President Trump announced on Monday about the Federal Government taking over control over the Washington police and announced the sending of 800 national guard officers to the streets of the city.
On the evening on Tuesday near the Washington monument in the city center there were five Humvee military vehicles belonging to the National Guard and a dozen or so guards. A representative of the White House told CNN that the activities of the services in Washington would be focused around frequented and known places.
A spokeswoman for the White House Karoline Leavitt announced that at night from Monday to Tuesday to patrol Washington streets about 850 policemen and agents were directed. 23 people were arrested.
The spokeswoman also reported that the police, which corresponds to, among others For safety in city parks, in the last five months has been liquidated 70 homeless camps. – People who live in them are to leave them, go to the homeless center or for drug addicts She added. Those who refuse to leave the camps can be punished with a fine or prison, AP said.
The mayor of Washington about Trump's actions. “Authoritarian move”
The mayor of Washington, Democrat Muriel Bowser, assessed that the actions taken by President Trump should be a warning to other cities. In her opinion, the decision to use the national guard units in the capital is a “authoritarian move.”
A study conducted by the international Yougov survey shows that 47 percent Americans, to a large or some extent, condemn the president's decision to send the National Guard to the capital and the federalization of the Washington police. 34 percent respondents expressed strongly or partial support for this decision, while 20 percent He could not determine his attitude towards her. 74 percent Republicans strongly or to some extent support the president's decision. 81 percent Democrats criticize her.
“Total lawlessness”. Trump announces “Liquidation of slums”
President Trump assessed on Monday, the situation in Washington becomes “complete and total lawlessness”. Announced LIkwidation “Slums” and dealing with “caravans of young people who go crazy at any time of the day or night on the streets.”
According to police statistics Last year, crime with the use of violence in the US capital last year in 30 years. Donald Trump, in turn, refers to the statistics of crime in the capitals of various countries, which show that the number of killings in Washington is proportionally much higher than, among others in Bogota, Mexico, Baghdad, Islamabad and Brasilia.
