Washington didn’t see this coming – one executive order transformed the nation’s capital into a federalized security zone where crime fell fast but fear fell slower, forcing the city to grapple with whether “law and order” comes at the cost of civil liberties.
Donald Trump’s decision to federalize Washington, D.C., did what years of press conferences and pilot programs could not: it made the streets feel different in a matter of days. Some residents describe it as the first time in years they’ve walked home without clutching keys between their fingers, the first week their group chats weren’t just links to surveillance videos and police reports.
