Washington didn’t see this coming. One presidential order, and the streets filled with federal agents, National Guard troops, and fear. Crime numbers
dipped. Immigration arrests exploded. A TV anchor confessed she’d been jumped just blocks from her own studio. Now residents are asking a question no one in power wants to answ…
Donald Trump’s decision to federalize Washington, D.C., turned a long-simmering anxiety into open confrontation. On paper, the results look impressive: robberies and car break-ins down by more than 40 percent, overall violent crime dropping double digits in a single week. For
some residents, that means finally walking home at night without scanning every shadow, after years of headlines and personal horror stories that never matched the “crime is down” talking points.
