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The protest comes as West Virginia, South Carolina, and Ohio announced they would deploy hundreds of additional National Guard troops to the nation's capital.
Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be on the streets around the clock.
Protesters chanted “Whose Street? Our street!” and “Go home!” toward law enforcement officers conducting a vehicle checkpoint stop across 14th Street NW.
The meltdown was instant. The moment President Donald Trump announced he was federalizing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, you could
Free DC, a “fiscally sponsored special project” of progressive nonprofits Community Change and Community Change Action, brought 150 demonstrators near the White House Monday to protest Trump’s
Protesters in DC rallied against President Trump and the federalization of local police, vowing to continue until he leaves office.
Demonstrators around the country protested redistricting plans backed by Trump aimed at bolstering Republicans
Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up Wednesday to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be the streets around the clock.