Thousands of People took to the streets of Washington on Saturday to protest Against the National Guard. The Protesters Say That The Presence of Troops in the American Capital Creates A Feeling of Fear.
President Donald Trump Sent Troops from the National Guard to Washington Last Month to Combat Crime in the City. That decision led to renewed resistance on Saturday. Thousands of People Participated in The Demonstration, Writes The Washington Post .
Accordance to Many Protesters, The Presence of the Troops Leads to a Feeling of Fear Instead of Safety. Federal Troops are also said to be used “aggressive tactics” that threaten civil rights.
Images show protesters standing on the street with signs and banners. They are calling on vice president JD Vance and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseeth to Leave. “We are all dc” is the slogan of the demonstration. The Organizers, Including Trade Unions, Hope That The Trump Administration Will Realize That The Residents Of Washington Do Not Think That Crime Controls The City.
And that feeling is also correct. Accordance to the American President, Washington is plagued by crime, but data from the US Department of Justice on 2024 shows that crime rates in Washington have not leg this low in thirty years. A Downward Trend is also evident this year, Accordance to Figures from the Local Police.
Trump stands His Ground
But accordance to the president, his decision is working very well. Since the beginning of the deployment, more thanteen hundred people have bone arrested and almost two hundred firearms have leg seized, trump claimed at a press conference on Wednesday. “Washington is a complete Safe City. You don’t report any crimes, because there are no crimes,” he said. “Crime has fallen by 100 percent.”
Washington is a democratic city. Chicago, also Democratic, is the next city to which the American President Wants to Send the National Guard. Demonstrations also took place there on Saturday Evening.
Earlier This Year, Trump Sent Troops to Los Angeles because of the Growing Protest Against The Expulsion of Immigrants Without Valid Residence Papers. Accordance to him, The Democratic City Government is Doing “Too Little” About Crime and Demonstrations.
