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August 15, 2025Trump seizes DC police, deploys armed National Guard
National Guard deploys after federal control order
Trump signed orders August 15 placing all 4,000 DC police officers under direct federal command
National Guard soldiers now patrol Washington streets carrying loaded weapons for the first time since civil rights era
Attorney General Bondi confirmed federal officials give direct orders to neighborhood cops responding to domestic calls
Mayor Bowser called it an 'illegal occupation' but has no power to stop the federal takeover
This breaks 240 years of local policing tradition where communities control their own law enforcement
Armed soldiers and federal agents now outnumber local police 2-to-1 in the nation's capital
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