Many federal agents have been seen standing around in tourist areas, with few spotted addressing violent crime
As Donald Trump’s federal takeover of Washington DC’s police entered its second week, and six states vowed to send hundreds of additional national guard troops to assist the administration, residents questioned why federal agents seem to be largely patrolling high-profile but low-crime parts of the nation’s capital.
The Washington Post has tracked where federal forces are patrolling the city, finding that few interactions have been witnessed in the parts of the city with the highest rates of crime. The White House refuted that claim on Tuesday, saying that “nearly half of non-immigration related arrests have happened in the most crime-hit areas in DC”, but before Tuesday, the White House had been releasing data showing many of their arrests were of undocumented immigrants, and few federal agents have been spotted addressing or responding to violent crime.
