DC Mayor Muril Boser (D) Wrote a letter Local residents are trying to reduce concern over the Trump administration on Friday Federal acquisition Washington’s law enforcement.
Under a provision in the district’s Home Rules Act, President Trump deployed National Guard soldiers and federal officials earlier this week to patrol the roads in the country’s capital. Bausar has destroyed this step “Uncontrolled and unprecedented,
“This has been an unstable and unprecedented week in our city. Over a week, the increase in federal law enforcement in DC has created waves of concern,” he wrote In the memorandum. “I was born a year before the home rule became a year before, and while our autonomy was challenged earlier, our limited self -government has never faced the type of tests we are now facing.”
He said, “My jobs are still many. The share of my job is only managing us through this crisis and ensuring that our government continues to work in such a way that the DC residents are proud,” he said. “The first day of school is just more than a week away, and our children are worth a strong and joyful start for the year, whether it is happening in our city.”
The president said The goal is to crack down on violent crime In the city – despite the decrease in crime rate – but the local residents have Was seen protesting Administration efforts in recent times.
Bausar in his letter vowed to defend the autonomy of Washington, including the local police department.
“We know that our reach in democracy is different from elsewhere in America,” she wrote. “He said, while our home rule is limited, we still have rights as American citizens and we still have the powers of local self-government.”
Comments come after the Trump administration creating waves on Thursday. After announcement Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) chief Terry coal The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) will be handled as “Emergency Commissioner of Police”.
Next trial DC Attorney General Brian Shwalab, abolishing his authority by accusing the Department of Justice (DOJ), administration The effort went back,
The Mayor celebrated the decision in his letter to the residents and praised the MPD chief Pamela Smith For his flexibility.
“I am able to tell that after one day in court and according to the rules of the house, Pamela Smith remains under the command and control of 3,100 men and women in our police chief, Metropolitan Police Department. I am proud of how the chief has handled this experience,” he wrote. “Our city has created faith between MPD and community for more than two decades, and it is important for all of us – and for the safety of our city – that we maintain that belief.”
Bausar concluded the memo by avoiding a list of the city’s achievements and appreciated the residents to stay together.
“And what I have seen in this last week is a city that knows how to live together,” the mayor continued. “I know if we keep sticking together, we will make it on the other side, we will feel proud of the future generations of Washington, and we will show the whole country what it looks like to fight for American democracy – even when we do not have full access to it.”
She also received a flake for the first Except for DC Between the upheavals – a visit, he said that he had to lift his daughter from the summer camp. Whereas Out of the cityFederal forces started cleaning the local homeless snails.
Trump also announced a plan to work with GOP MPs in the Congress to approve a joint resolution. Extend the federal acquisition of MPD Beyond 30 days allotted in the Home Rule Act. There are also democrats Placed a separate bill To abandon Trump’s authority over the local police.
