Reporter: "Do you know what the chain of command is now?"

D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith: “What does that mean?"pic.twitter.com/bHZjMsBg3G

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 12, 2025

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Rockdoc said:

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You've got a political party in the dems that want the ship to go down and I guess they want to go down with it. All because they were voted out and lost power. You can't reason with them and no use trying.

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What ship is going down? We're discussing police militarization for a fake emergency.

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"Our border is secure." -- Liars who ET supported, less than four years ago.

Fake emergency, indeed. D.C. is a crime-riddled ****hole and an embarrassment to people who love America. We don't want it to be like San Francisco.

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I've lived in the DC area for the past 17 years. Things got significantly worse here after COVID. I believe homicides more than doubled from 116 in 2017 to 274 in 2023. The homeless population also exploded. They are everywhere now and we have large encampments in public parks which I did not see from 2008-2020.

It may also be true that crime is down marginally from the peak in 2023 but that year was historically awful with some crimes like carjacking increasing by 10x compared to pre COVID.

And I think the teens who dropped out of school permanently during the COVID school shutdowns are the biggest driver. I have a friend who is a DC cop who said they arrest the teens but the DA does not prosecute them for anything less than murder or attempted murder. All other charges are dropped and they are released the same day, even after they are arrested.

The police in DC are pissed that people they arrest face no consequences and they have stopped arresting teens for most crimes since it is pointless.

The situation in DC is as bad as it gets.

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This should be the EOT. It's explains in reality what everyone that isn't humping the Democrat's leg already knew. Their gaslighting is obnoxious, and everyone with a brain knows the games they are playing.

There are some posters on this thread that should just hang it up for a while and call it a day.

DC paid protester requests surge 400% amid Trump’s federal takeover of city police: crowd company https://t.co/wpyfZLHT2G

— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 12, 2025

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A crowd rental company has seen a massive uptick in inquiries regarding its services in Washington, D.C., amid President Donald Trump's move to federalize the police force in the nation's capital.

"Right now, D.C. inquiries are up roughly 400% compared to the same period in 2024," Crowds on Demand CEO Adam Swart told Fox News Digital, adding that the time period he is referencing is May to July 2024.

The company always sees a spike in requests during what Swart calls "high-stakes political moments."

"A large share are focused on opposing Trump's policies in Washington and raising alarms about government overreach," Swart said. "We're weighing those offers carefully because while there's truth in saying D.C.'s local government has been an abject failure in keeping citizens safe, there's also a real danger in putting too much power in federal hands. That balance of power matters."

Swart said the "vast majority" of people at political or advocacy events in D.C. are in some way paid.

"Most people don't know this, but many protesters are literally on the payroll Capitol Hill staffers from both parties are often expected to show up at rallies and protests on their own time," he said. "So yes, most attendees are being paid or are there because it's part of their job. That doesn't mean they don't support the cause but it does mean these crowds aren't as 'organic' as they appear on TV."

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-paid-protester-requests-surge-amid-trumps-federal-takeover-city-police-crowd-company

SIAP.

pic.twitter.com/JRVbxgKw5l

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) August 11, 2025

Sounds like paradise, right?

Who beat them in homicide rate? Detroit / Memphis / Baltimore?

Q: "You don't think more police makes streets safer?"

SYMONE SANDERS: "No. I'm a black woman in America...We have to rethink what safety means." 🤡 pic.twitter.com/PZhCgun12D

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 12, 2025

The chief is a moron dei hire, we see this everywhere, LA, new orleans, pick a city.

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Who beat them in homicide rate? Detroit / Memphis / Baltimore?

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IIRC, it is Memphis, St. Louis, and Baltimore.

Rapier108 said:

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DC paid protester requests surge 400% amid Trump’s federal takeover of city police: crowd company https://t.co/wpyfZLHT2G

— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 12, 2025

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A crowd rental company has seen a massive uptick in inquiries regarding its services in Washington, D.C., amid President Donald Trump's move to federalize the police force in the nation's capital.

"Right now, D.C. inquiries are up roughly 400% compared to the same period in 2024," Crowds on Demand CEO Adam Swart told Fox News Digital, adding that the time period he is referencing is May to July 2024.

The company always sees a spike in requests during what Swart calls "high-stakes political moments."

