundreds-arrested-as-trumps-washington-   
   dc-crime-crackdown-hits-full-stride   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)