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he White House has backed off plans for a full takeover of the D.C. police force and will allow for the city’s police chief to remain in charge after a judge indicated they would block the move.

President Donald Trump this week invoked emergency powers to take control of the D.C. police department and call in the National Guard to a city that he claimed is overrun by "bloodshed, bedlam and squalor"—a claim that is disputed by experts.

As part of the federal takeover, Attorney General Pam Bondi appointed Drug and Enforcement Administration (DEA) Administrator Terrance C. Cole as “Emergency Police Commissioner,” a move that would have given the White House extraordinary powers over policing.

The city’s Attorney General Brian Schwalb filed a lawsuit calling for an emergency restraining order to block the move, accusing the Trump Administration of implementing a “hostile takeover” of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) that would lead to “imminent, irreparable harm”.

“In my nearly three decades in law enforcement, I have never seen a single government action that would cause a greater threat to law and order than this dangerous directive,” Smith wrote in the lawsuit

Judge Ana Reyes said in a Friday hearing that, according to the Home Rule Act, the Department of Justice needed to rewrite the section of the executive order that placed Cole in charge, and that he needed to go through the city’s mayor. Reyes stopped short of issuing a restraining order, but indicated that if the DOJ did not rewrite the section, she would.

“The statute [The Home Rule Act] would have no meaning at all if the president could just say ‘we’re taking over your police department,’” Reyes said.

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[–] Buffalox@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Any law that is against what Trump wants is undemocratic, because Trump was democratically elected by the people!

Seriously he actually claimed that! As if every other democratic process is void, and only his election counts.
The man is insane, and unfortunately part of it is that he is a malignant narcissist. And it's only been just over ½ a year, so he is just getting started.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

and the kicker is, he wasn’t even elected.
there’s tons of evidence the election was stolen.

[–] Jikiya@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago (1 children)

There is not a ton of evidence, there are rumors and conjecture. I say that wishing there was proof so many people didn't actually elect him.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

no, there is actually a ton of evidence.
election truth alliance has a lot of hard data, and on gross reddit, r/somethingiswrong2024 has a lot on that, but they get off topic a lot.
they have impossible statistics, they have exactly who updated the voting machines and the file name.
no rumors or conjecture, hard data….
i started looking into it to disprove it but it’s solid.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 5 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

So who is using all of this hard evidence to sue?

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

there are multiple lawsuits, but i’m not going to waste energy listing them for a sea lion.
if you actually wanted to know, go ahead:
https://old.reddit.com/r/somethingiswrong2024/

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

You can't list any because electiontruthalliance.org doesn't have any. You very easily could have just referenced that site instead of reddit.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 9 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Where are all of those lawsuits agian?

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

repeating things stopped working in junior high, stupid and boring troll.
get a hobby

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

List some actual lawsuits then.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com -3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

do you really think i care about listing things for you?
pathetic….
seriously, get a hobby, being a nuisance on the internet is possibly the saddest way someone could waste their precious life and time.
i’ve seen your comment history….
you’ve invested so much time and energy into being an asshole to everyone. Doesn’t it get boring?
what do you gain? a little flicker of power if you feel like you made someone mad?
it’s just really sad. You have all this potential to live a good life or make the world more beautiful, but you’ve settled into being such a pathetic troll….
please, think about your life… is this really the best way for you to spend it?
i’m not at all mad at you, i’m just sad for you.

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

You've got nothing but insults.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

I agree. "Not caring" yet writing a giant paragraph like you did with zero substance is pretty laughable and sad. That sucks for you.

[–] Jikiya@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

This is false, if there was evidence it would be in court. Every licensed lawyer would be filing suit. The fact there is no suit tells you there is no actual evidence.

[–] defaultusername@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 22 hours ago (1 children)
[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 1 points 7 hours ago

Regardless of the lawsuit's outcome, it won't change the results of the 2024 presidential election, which Congress has already certified.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com -5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

lol, that isn’t how a corrupt system works, but there are multiple lawsuits… sea lion

[–] Jikiya@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Yes every single lawyer in the US is corrupt... the level of delusion necessary to actually believe that is true is unfathomable to me.

And im not sea lining, I'm saying you're flat wrong. I'm not giving the side opposite yours the benefit of the doubt, it is the correct position.

[–] cygnus@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Americans will do anything but face the fact that a majority of them actually wanted Trump to be president. It can't be true, it's a conspiracy...

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 1 day ago

math doesn’t lie, but you do.

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com -4 points 1 day ago

“every single lawyer” as if i fucking said that….

learn math or stfu

[–] ozymandias@lemmy.dbzer0.com -2 points 1 day ago

there are multiple lawsuits…
you absolutely refusing to look at evidence while strongly asserting that i’m “flat wrong” makes you a sea lion.
prove me wrong or stfu