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Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

About time!

#WashingtonDC sues to block #Trump #federal #takeover of its #police department as crackdown intensifies

The nation’s capital sued to block Trump’s takeover of its PD in court on Friday, hours after his admin escalated its intervention into the city’s law enforcement by naming a federal official as the new *emergency* #PoliceCommissioner.

#law #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup #TrumpCoup2
#DC #DCAG #MPD #PamBondi #MurielBowser
https://apnews.com/article/washington-dc-trump-federal-police-takeover-lawsuit-eacd387053520c9e3640c2f91924deeb?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-08-15-Breaking+News

Trump administration agrees to leave DC police chief in charge

The Trump administration has reversed course and agreed to leave the Washington, D.C., police chief in control of the department after a court hearing. Attorney General Pam Bondi, in a new memo, is directing the District’s police to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement regardless of any city law. Bondi’s new order Friday came after officials in the nation’s capital sued to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington police. On Thursday night, his administration escalated its intervention into the city’s law enforcement by naming a federal official as the new emergency head of the department.

AP News

Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

#Washington’s top legal official [#DCAG] sought an emergency restraining order in federal court blocking the move. DCAG Brian Schwalb argues the #police #takeover is illegal & threatens to “wreak operational havoc.”

The lawsuit comes after US AG #PamBondi said Thurs night that #DEA boss Terry Cole will assume the police chief’s duties & approval authority for any orders issued to officers.

#law #MilitaryState #Trump #DC #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup #TrumpCoup2

Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

#DCAG Schwalb argues the new order goes beyond #Trump’s authority & implementing it would “sow chaos” in the #MPD. “The administration’s unlawful actions are an affront to the dignity & autonomy of the 700,000 Americans who call #DC home. This is the gravest threat to #HomeRule that the District has ever faced, & we are fighting to stop it,” Schwalb said.

#law #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #coup #TrumpCoup2 #DC #PamBondi #MurielBowser

Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

The president has more power over the nation’s capital than other #cities, but #DC has elected its own mayor & city council since the #HomeRule Act was signed.

#Trump is the first president to exert control over the city’s #police since it was passed. The #law limits that control to 30 days without #congress’ approval, though he has said he’d seek to extend it. Schwalb argues the president’s role is narrow under the law, limited to requiring the mayor to provide police for federal purposes.

Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

A population already tense from days of ramp-up has begun seeing more significant shows of force across the city. #NationalGuard #troops watched over some of the world’s most renowned landmarks & Humvees took position in front of the busy main train station. Volunteers helped homeless people leave long-standing encampments — to where was often unclear.

#Trump #law #DC #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2

Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

#DHS #police stood outside Nationals Park during a game Thursday between the Washington Nationals & the Philadelphia Phillies. #DEA agents patrolled The Wharf, a popular nightlife area, while #SecretService officers were seen in the Foggy Bottom neighborhood.

#Trump #law #DC #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2

Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

Officers set up a #checkpoint in one of D.C.’s popular nightlife areas, drawing #protests. #Troops were stationed outside the Union Station transportation hub as the 800 #NationalGuard members who have been activated by #Trump started in on missions that include *monument security*, community *safety* patrols & *beautification* efforts, the #Pentagon said.

#law #DC #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #Nazis #coup #TrumpCoup2

Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

#DC police chief says #Trump move is a ‘dangerous’ threat to #law & order

Police Chief Pamela Smith’s statement came in a #court filing Friday as the city seeks to block the #federal #takeover of its #police department in court.

Smith said the Trump admin’s order installing a federal official as “emergency police chief,” if allowed to stand, would upend command structure & be ‘dangerous’ threat to law & order.

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71116258/district-of-columbia-v-donald-j-trump/

#law #MilitaryState #tyranny #coup #TrumpCoup2

Judge: #DC #PoliceChief remains in command, but #Trump can likely demand help on #immigration
 Mayor #MurielBowser & #DCAG Brian Schwalb said the order by Attorney General #PamBondi was unlawful & suggested they would not comply.  A federal judge convinced the #DOJ to walk back Trump’s efforts to assert #control over the DC #police & signaled that she would issue a temporary restraining order [#TRO] if the changes are not complete by Friday evening.

#law #MilitaryState #TrumpCoup2

Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

After hearing arguments on an emergency request from #DC officials to block the #Trump admin’s #takeover of the 3,100-member #MPD, US District Judge Ana C. Reyes forged a compromise of sorts between the 2 sides—without issuing a ruling—on the key question of who runs the #police dept. 
But the court did not rule on another key aspect of the case: Whether Trump can commandeer DC police officers to enforce #immigration violations. That issue is likely to be resolved next week, Reyes said.

Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

At the end of Friday’s hearing, #DOJ attorney Yaakov Roth said the admin would agree to change a key section of #PamBondi’s order that named the #DEA chief, Terry Cole, as the commissioner of the #DC #police. Local officials said that removing #PoliceChief Pamela A. Smith, who was appointed by Mayor #MurielBowser, from her duties would be perhaps the gravest violation in history to DC #HomeRule.

#Trump #law #DC #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2

Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

“We’re just going to say Mr. Cole is the designee of the attorney general for the purposes of requesting services” from #DC #police, Roth told the judge at the hearing’s conclusion.
 “He’s going to have to go through the mayor. All right?” Judge Reyes responded. If the order is not changed by 6:30PM, the judge said, she would issue a temporary restraining order [#TRO] blocking Cole from taking charge.

#Trump #law #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2

Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

#DCAG Schwalb said that #Trump’s assertion of total control & #PamBondi’s attempt to rewrite #MPD policy are entirely outside of the bounds of temporarily using local law enforcement for a “federal purpose." He also argued that the actions violated the District clause of the #Constitution, which gives #Congress ultimate #authority & #oversight of the capital & its laws, & Congress’s #HomeRule Act intended to narrowly limit the president’s authority & gave the mayor authority over #police.

Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

DC’s #law limiting cooperation with #ICE — known as the #Sanctuary Values Amendment Act of 2020 — has recently drawn attention from #Congress. The #Republican-controlled #House voted to nullify DC’s #SanctuaryCity law & mandate full cooperation with the federal authorities, part of a steady drumbeat of bills #GOP lawmakers have taken up that intervene in #DC #policy.

#Trump #law #DC #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2

Nonilex Aug 15, 2025

The bill’s chances are unclear in the #Senate, where the #filibuster would require support from #Democrats. But if #PamBondi’s order were carried out, it would achieve the same end.

#Trump #law #DC #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2

Nonilex Aug 16, 2025

#Trump AG #PamBondi rescinded Order No. 6370-2025 as ordered in today’s hearing & issued a new Order No. 6372-2025 to avoid Judge Reyes issuing a #TRO.

The new Order is attached (pic).

The key change in the orders is that #DEA chief Terry Cole is NOT named the commissioner of the #DC #police but rather the AG’s *designee* [Assistant to the Regional Manager].

#law #DC #police #MPD #MilitaryState #authoritarianism #autocracy #tyranny #Gestapo #coup #TrumpCoup2

LukefromDC Aug 15, 2025

@Nonilex Congress is the opposite of Progress on DC issues

LukefromDC Aug 15, 2025

@Nonilex Any DC cop ordered to help ICE has only two options: mutiny or turn in their badge. If you enforce Naziism for fear of losing your job you are a Nazi yourself.