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The federal government takes control of Washington DC police operations as DEA Administrator Terry Cole seeks to enforce immigration compliance and reduce crime.
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”.
The move amounts to a sweeping reversal of "sanctuary" policies in the nation's capital, allowing the Metropolitan Police Department, for the time being, to fully cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
The order by a federal official to replace the police chief of the Metropolitan Police Department on an "emergency" basis has been deemed unlawful by D.C.'s AG.
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FOX 5 Washington DC on MSNDC police respond to 'person in crisis' barricaded in vehicle
Police are currently on the scene in Northeast D.C., where a person in crisis has barricaded herself inside a vehicle.
ST. LOUIS – The St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department (SLMPD) is investigating a fatal shooting that happened in the Walnut Park East neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. According to SLMPD, officers were alerted to reports of gunfire in the intersection of West Florissant and Thrush shortly after 5 p.m.
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chief of Police Chris Bailey on Sunday released a statement regarding a controversial demonstration involving a hate group that occurred in downtown Indianapolis Saturday.
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Police seek suspect accused of striking, killing pedestrian in Jeff-Vander-Lou neighborhood
Police are looking for Banditoe Farmer, 37. He is accused of killing 20-year-old Tori Dunn with his car before ditching the vehicle less than a mile away.
The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has been granted permission to intervene in legal action over the issue