"A large share are focused on opposing Trump's policies in Washington and raising alarms about government overreach," Swart said. "We're weighing those offers carefully because while there's truth in saying D.C.'s local government has been an abject failure in keeping citizens safe, there's also a real danger in putting too much power in federal hands. That balance of power matters."

Swart said the "vast majority" of people at political or advocacy events in D.C. are in some way paid.

"Most people don't know this, but many protesters are literally on the payroll Capitol Hill staffers from both parties are often expected to show up at rallies and protests on their own time," he said. "So yes, most attendees are being paid or are there because it's part of their job. That doesn't mean they don't support the cause but it does mean these crowds aren't as 'organic' as they appear on TV."

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https://www.foxnews.com/us/dc-paid-protester-requests-surge-amid-trumps-federal-takeover-city-police-crowd-company

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Some posters from this thread might want to "volunteer".
Please protest to make sure that we don't get a military dictatorship.
And you will enjoy DC, very safe city.

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Q: "You don't think more police makes streets safer?"

SYMONE SANDERS: "No. I'm a black woman in America...We have to rethink what safety means." 🤡 pic.twitter.com/PZhCgun12D

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) August 12, 2025

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So close.
"Why is Georgetown campus safer than other parts of DC? There's no officers there."
Yes lady, you're almost there. Do tell us why?

Her answer "We need to rethink what safety is for black americans"
WTF.

These people are mental.

White House @PressSec announces 23 arrests last night as Trump's takeover of DC police begins. Charges include:
--Homicide
--Firearms offenses
--Possession with intent to distribute narcotics
--Fair evasion
--Lewd acts
--Stalking
--Possession of a high capacity magazine…

— Philip Melanchthon Wegmann (@PhilipWegmann) August 12, 2025

ABC anchor breaks from the Left-wing script and CONFIRMS how dangerous DC is:

"Here in Downtown DC where we work, right here around our bureau, just in the past 6 months, there were 2 people shot, 1 person died... I actually was jumped walking just 2 blocks down from here...… pic.twitter.com/CpvH0FjMFG

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 11, 2025

Stat Monitor Repairman said:

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Reporter: "Do you know what the chain of command is now?"

D.C. Police Chief Pamela Smith: “What does that mean?"pic.twitter.com/bHZjMsBg3G

— Greg Price (@greg_price11) August 12, 2025

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What in the living hell?! This is the bottom you get when you go full DEI.

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ABC anchor breaks from the Left-wing script and CONFIRMS how dangerous DC is:

"Here in Downtown DC where we work, right here around our bureau, just in the past 6 months, there were 2 people shot, 1 person died... I actually was jumped walking just 2 blocks down from here...… pic.twitter.com/CpvH0FjMFG

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 11, 2025

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Shell probably be fired.

Just last year, 70 business groups with offices in D.C. wrote Mayor Bowser to express “deep concern about the alarming increase in violent crime across our city.”

“D.C., is quickly becoming a national outlier in rising crime, and the trends are alarming.”

Read the letter ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/DFnCmqjE4C

— Brendan Carr (@BrendanCarrFCC) August 13, 2025

Those 70 businesses must have missed the big drop in crime somehow.

Just getting started:

On the first big push of FBI supporting @POTUS @realDonaldTrump initiative to make DC safe again, FBI reported 10 arrests with partners. These include:

-One arrest on a search warrant for a prior murder charge
-Multiple unlawful possession of firearms
-Multiple outstanding…

— FBI Director Kash Patel (@FBIDirectorKash) August 12, 2025

That's a bingo.

Entire "career" with U.S. Park Police, then in May 2022 hired by MPD as "Chief Equity Officer."

Led MPD's "DEI" efforts. She also supervised the Directorate for Employee Well-Being" and the Equal Employment Opportunity Office.

April 2023 -- after 11 months -- named Assistant… https://t.co/QIunkJfxMF

— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) August 12, 2025

It's hilarious, until one ponders how many people have been harmed/injured/killed as a result of such idiotic hiring practices to lead/manage/run a critical police force.

🚨 GREAT NEWS: FBI and DEA federal agents roamed the streets of Washington DC last night per President Trump’s orders.

National Guard were spotted too.

Order is here.

pic.twitter.com/8i6MdW0VBF

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 13, 2025

The outrage proves that Trump could cure cancer and the left would hate him for it.

