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Brad Ulery
September 6, 2025
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_ Several thousand protesters march to oppose Trump's troop
deployment Justice Department data shows violent crime at 30-year low
in D.C D.C. Attorney General files lawsuit against troop deployment,
citing unconstitutionality _

Demonstrators attend the "We Are All D.C." march to protest against
the National Guard troops, near the U.S. Capitol Building, in
Washington, D.C., U.S., September 6, 2025. , REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

 

WASHINGTON, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Several thousand protesters marched in
Washington, D.C., on Saturday to demand that U.S. President Donald
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deployment of National Guard troops
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patrolling the capital city's streets.
With Trump vowing crackdowns in other Democratic-led cities as well,
he appeared to threaten Chicago with migrant deportations in a social
media post with an image that parodied the 1979 Vietnam war movie
"Apocalypse Now."
 

Protesters at the "We Are All D.C." march, including undocumented
immigrants and supporters of Palestinian statehood, chanted slogans
denouncing Trump and carried posters, some of which read, "Trump must
go now," "Free DC" and "Resist Tyranny."
"I'm here to protest the occupation of D.C.," said Alex Laufer. "We're
opposing the authoritarian regime, and we need to get the federal
police and the National Guard off our streets."
 
Claiming that crime was blighting the city
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Trump deployed the troops last month to "re-establish law, order, and
public safety."
Trump also placed the capital district's Metropolitan Police
Department under direct federal control and sent federal law
enforcement personnel, including members of the Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, to police the city's streets, moves critics have
decried as federal overreach.
 

Justice Department data showed violent crime in 2024 hit a 30-year low
in Washington, a self-governing federal district under the
jurisdiction of the U.S. Congress.
 
The National Guard
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serves as a militia that answers to the governors of the 50 states
except when called into federal service. The D.C. National Guard
reports directly to the president.
 
Trump said on Tuesday that he would also deploy National Guard troops
to fight crime in Chicago
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an extraordinary effort to militarize the country's third-largest city
that was likely to trigger a legal battle with local officials.
 
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker said after Trump spoke that he had
learned from reporters that the administration has "gathered ICE
agents and military vehicles, and that there are more ICE agents that
are on the way."
 
"What they're trying to do in D.C. is what they're trying to do with
other dictatorships," said Casey, who declined to give his last name.
"They're testing D.C., and if people tolerate it enough, they're gonna
do it to more and more areas. So we have to stop it while we still
can."
 

More than 2,000 troops, including from six Republican-led states, are
patrolling the city. It is unclear when their mission will end, though
the Army this week extended orders for the D.C. National Guard through
November 30.
WASHINGTON FILES SUIT

Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit on
Thursday seeking to block the troop deployment, arguing that it was
unconstitutional and violated multiple federal laws.
 
But some residents have welcomed the National Guard and called for the
troops to be deployed in the less-affluent parts of the city where
crime is rampant. The National Guard has been mostly visible in
downtown and tourist areas.
 
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has praised Trump's surge of
federal law enforcement personnel in the city, but has said that she
hopes that the National Guard's mission will end soon.
 
Bowser said there had been a sharp decline in crime, including
carjackings, since the surge. The mayor signed an order this week
requiring the city to coordinate with federal law enforcement.
 
Trump was playing golf at his course outside Washington and was not at
the White House when protesters marched past on Saturday.
But he appeared to step up pressure on Chicago in a post on his Truth
Social platform that said, "I love the smell of deportations in the
morning," parodying a line from the 1979 movie.
 
"Chicago about to find out why it’s called the Department of WAR,”
the president wrote, referring to his new order
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to rename the Department of Defense.
 
The post was accompanied by a seemingly artificial
intelligence-generated picture of Trump dressed a military officer
character in the film with helicopter gunships and explosions in the
background.

Reporting By Lucia Mutikani and Matt Spetalnick; Editing by Nick
Zieminski and Mark Porter

 
 

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