Federal agents spread out across D.C. amid Trump vow to crackdown on crime : NPR
Sunday, FBI agents and other federal laws of law enforcement are walking in the district near the National Stade of Washington, DC.
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Washington – Dozens of federal agents moved to Washington DC on Sunday evening, after President Donald Trump promised rapid repression against crime and homeless in the national capital.
“The homeless must move, immediately,” Trump said about his social media platform Social truth. “We will give you places to stay, but far from the capital.”
Trump also said that the US government would target criminals by publishing: “Be ready! There will be no” Mr. Nice Guy “. We want our capital to come back.”
Federal police are seen in Washington, DC on Sunday in the Navy Yard and Nationals Stadium region.
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In a separate position, the president said He would hold a press conference on Monday at 10 am to speak of “ending crime, murder and death in the capital of our country”.
In fact, Washington, DC has reduced crime rates in recent years, With violent crimes reaching a 30 -year hollow in 2024According to the United States Ministry of Justice.
Meanwhile, the immediate impact of Trump’s action on Sunday seemed less radical and dramatic than his publications on social networks had not suggested it.
Groups of uniform agents from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration and other agencies were able to walk in the streets in small groups. At least 120 FBI agents have been reassigned to other tasks to participate in Sunday patrols.
At an intersection, a minor traffic accident between a car and a moped brought at least two dozen agents in progress, some carrying masks and a rifle. The local DC metropolitan police were also on site.
Police help a person who injured a nearby traffic accident.
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The inhabitants and tourists appreciating summer ice cream and other street foods considered themselves agents, some residents expressing the confusion of the presence of uniform federal officers.
But some homeless in a nearby camp said they were worried about what they described as Trump’s threat to move them.
Greg Evans seated on his campsite at the homeless campsite near the American Peace Institute,
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“I’m really afraid he can do what he wants to do, but I can’t live my life in fear,” said Greg Evans, 38, who lived in a small home -sized camp near the Lincoln Memorial for several months.
Evans said he had trouble for years with dependence and other health problems. He told the NPR that he thought that most Americans wanted the federal government to help the poor and the others who struggle.
“I see a lot of compassion,” he said. “There are a lot of compassionate people there.”
George Morgan with his blue dog
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George Morgan, 65, who lives in the same tent camp, said he was disappointed with Trump’s rhetoric and thinks that the United States should use more of his wealth to help people who need housing and health care.
“As much as God has blessed America, and we constantly beg God to bless America, to tell the truth, we are in a drilling and in hot water in terms of ours care,” said Morgan.
Writing on social networks, on the other hand, said that drinking the Washington’s homeless, DC, would be a wider effort to embellish the capital.
“Before tents, misery, dirt and crime, it was the most beautiful capital in the world. It will soon be that,” wrote Trump.
He did not offer any explanation on the place where the homeless would be sent, but in a social media position last week, Trump suggested that he was considering federal police control in Washington.
DC police are seen in the streets of Washington, DC.
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“If DC is not gathering, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take federal control of the city, and to direct this city how it should be managed and to put the criminals in note that they will not stick anymore,” said Trump.
Speaking on MSNBC on Sunday, the mayor of Washington, DC, Muriel Bowser, said that she knew that Trump had “a lot of concerns about the homeless”, but she argued that the situation improved.
“We will therefore continue to speak to the president, working with his people on questions which are a high priority for him,” said Bowser.
