DC mayor: 'this action today is unsettling and unprecedented'

Source: guardian

From 3h ago 5.18 EDT


Bowser says that her office plans to follow the law, and cooperate with the federal government. The DC Home Rule Act requires the mayor to “provide the services” of the police department in the case of a declared emergency.

Although, she notes that there is a “question about the subjectivity” of the declaration – referring to the recorded evidence of a dropping violent crime rate in DC. “While this action today is unsettling and unprecedented, I can’t say that, given some of the rhetoric of the past, that we’re totally surprised,” she adds.

The mayor also says that she’s requested a meeting with attorney general Pam Bondi, who will temporarily oversee the Metropolitan police department.................

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/aug/11/donald-trump-washington-crime-homelessness-redistricting-tariffs-us-politics-news-live-updates

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