Post Ax4XokS0aF1oDl2UU4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
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(DIR) Post #Ax4Q1SKAUOfk8Mv8DY by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-11T19:47:06Z
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#DC Mayor #MurielBowser (D) on Monday called Trump’s federal takeover of the DC #police department “unsettling & unprecedented" & said that the city’s police chief remains in charge of the District’s police force. #Bowser said city officials would “continue to operate our government in a way that makes you proud.” Earlier, #Trump announced the takeover as well as plans to deploy the DC #NationalGuard to *fight crime*.#law #military https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/08/11/trump-presidency-news/
(DIR) Post #Ax4QnfWwgzu8zYt2bw by OGjester@stranger.social
2025-08-11T19:55:49Z
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@Nonilex Does anyone in D.C. have more felony convictions than Individual One has? Isn’t he the most dangerous criminal there?
(DIR) Post #Ax4VfmsC0ZX5Ddszk8 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-11T20:50:26Z
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During Mayor #MurielBowser’s presser, she noted #DC’s post-COVID spike in #crime & its drop."It is also true that we experienced a crime spike post COVID, but we worked quickly to put laws in place & tactics that got violent offenders off our streets & gave our police officers more tools, which is why we have seen a huge decrease in crime," #Bowser said.#WashingtonDC #Trump #law #MilitaryState #military #NationalGuard #authoritarianism #autocracy #Gestapo https://www.reuters.com/world/us/live-updates-trump-speak-national-guard-prepares-deploy-washington-2025-08-11/
(DIR) Post #Ax4VxGJbnPxjSI2gKm by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-11T20:53:36Z
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Violent crime, including murders, spiked in 2023, turning #Washington into one of the nation's deadliest cities. However, violent crime dropped 35% in 2024, acc/to federal data, & it has fallen an additional 26% in the first 7 months of 2025, per city police."Crime isn't just down from 2023. It's also down from 2019 before the pandemic. And we're at a 30-year violent crime low. We're not satisfied. We haven't taken our foot off the gas," #Bowser said.#DC #Trump #law #MilitaryState #autocracy
(DIR) Post #Ax4WbYfGzbYlwrOFua by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-11T21:00:52Z
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Mayor #Bowser answered questions about how the #federal #takeover of the #police will work."Let me be clear, as our #HomeRule Charter is also clear & the president's executive order restates Chief Pamela Smith is the chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, & its 3,100 members work under her direction," Bowser said.#Washington #DC #Trump #law #MilitaryState #autocracy
(DIR) Post #Ax4WmlJKJbxgM3T2h6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-11T21:02:54Z
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"The #HomeRule charter requires the mayor to provide the services of #MPD during special conditions of an #emergency, & we will follow the #law, though there's a question about the subjectivity of that declaration."#Bowser also said that all law enforcement should be identifiable."We will continue to make this clear that this is needed in our city, that all law enforcement be identifiable by a uniform, a badge, a jacket, so that people know that they are law enforcement."#Trump #MilitaryState
(DIR) Post #Ax4X1VooCIE8eNE5ey by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-11T21:05:34Z
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"I did not know that the request of #MPD (Metropolitan Police Department) would be made," Mayor #MurielBowser told reporters."I believed that they would announce that they were going to call up the #NationalGuard, I had a one brief phone call related to the National Guard issue over the weekend."#Washington #DC #Trump #law #MilitaryState #military #NationalGuard #authoritarianism #autocracy #Gestapo
(DIR) Post #Ax4X67MKZ1NqEs6Nyi by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-11T21:06:24Z
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#Bowser noted that she could contest #Trump's decision, but added that his "authority is pretty broad" under the #HomeRule charter that gives the White House power to control #Washington, #DC police in the case of emergencies.#law #MilitaryState #military #NationalGuard #FBI #authoritarianism #autocracy #Gestapo
(DIR) Post #Ax4XWVZh9a9ks4w9wW by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-11T21:11:11Z
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Reverend #AlSharpton, the founder & president of #CivilRights org National Action Network, is organizing a late-August #protest against #Trump's #Washington crackdown."Let's call the inspiration for this assault on a majority Black city for what it is: another bid to distract his angry, frustrated base over his administration's handling of the #Epstein files," he said in a statement.Some #Democrats shared the same critique on social media.#DC #Trump #law #MilitaryState #JeffreyEpstein
(DIR) Post #Ax4XokS0aF1oDl2UU4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-11T21:14:29Z
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The WH has dismissed reporting about #Trump's ties to #JeffreyEpstein as "fake news," though it has acknowledged his name appears in documents related to his case.Rev #AlSharpton criticized Trump's reference to "slums" in Washington & his equating of #homeless people to criminals."We cannot, nor will we, take this lying down," he said.Sharpton says he will lead a march on Aug 28 in downtown #NYC from near the courthouse where Trump was convicted towards a Trump-owned building on Wall Street.
(DIR) Post #Ax4Y2xCXyR8Rova5CK by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-08-11T21:17:02Z
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The United States Conference of Mayors #USCM, a non-partisan org that represents #mayors of at least 1,400 cities, said in a statement it hopes federal officials will work on "a partnership – not a #takeover" in #Washington."Ultimately, the best public safety outcomes are delivered by local police departments & local officials, who know the communities. America’s mayors never see takeovers by other levels of government as a tactic that has any track record of producing results," it read.#law
(DIR) Post #Ax4Yd2migyFxYui3ea by ChrisHolladay@mastodon.social
2025-08-11T21:23:31Z
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@Nonilex Want to fight crime?Burn that piece of shit White House to the fucking ground.Along with all those properties.
(DIR) Post #Ax4aLBoMaot0Fl5nO4 by Axomamma@mastodon.online
2025-08-11T21:42:24Z
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@Nonilex If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.The Conference of Mayors is a bunch of cowards.
(DIR) Post #Ax5PGjAYEkxZvQ6Hk8 by TCatInReality@mastodon.social
2025-08-12T07:13:20Z
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@Nonilex Sounds like the perfect time for #MPD officers to check how they're feeling. If they're feeling ill, it's safest to stay home.