Trump suing to federalize the Washington DC, Police and employ the Virginia National Guard in order to curtail protests against his administration.
Trump is invoking his emergency powers to solidify militarization of Capital law enforcement.
By invoking section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, the president is federalizing DC’s Metropolitan police department for the first time in its history. He said he was declaring a public safety emergency and putting the police under the control of the attorney general, Pam Bondi.
Trump vowed to allow police to “do whatever the hell they want” in the face of provocations. “That’s the only language they [alleged criminals] understand. They like to spit in the face of the police. You spit, and we hit, and they get hit real hard.”
Trump’s words are reminiscent of the Hitler’s Brownshirts paramilitary force used to usurp power.
If Trump succeeds, this could mean an end to protests in Washington, DC, a historic center of the American right to political protest. The right to assemble and the right of free speech are in jeopardy.
