National Guard troops appear in Washington DC as mayor rejects ‘authoritarian push’

The American National Guard forces began to appear in the streets of Washington, DC, a day after President Donald Trump deployed the forces in the city and took control of the police force, as he argued that violent crime was out of control.

Armored vehicles were monitored in urban centers and tourist sites around the American capital on Tuesday evening.

Officials said that 800 National Guard forces are expected to be deployed, in addition to 500 federal laws.

Washington mayor, Morel Bosser, a democratic who denied the crime out of control in its city, described the deployment of the forces as an “authoritarian batch.”

Trump, a Republican, also threatened with similar bulletins against New York and Chicago, two other cities controlled by democracy.

The camouflaged forces have been flowing to the American capital since Trump’s announcement on Monday.

They were seen up to the barricades outside many government buildings, taking pictures with tourists.

Twenty -three people were arrested by federal agents on Monday evening, according to White House journalist Caroline Levitte. Agents help local law enforcement.

She said that the arrests were due to murders, arms crimes, drug trafficking, obscene acts, chase, reckless leadership, and other crimes.

“This is only the beginning,” Levit said.

“Over the course of the next month, the Trump administration will follow unabated and arrest every violent criminal in the province that breaks the law, undermines public safety, and takes the Americans committed to the law.”

The FBI director, Cash Patel, later said that the FBI agents are participating in about half of these arrests.

The mayor of Washington and the mayor of the city police said earlier in the day they participated in the same goal of the federal agents.

“What I focused on is the federal increase and how to achieve the utmost benefit from the federal officers we have,” Buser said after a meeting on Tuesday with US Prosecutor Bam Bondi.

“We know that we have to obtain illegal rifles from our streets, and if we have this flow from augmented existence, we know that it will make our city better,” said Metropolitan Police Department, Pamela Smith.

But in a municipal hall on Tuesday night, the mayor sharpened her criticism of Trump.

Bowser called on members of society to “protect our city, protect our independence, protect our home rule and reach the other side of this man and make sure that we were elected a democratic house so that we have a batch of this authoritarian batch,” according to the New York Times.

It comes at a time when a chase of the armed striker who killed a man on Monday evening was launched in Logan Serkel, a Washington, DC, just one mile from the White House.

This hundred killed in Washington, DC, was this year, according to the local media.

Police says the suspect was last seen wearing a black shirt and carrying a rifle.

We have pushed our secret service to enhance security outside the president’s home as a preventive measure.

According to the crime figures published by the capital police in Washington, DC, violent crimes reached its climax in 2023 and decreased by 35 % last year to its lowest level in three decades.

But the head of the Capital Police Federation, Greg Pimberton, was opposed to these figures, previously accused of the city police administration “to deliberately increase crime data, which creates a false narration on the decrease in the crime while societies suffer.”

The FBI data also indicated a decrease in crime in Washington last year – a 9 % decrease.

Studies indicate that the capital killing rate is higher than average compared to other major American cities.