Scarborough: "You don't think more police makes streets safer?"

Sanders: "No Joe. I'm a black woman in America."

She’s crazy. Growing up in the hood, I wasn’t worried about getting shot by the police, I was worried about getting shot by another black man. pic.twitter.com/HxQWQlUGHu

— Brandon Tatum (@TheOfficerTatum) August 12, 2025

Democratic logic. Police do not make streets safer for Black Americans. So by that logic the Black Americans are the criminals, whose criminal activity is no longer safe to practice. Racist!

the dems want the criminals to run free

will25u said:

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🚨 GREAT NEWS: FBI and DEA federal agents roamed the streets of Washington DC last night per President Trump’s orders.

National Guard were spotted too.

Order is here.

pic.twitter.com/8i6MdW0VBF

— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) August 13, 2025

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They should be wearing masks. The libs will be outing them and threatening them and their families.

amazingly DC was MUCH worse in 1995

when policemen were shot to death in their patrol cars.

I should have bought 4 buildings in Logan Circle instead of going to law school- they are worth millions now.

DC late 1960s

One of the best quotes about DC I heard yesterday from one of the FNC news babes.

She said saying crime is down in DC is like saying I was 600 lbs and now I'm 500.

Nm

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I am interested to see to crime statistics that would warrant a sudden federal takeover. I have a strong feeling they do not exist as violent crime rates have been dropping for decades now in big cities. I suspect this is just more buttering up the public to Trump's abuses of federal power,

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What crime statistics would be of interest?

The murder rate in Washington, D.C. today is greater than Bogota, Mexico City, and more ⬇️

MAKE D.C. SAFE AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/0L9SVfY1KG

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 11, 2025

I am interested in what crime data would be supportive of 'let's just let this thing keep going as-is.' I think this is 'change we can believe in.'

As I have family that live/work in the area, I admit to having a vested interest. Nothing is safe in town at this point, even at rush hour. It's absurd, and unacceptable, but that is what happens when Democrats run a city.

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This... isn't how statistics work or how this comparison would be done by an intellectually honest administration.

- is it 2024 or 2025
- if this is 2024 data ok
- that means crime is down 30% now
- oh that data is false? then where is this 2024 data from?
- no idea because no sources
- annualized? mid-year? Where did the other data come from?
- won't even get started on comparing 700k pop DC suburb to places like 8.8mil Bogota.. or simply ommited the other cities in the US more 'dangerous' than DC


They've invoked a never before used provision, related to emergencies, and they can't even give us numbers or what the emergency is? No data? Just stand at a podium and tell us the 'truth'.


But hey, maga loves them a good police state.

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Late to the thread but this was a great response.

It's also hilarious that Trump pardoned 600+ violent offenders who participated in the Jan 6 riots. Like, how is DC safer with people who assaulted cops back on the streets?

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It's also hilarious that Trump pardoned 600+ violent offenders who participated in the Jan 6 riots. Like, how is DC safer with people who assaulted cops back on the streets?

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I'm sure you can provide a follow up as to how many violent crimes those 600+ offenders who were not in any way political prisoners have committed in DC since being released from the gulag?

How many of them assaulted law enforcement officers? How many confidential human sources and agents of federal agencies were among the crowd that day? Why did Nancy Pelosi stop the deployment of the National Guard?

BREAKING - Nancy Pelosi exposed for lying about the deployment of National Guard troops on Jan. 6

Former U.S. Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund called her out on X

He requested the National Guard, but her Sergeant at Arms denied them

She must have forgotten about the video, too pic.twitter.com/4hdNW6bq6h

— Tim (@Dragonboy155) August 12, 2025

Make DC safe again is a simply rallying cry that in truth everyone in town wants to see happen, but for a few miscreants.

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blacksox said:

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I am interested to see to crime statistics that would warrant a sudden federal takeover. I have a strong feeling they do not exist as violent crime rates have been dropping for decades now in big cities. I suspect this is just more buttering up the public to Trump's abuses of federal power,

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What crime statistics would be of interest?

The murder rate in Washington, D.C. today is greater than Bogota, Mexico City, and more ⬇️

MAKE D.C. SAFE AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/0L9SVfY1KG

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 11, 2025

I am interested in what crime data would be supportive of 'let's just let this thing keep going as-is.' I think this is 'change we can believe in.'

