Trump to take over D.C. Law Enforcement
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Where do inconvenient people go, Pete? Where do you, ummm … put them?
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‘Move Out, Immediately:' Trump's vision for ridding DC streets of homeless
The president has vowed to use "involuntary commitment" to detain people sleeping on the streets of DC.
‘Move Out, Immediately:' Trump's vision for ridding DC streets of homeless
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“… “We’re going to be removing homeless encampments from beautiful parks, which now, a lot of people can’t walk on,” Trump told reporters, adding that his administration is getting “rid of the people from underpasses and public spaces from all over the city.”
… But it’s unclear exactly how the president’s order for people sleeping outdoors to "move out, immediately" would actually work. In the Aug. 11 order, the president offered few specific details on the logistics of the effort. He told reporters there were “many places” people could go and his administration planned to “help them as much as you can help.”
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According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, there were about 5,600 homeless people in Washington, DC down from about 8,300 in 2016. Of those homeless people counted in January 2025, about 1,000 were sleeping on the streets any given night. The majority of the rest were either staying with friends, in hotels or in one of the city's shelters.
There are about 3,200 emergency shelter beds in the city, and about another 1,000 beds in shelters for people transitioning into more permanent housing, according to the DC-based Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness.
Donald Whitehead, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless said all of those shelters are currently at capacity, creating more uncertainty over where Trump would move people on the streets. Whitehead questioned whether the president would consider jailing the homeless, sending them to an unknown location or moving them outside of the city. …”
‘Move Out, Immediately:' Trump's vision for ridding DC streets of homeless
The president has vowed to use "involuntary commitment" to detain people sleeping on the streets of DC.
‘Move Out, Immediately:' Trump's vision for ridding DC streets of homeless
The president has vowed to use \
“… “We’re going to be removing homeless encampments from beautiful parks, which now, a lot of people can’t walk on,” Trump told reporters, adding that his administration is getting “rid of the people from underpasses and public spaces from all over the city.”
… But it’s unclear exactly how the president’s order for people sleeping outdoors to "move out, immediately" would actually work. In the Aug. 11 order, the president offered few specific details on the logistics of the effort. He told reporters there were “many places” people could go and his administration planned to “help them as much as you can help.”
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According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, there were about 5,600 homeless people in Washington, DC down from about 8,300 in 2016. Of those homeless people counted in January 2025, about 1,000 were sleeping on the streets any given night. The majority of the rest were either staying with friends, in hotels or in one of the city's shelters.
There are about 3,200 emergency shelter beds in the city, and about another 1,000 beds in shelters for people transitioning into more permanent housing, according to the DC-based Community Partnership for the Prevention of Homelessness.
Donald Whitehead, executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless said all of those shelters are currently at capacity, creating more uncertainty over where Trump would move people on the streets. Whitehead questioned whether the president would consider jailing the homeless, sending them to an unknown location or moving them outside of the city. …”
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New York’s Democratic Governor Called in the Troops Last Year to Fight Subway Crime
President Trump is deploying the National Guard to the streets of an American city for the second time this year, but the Guard has been used by other leaders, too.
New York’s Democratic Governor Called in the Troops Last Year to Fight Subway Crime
President Trump is deploying the National Guard to the streets of an American city for the second time this year, but the Guard has been used by other leaders, too.
“… In March 2024, Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, a Democrat, announced that she would deploy 750 members of the National Guard to New York’s subway system.
It was a jarring sight to some New Yorkers who were not accustomed to seeing troops in military uniforms patrolling the subway with rifles.
There is an important difference between the situation in Washington, and the one in New York, however: Ms. Hochul, as New York’s governor, controls the state’s National Guard and can deploy it as she sees fit. Mr. Trump, on the other hand, is sending the Guard into the streets of Washington against the wishes of the city’s leaders, just as he sent the National Guard to the streets of Los Angeles in June over objections from both the mayor and California’s governor.
In the subways, Ms. Hochul said the deployment worked. Crime in the subway declined 27 percent in the 12 months following the troops’ arrival, she said. This summer, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority experienced its safest July on record, with an 8 percent drop in major felony crimes compared to July 2024, according to data from the governor’s office.…”
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Pete’s lanes are:
- grifting non-profits
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- drinking … a lot
- cheating on his wives
- hilariously incompetent opsec failures
- demagoguing like a cartoon villain
- being a big boy!
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uhh they may want to check out last year’s scotus ruling re cities and homelessness.
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The prescence of more "troops " will help calm down the visible walking around "trouble" That is fine-it is good. When they leave it will go back to what it was
What is needed is more DC Police officers , more drug addict care, more of an effort at housing the Homeless. more of an effort at controlling truancy , rat control . Increase the funding for all these programs-why not have the Feds increase the funding to DC for these programs ?
Now I will say I visited the large unique Capital in Austin a few years ago and there were a lot of LEOs with automatic weapons walking around...It felt like I was in Russia or some such. It was creepy
What is needed is more DC Police officers , more drug addict care, more of an effort at housing the Homeless. more of an effort at controlling truancy , rat control . Increase the funding for all these programs-why not have the Feds increase the funding to DC for these programs ?
Now I will say I visited the large unique Capital in Austin a few years ago and there were a lot of LEOs with automatic weapons walking around...It felt like I was in Russia or some such. It was creepy
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I think it's pretty obvious what is happening here. Every king needs a castle to hide behind when they don't want to cede their power. Moving the military into DC is Donald Trump preparing to castle-up.