District Attorney Larry Krasner displays an image of the front page of the New York Times in 1970, comparing Richard Nixon's sending troops to Kent State to the action President Donald Trump took Monday in deploying the National Guard to the streets of Washington D.C. Read more Tom Gralish / Staff Photographer

by Ellie Rushing and Chris Palmer Published Aug. 12, 2025, 5:37 p.m. ET

District Attorney Larry Krasner and city religious leaders on Tuesday decried President Donald Trump ’s plan to effectively take over local law enforcement in Washington D.C. as rooted in racism and fearmongering. And although Trump has not expressed interest in taking a similar approach to combating crime in Philadelphia, any attempt to do so would likely face significant logistical and legal

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