Protest Takes Place In DC Following Trump’s Statement On DC Crime

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The meltdown was instant. The moment President Donald Trump announced he was federalizing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, you could practically hear the champagne flutes shattering in every overpriced condo in Dupont Circle. “Fascism!” they cried. “Democracy under attack!” they wailed. All because the president exercised a perfectly legal authority granted under the Home Rule Act of 1973 — you know, the law that makes it clear D.C. is still a federal district.

So, to recap: a legal move, justified by skyrocketing crime, that might actually protect people? Yeah, in D.C., that’s apparently the end of the republic.

The White House didn’t just wake up one morning and say, “Let’s take over the police.” The administration actually gave the Democrat-run city council a chance to fix things themselves. They asked them to repeal their catch-and-release “criminal justice reform” policies that have been turning violent offenders back onto the streets before the ink on their arrest paperwork dries. The city council’s answer? Absolutely not. Because why fix a disaster when you can turn it into a political prop?

And then came Monday. Cue the obligatory protest march. Signs, chants, a nice walk down Massachusetts Avenue. The usual “Trump Must Go” routine that plays on loop in America’s most liberal major city — the one where Kamala Harris pulled 90% of the vote in 2024 without breaking a sweat.

Here’s the kicker: these protests weren’t coming from the high-crime neighborhoods actually being ravaged by the policies Trump is trying to fix. Oh no. They were coming from Northwest D.C., home to well-manicured lawns, artisanal coffee shops, and people who might call the cops if someone dares to use their recycling bin. The “safest” quadrant — and I use that term loosely — was out there rallying against an effort to make the rest of the city less dangerous.

And then reality dropped in like a cold bucket of water. While these moral crusaders were marching toward 14th Street, a killing happened just a few blocks away in Logan Circle. A person, dead — right in the shadow of the protest.

Here they were, denouncing the president’s attempt to reduce violent crime, literally within walking distance of violent crime. They didn’t even make it to their finish line before the city they were defending reminded everyone why it’s on track to be America’s capital of homicide statistics.

No one’s making light of a human life being lost. But the timing? The optics? You can’t ignore it. The same people insisting Trump is the problem just had their point taken apart in real time.

D.C.’s murder problem isn’t going away because the city council spins the numbers or changes the definitions. It’s not going away because activists chant about “police overreach” while clutching their purses on the Metro. And it’s definitely not going away if the loudest voices in town care more about scoring points against Trump than stopping the bullets flying in their own streets.

Yet…

The president’s move may be controversial, but so is ignoring a crisis until it’s literally bleeding out on the sidewalk beside your protest.

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