As I have family that live/work in the area, I admit to having a vested interest. Nothing is safe in town at this point, even at rush hour. It's absurd, and unacceptable, but that is what happens when Democrats run a city.

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This... isn't how statistics work or how this comparison would be done by an intellectually honest administration.

- is it 2024 or 2025
- if this is 2024 data ok
- that means crime is down 30% now
- oh that data is false? then where is this 2024 data from?
- no idea because no sources
- annualized? mid-year? Where did the other data come from?
- won't even get started on comparing 700k pop DC suburb to places like 8.8mil Bogota.. or simply ommited the other cities in the US more 'dangerous' than DC


They've invoked a never before used provision, related to emergencies, and they can't even give us numbers or what the emergency is? No data? Just stand at a podium and tell us the 'truth'.


But hey, maga loves them a good police state.

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Late to the thread but this was a great response.

It's also hilarious that Trump pardoned 600+ violent offenders who participated in the Jan 6 riots. Like, how is DC safer with people who assaulted cops back on the streets?

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Bless your heart

Hullabaloonatic said:

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blacksox said:

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I am interested to see to crime statistics that would warrant a sudden federal takeover. I have a strong feeling they do not exist as violent crime rates have been dropping for decades now in big cities. I suspect this is just more buttering up the public to Trump's abuses of federal power,

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What crime statistics would be of interest?

The murder rate in Washington, D.C. today is greater than Bogota, Mexico City, and more ⬇️

MAKE D.C. SAFE AGAIN! pic.twitter.com/0L9SVfY1KG

— The White House (@WhiteHouse) August 11, 2025

I am interested in what crime data would be supportive of 'let's just let this thing keep going as-is.' I think this is 'change we can believe in.'

As I have family that live/work in the area, I admit to having a vested interest. Nothing is safe in town at this point, even at rush hour. It's absurd, and unacceptable, but that is what happens when Democrats run a city.

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This... isn't how statistics work or how this comparison would be done by an intellectually honest administration.

- is it 2024 or 2025
- if this is 2024 data ok
- that means crime is down 30% now
- oh that data is false? then where is this 2024 data from?
- no idea because no sources
- annualized? mid-year? Where did the other data come from?
- won't even get started on comparing 700k pop DC suburb to places like 8.8mil Bogota.. or simply ommited the other cities in the US more 'dangerous' than DC


They've invoked a never before used provision, related to emergencies, and they can't even give us numbers or what the emergency is? No data? Just stand at a podium and tell us the 'truth'.


But hey, maga loves them a good police state.

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Late to the thread but this was a great response.

It's also hilarious that Trump pardoned 600+ violent offenders who participated in the Jan 6 riots. Like, how is DC safer with people who assaulted cops back on the streets?

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Username checks out.

BREAKING: Police arrested more than 100 people in six days as President Trump cracks down on crime in the nation's capital. pic.twitter.com/9lJDrb5ArM

— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 13, 2025

Yes, but that was after the riots in '68 over MLK's assassination of course, right around where there had been a massive increase vs. the previous year. DC's relative safety today/recently (past 4 years) has been horrendous, and not far from the 'murder capital' reputation it earned under the lovely Marion Barry whose statue still stands in town.

Funny how the carjacking map is almost identical to the murder map in DC pic.twitter.com/dIkyohBTUt

— Conservative Masshole 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@TheTimDeFelice) August 13, 2025

DC had actually become, for those in the 'non-hazardous' quadrants comparatively safe since the late 90's until team Biden ascended to the WH. The rebuilt Union Station was even a nice place to visit, up until around 10 or so years ago.

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It's also hilarious that Trump pardoned 600+ violent offenders who participated in the Jan 6 riots. Like, how is DC safer with people who assaulted cops back on the streets?

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I'm sure you can provide a follow up as to how many violent crimes those 600+ offenders who were not in any way political prisoners have committed in DC since being released from the gulag?

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Would you be asking the same question for literally any other violent offender if they weren't wearing a 'MAGA' hat? I think not. Your interest isn't about crime; it's about which political affiliation the criminal 'belongs' to.

And most of the criminals are your party chief.

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And most of the criminals are your party chief.

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Donald Trump is literally a convicted felon lmao