UPDATE see reply - i've yet to find any corroboration of this.

From someone on FB #DCTakeover #UnionStation #DCUnionStation #ICE - posted 4:30pm 9/2/25. I don't know the exact time of the incident.

“Hundreds of commuters transferring from Metro to Amtrak or Marc, as my escalator delivers me into a loud chaotic scene. About 40-50 people in various levels of uniforms & body armor are chasing, tackling, handcuffing middle school aged kids still wearing their school uniforms. One child who couldn’t have weighed more than 90lbs had 7 officers on top of her being cuffed.

“Meanwhile, another officer is casually walking the perimeter spraying his pepper spray into the air, directly at cornered bystanders in corners, at people filming and directly into the crowds at the top of the escalator!

“Clueless commuters are being carried up, too late to go anywhere else, only to arrive into a surge of people trying desperately to escape back down the same escalator.”

LIVE from Trump DC Takeover STATE OF EMERGENCY Press Conference - YouTube

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aE0KgsqwZ58

🔴 #LIVE1Sept2025

#StatusCoupNews

#DCTakeover #FreeDC

#NaziUSA #Fascism

#FCKNZS #TrumpOUTNOW

LIVE from Trump DC Takeover STATE OF EMERGENCY Press Conference

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Apparently no one wants to visit a city under military occupation & subject to the violent activities of #ICE.

Thanks, Trump.

#Tourism supports a lot of #SmBiz in #DC & you just wrote a death penalty for many.

But then, you not only don't care, you're no doubt glad.
https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/local-news/washington-dc/dc-takeover/dc-hotel-bookings-tourism-on-the-decline-amid-federal-crime-crackdown-law-enforcement-surge/

#DCtakeover #SmallBusiness

Another bike ride over the river today. It was a gorgeous day in DC, but the tourist hotspots weren't crowded. Small bands of soldiers in camo uniforms milled around in their place with nothing to do. How much is this occupation costing, in dollars? How much are we spending on this pointless deployment, and how much tourism have we lost? #DCtakeover

WASHINGTON DC IS A RATHOLE. That’s right, a BIG, DIRTY RATHOLE — and everyone is talking about it. So many rats, HUGE rats, the biggest rats you’ve ever seen. Some are even saying there’s ONE VERY BIG RAT. Nobody’s ever seen a rat like this — incredible size, very orange. Believe me!

The media won’t tell you — they’re too busy taking selfies with the vermin — but the American people can SMELL THE RAT.

SAD!!!

#DCTakeover #Rathole

“Declarations of emergencies, demands for ‘law and order’ and deploying concentrated state violence against poor and marginalized communities have long been primary tactics of authoritarianism in advanced capitalist societies.”

#Politics #USPolitics #DCTakeover #NationalGuardInCities #Authoritarianism #TrumpAuthoritarianRegime #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace #TrumpViolenceStrategy

https://inthesetimes.com/article/trump-washington-takeover-military-national-guard

An Authoritarian Dress Rehearsal

The spectacle of Trump’s Washington takeover may be fascist pageantry, but it’s also something more.

In These Times

From @crewcrew on Dead🐦 yesterday:

NEW: We're requesting records from TEN federal agencies about President Trump’s takeover of DC.

We're demanding to know the full cost of the deployment, how agents were reassigned to prioritize the takeover, whether they were trained and much more.
https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/foia-requests/crew-requests-records-on-trumps-dc-takeover/

#DC #DCtakeover

CREW requests records on Trump’s DC takeover - CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington

CREW filed expedited FOIA requests in an attempt to establish the cost to taxpayers of President Trump’s deployment of National Guard troops and federal agents in DC and determine which units were reassigned to prioritize the DC takeover.

CREW | Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington
OMG: South Park DEMOLISHES Trump over his military deployment

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Before you continue to YouTube

"Dictatorship": D.C. Residents Demand End of Federal Takeover - YouTube

🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨🚨#ALERT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1-GUxpTY0A

#Racist #Dictatorship #FuckBatshitBondi #DCTakeover #FreeDC

#StopMAGA !!!!

Six GOP States Send National Guard to Washington as Outcry Grows over Trump Power Grab

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