Its fears were increased tenfold by the republican’s unprecedented decision to take control of the municipal police of Washington – a legal act because the city is the responsibility of the Federal Authority – and to deploy eight hundred members of the National Guard, a reserve army, in the streets of capital for ” restore order, law and public security “. While listing recent various facts, including the assault of a young employee of the departmental efficiency (DOGE) of Elon Musk, the president assured, during a press conference on Monday, August 11, that crime in the” Paris of Potomac “was worse in Baghdad!
Donald Trump granted powers that have never been exercised before
Since then, uniforms of all kinds have appeared in the city. In addition to the National Guard, usually used in emergency situations, agents of different federal policies (immigration, anti-drug, FBI, Protection of parks, etc.), recognizable by acronyms on their clothes, have been mobilized.
The show provokes anger and misunderstanding among the Washingtonianswhich are largely democrats. “” It is political “, Breaths Gabriel Oumar, who has lived for forty years in the District of Columbia (DC), the territory to which Washington belongs.” Crime has been declining for decades. There are places where we were not going to be thirty years ago which are perfectly safe today. These soldiers will not have much to do “, He predicts.
Washington offers a double-face: place of power, it has long been nicknamed ” murder capital ” (” Capital of murders “) Due to the large number of homicides that marked the 1980s and 1990s, especially in the disadvantaged black districts in the south in the grip of the Crack-Cocaine epidemic.
The White House wants to “align” Washington’s main museums with Trump’s vision
If the number of murders has been at its lowest level for thirty years according to the FBI, a feeling of insecurity persists in some, powered by burglaries, robberies and other incidents occurring at nightfall. Like this shot drawn, Saturday August 9, during a gathering of teenagers, in the trendy district of Navy Yard. The episode, one of the many questioning a bunch of young people in recent months, has prompted the city to extend a curfew for those under 17 in the neighborhood.
” Admittedly, crime is decreasing, but we cannot be satisfied with it “, estimates Cecilia Monroe, met at Navy Yard. She lists incidents she heard recently:” child touched by a lost ball “,  ” car diversion “… Democrat, she believes that Donald Trump’s opponents are wrong to minimize the importance of these facts, even if they are relatively rare.” It is not normal to see such things. Unfortunately, we got used to it “.
Lying in a seat against the Anacostia river, Alexandre, a Georgian immigrant living in Washington feels safe despite the burglary of his car. “” There is crime as in all major cities. But Donald Trump amplifies it “. He is particularly concerned about the fate of the homeless, a population estimated at 5,000 people that the billionaire would like to re-install” far from DC “. ” Rather than putting money in the policeestimates Alexandre, He should invest in housing to give these people a second chance “.
