Washington D.C. residents are preparing for a federal takeover of local law enforcement as National Guard troops made their way to the District Tuesday morning. The first troops arrived at the D.C. Armory,

He took command of the police department and deployed the National Guard under laws and Constitutional powers that give the federal government more sway over the nation’s capital than other cities. Its historically majority Black population wasn’t electing its own city council and mayor until 1973,

President Donald Trump said the federal government will take control of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department.