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The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has written to the Home Secretary and the Metropolitan Police Commissioner, expressing concerns about the policing of pro-Palestine demonstrations in the UK. The EHRC warns that "blanket policing approaches" risk having a "chilling effect" on protest rights, potentially deterring
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D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb is taking the White House to court over what he calls a "hostile" takeover of the city's police department. The lawsuit, filed by Schwalb, challenges President Donald Trump's seizure of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) and Attorney General
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Washington, DC has been thrown into crisis as City leaders, led by Attorney General Brian Schwalb and Mayor Muriel Bowser, challenge US President Donald Trump's decision to seize control of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). The move, described by Schwalb as the "gravest threat to Home Rule
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Democratic Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham has declared a state of emergency in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, in response to rising violence and drug trafficking in the area. The decision comes two days after President Donald Trump took control of Washington DC's police force to combat violent crime
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As tensions in Washington DC escalate, President Donald Trump made a series of false claims about the city's crime rate, coinciding with the removal of homeless encampments by city police. This development comes amidst controversy over the federal takeover of the city's police department and deployment
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A federal court has forced the Justice Department to rewrite an order by Attorney General Pam Bondi that placed a Trump administration official in charge of the District of Columbia's police force, following an emergency hearing on a lawsuit filed by the district. The court has set a
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Washington D.C. officials, led by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser and D.C. Attorney General Brian Schwalb, have sounded the alarm over Attorney General Pam Bondi's unilateral decision to install an emergency police commissioner, Terry Cole, in the nation's capital. Cole, the head of the
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Pam Bondi, the Attorney General appointed by President Trump, has issued a directive to end D.C. sanctuary policies, a move that comes amid a broader crackdown on the city. In a statement, Bondi spokesperson Chad Gilmartin said that the directive rescinds an executive order signed by Metropolitan Police Department
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As President Donald Trump surged federal law enforcement agencies into the nation's capital, he gave local police in Washington, D.C. permission to retaliate against a population under federal occupation. Trump's remarks, which refer to a "crime emergency," seem to endorse police "running
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The Trump administration announced the deployment of 800 members of the D.C. National Guard to Washington D.C. as part of a push to crack down on crime in the nation's capital. President Trump temporarily took control of the District's Metropolitan Police Department, and hundreds
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On August 9, Bianca Jagger stood witness to the largest mass arrest in a single day in a decade, with 532 peaceful protesters detained by the Metropolitan Police. The demonstration, organized by Defend Our Juries, aimed to condemn the UK government's complicity in the commission of genocide by
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Despite President Donald Trump's efforts to clamp down on crime in Washington D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser has chosen to take a cooperative approach, working with the administration's efforts while also expressing unease about the unprecedented takeover. Bowser has called Trump's decision to deploy
