Residents say that the National Guard forces have not seen outside the tourist areas in the capital

When US President Donald Trump sent thousands of National Guard forces to Washington in early August, they were not seen at the highest sections of crime in the city. The residents mostly faced them in tourist areas and metro stations.

In Southeast Washington, away from landmarks and museums, defenders like Jawanna Hardy saw a new group of police in unusual arrests – but not the National Guard.

Hardy is a founder Friday gunsAn organization that helps young people affected by the crime in one of the most dangerous fields in the capital. She said that the officers from outside the city are now disguised on the youth smoking container in the street, and the fare escapes through the fare and more.

“On the last day, a young woman went to prison to escape the fare. The fence jumped (in) the metro and did not pay it and arrested it.” “I went to prison, I think, two days.”

Miss Hardy, as well as known in society, said that her organization holds training sessions every Friday to teach youth how to act when they face law enforcement and notify them of changes in the way the officers take their jobs.

The White House said that the National Guard forces are not arresting at this time, but there was an “increase in the application of the federal law” sent to the capital, who are being arrested, including in the wings 7 and 8, in southeastern Washington.

“Nearly half of the arrest of the migration since the crime campaign began has occurred in these two wings,” White House spokesman Abyel Jackson said in an email to CBC News.

According to the crime data of the Metropolitan Ministry of Police, there were 898 accidents of violent crime so far this year in Washington, where 699 of them occurred in wings 7 and 8.

The White House said that 1,283 arrests were carried out in Washington since August 7, when the increase in law enforcement units reached the capital, but the advocates of the local community are wondering about the types of arrests behind these numbers, and whether the enforcement boom has done a lot to maintain the safe neighborhood.

Spending on community resources: population

Experts estimate that it costs about one million dollars per day to 2,200 National Guard soldiers in Washington. It is not clear how much the additional law enforcement difference costs that have been published as well. Hardy said this is not a sustainable solution to the crime and suggested that money be spent on resources for society.

“Hardy said: “If a million dollars are spent every day, this is 30 million monthly, where does this money come from? This is what scares me,” Hardy said.

In the Renaissance apartments in Ward 8, the iron gates at the entrance remain unwanted people. Local residents said that after a series of shooting from the drive. Some of the windows of the buildings are boarded in the area with plywood. Car parking is full of digging. Children here play on the street because there is no entertainment center for them.

“Brian Turner, a 23 -year -old resident of Ward 8, said there are no stadiums, and there are no entertainment centers, and it is not enough, you know what I say, there is not enough directions here for the youth.

Turner comes to the Renaissance apartments to examine his cousins ​​and make sure they are fine. He said that the youth in the neighborhood need a safe place to go to get their minds from things like bullying in school, or making Tiktok videos with their friends without the officers disturb them in a patrol.

“There is a group of children here, they should not see the type of weapons drawn towards them or other people in society,” said Turner.

He also wanted to see the city investing in reforming the area, rather than investing in more police resources.

“Society needs more,” said Turner.

The unique police patrols frighten some of the population

Lanah King, 17, said that no centers were shot in the Renaissance because more officers arrived here. She said that the police brought their safety cases.

King said that some officers are leading to people in unique cars, and that the local residents are not sure whether they are a police or a person planning to shoot them.

“R.“Children do not know whether they will believe in themselves or walk away,” King said.

“The bullet does not have a name, and it may end in any direction. So I don’t really feel safe.”