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August 12, 2025
Jonathan Turley Explains Why DC Crackdown By President Trump Cannot Be Stopped - BONUS - Three Stories That Sum Up The Gnarly Crime Problem In DC
By Harold Hutchison (DCNF) - All News Pipeline
George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley said Monday President Donald Trumps crackdown on crime in Washington, D.C. couldnt be stopped due to the status of the nations capital.
Trump announced the deployment of the National Guard to combat crime in the District of Columbia days after Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffer Edward Coristine, known by the moniker Big Balls, wasseverely injuredwhen he intervened to prevent a carjacking. Turley said that because D.C. is a federal enclave, Trump had the leeway to take control.
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Washington, D.C., is unique. Hes able to do this more easily here, because its a federal enclave, Turley told America Reports co-host Sandra Smith.It essentially belongs under the jurisdiction of Congress, which gave D.C. self-rule, but that was not a complete surrender of authority. They have a right to take it back. He has a right to take control of the D.C. police during periods. If he wants to go longer than 30 days, he can do so.
He can also bring out the National Guard and once again, there is no governor here, so that is also easier than would be the case and other blue cities, Turley continued. He has already conveyed in California and now D.C. that he is prepared to go as far as he needs to go until he feels theyre taking the needs of citizens more seriously.
Crime in the District of Columbia became a hot-button issue after Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, an intern for Republican Rep. Ron Estes of Kansas, wasfatally shoton June 30. Turley said that one of the biggest factors in the crackdown would be United States Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro.
The most effective thing for him as the U.S. attorney, our former colleague who is really hitting the ground running, Turley told Smith. She has a zero-tolerance approach to crime. At least on the U.S. attorney side, theres going to be very sharp and tough enforcement. The problem still remains in the D.C. courts, and the laws the D.C. council has passed. This can be viewed as one of the most liberal jurisdictions in the country.
According toArticle Iof the Constitution, Congress has the power exercise control over the nations capital. Congressgrantedthe District of Columbia home rule in 1973, but Congress candisapprovelegislation passed by the D.C. government.
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Sh*tty Sidewalks, Broken Windows And Useless Cops: Three Stories That Sum Up DCs Gnarly Crime Problem
Washington, D.C.s crime problem is back in the news.
In the wake of thesavage attackon former DOGE staffer Edward Coristine, President Donald TrumpannouncedMonday that he is deploying the National Guard to help clean up the streets and deter violent crime, and placing the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department under federal control.
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Of course, living in a city comes with risks not associated with small towns and the suburbs, namely homelessness and gang violence. If you choose to live in a big one like D.C., you are signing up for the benefits, like walkable streets, nightlife and restaurants, and job opportunities. But you also have a plethora of downsides, like higher prices and crime. When run well, cities are amazing places and should be celebrated.D.C. is no such place.(Subscribe toMR.RIGHT, a free weekly newsletter about modern masculinity)
It doesnt have to be this way, though, especially in our nations capital. Everywhere in Washington, D.C. not just the White House perimeter should be safe, beautiful, and inhabitable for families, workers, and visitors. Its an embarrassment that the window into America and its fascinating history is tarnished by violent crime and vagrants allowed to walk the city with impunity.
Like everyone else who has ever lived in the district, I have had several run-ins with lawlessness, all of which perfectly sum up the citys crime problem.
Sh*tty Sidewalks
Its around 6 a.m.
My morning commute to the office, a 45-minute walk, begins.
At this hour, save for a few cyclist commuters and people out jogging, the streets were usually empty and pleasantly quiet.
I fire up some Rolling Stones for the first half-mile. Just as Im getting in stride, I make out a dark shape about 20 yards ahead.
Its a person. A rather large person. In a rather unseemly squat position.
My inner sketchiness radar starts pinging.
Potential danger. Potential danger. Cross street now.
I cross the street.
As I pass the person from a safe distance, I can see it all.
Like a horror movie, I want to look away, but I cant.
With stained sweatpants down at the ankles, the vagrant is taking a dump on the sidewalk.
Mick Jaggers voice echoes in my ears When youre drunk in the alley, baby with your clothes all torn / And your late night friends leave you in the cold gray dawn as I scurry off with a deeply unwanted image now burning itself into my memory.
Car Break-Ins
In June 2023, I returned from a Memorial Day trip to discover that my car had been broken into.
The back window was smashed in, and my glove compartment had been emptied.
Glass was everywhere in the back seat, and the culprit had pried off a part of the window.
A neighbor told me my car was like that since Thursday night, hours before I left the city.
Thankfully, I had nothing that a criminal or drug addict would find valuable inside the car. Before the break-in, I had actually made a constant effort to never leave anything that could be perceived as valuable out in plain sight.
I did have some cherished bootleg Bob Dylan CDs that were left behind, strewn about the floor, and an old Wilson tennis racket and some loose Callaway golf balls in the trunk.
The trunk was probably never opened, though a savvy criminal could have fetched at least 20 bucks for the racket. They also missed out some rare Bob Dylan tracks.
Useless Cops
One Sunday afternoon, I was leaving the Shaw Neighborhood Library and saw a group of vagrants sitting against the librarys wall, slinging a 30-rack of Modelo.
For this neighborhood, it was standard behavior. I cannot tell you how many vagrants I saw in D.C. drunk and strung out of their minds loitering in public.
But one dude decided to pull down his pants and take a leak behind a rather skimpy bush that didnt give him any privacy.
Meanwhile, a mom pushing her baby in a stroller was walking down the block right past the bush where the man was relieving himself, and she made the wise decision to immediately swing her stroller around and proceed in the opposite direction.
Before I joined her, I spotted a Metropolitan Police car, uselessly parked about a block or two from the library.
I was very close to returning to my apartment with my stack of books, but decided to let the cops know what happened. I felt it was my neighborly duty to be a narc.
So, I knocked on their window.
Sure, well check it out.
I lingered for a bit because I was excited to see these vagrants get arrested.
The cops drove down the street, slowed down as they passed the library, and then kept driving, as if nothing had happened.
And the vagrants just kept on drinking, as if nothing happened.
And, perhaps naively, I was stunned.
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