If we are brutally honest, the Trump move to take control of Washington, DC law enforcement is a metaphorical modern day "lynching" serving as race-baiting and a distraction for his MAGA cult. Consider that the population of DC is 64% non-white and over 93% are US citizens [i.e. not an immigration problem] The actual violent crime rate is at an historic LOW and has been dropping steadily, so there is no ACTUAL public safety emergency. Unfortunately, DC is a vulnerable and relatively easy target for Trump's "plantation" style tactics. Nothing really NEEDs to be done to enhance law enforcement or violent crime reduction, but we will not have data to show that nothing was effectively done for months. Meanwhile the defamatory media rush will hang over DC and its government and be inflamed by Trump Administration rhetoric. The LAST person who should be entrusted with the public safety of a city, especially one populated primarily by people of color, is AG Pam Bondi. Her ethics, professionalism and racist mentality are disqualifying. as well as her slobbering subservience to Trump's every whim.
It is questionable whether the Posse Comitatus prohibition on using federal forces for local law enforcement applies because of DC's special non-state status. So, Trump declares an "emergency" and that the folks of color have created a "crime wave" making the city unsafe. As with most of Trump's pronouncements, there are no facts to support this race-baiting accusation. But his MAGA followers are eager to latch on to any form of bigotry and hate. It is an effective media distraction but terrible and shameful policy. JMO🧐
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/dc-mayor-responds-to-trump-s-federal-takeover-of-city-police-department/vi-AA1KkhED
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