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To justify his deployment of the National Guard to the streets of Washington, D.C., in conjunction with FBI, Border Patrol, Secret Service, ICE and DEA agents, as part of his federal takeover of the city’s police force, President Donald Trump has declared a “crime emergency” in the nation’s capital. That declaration comes despite the fact that federal officials in his own administration recently announced that violent crime in the District of Columbia has hit a 30-year low.

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In an Aug. 11 press conference, Trump announced that these forces “can do whatever the hell they want” to curb crime, an unprecedented presidential action, and another

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