The National Guard forces appear in Washington, DC, while the mayor refuses to “pay tyranny” to Trump

The American National Guard forces began to appear in the streets of Washington, DC, a day after President Donald Trump deployed the forces in the city and took control of the police force, as he argued that violent crime was out of control.

Armored vehicles were monitored in urban centers and tourist sites around the American capital on Tuesday evening.

Officials said that 800 National Guard forces are expected to be deployed, in addition to 500 federal laws.

Washington mayor, Morel Bosser, a democratic who denied the crime out of control in its city, described the deployment of the forces as an “authoritarian batch.”

Trump, a Republican, also threatened with similar bulletins against New York and Chicago, two other Democratic cities controlled.

He said that the crime is in a rise in cities, including in Washington, DC, although the BBC analysis of its verification indicates a different direction in the capital.

Violent crimes decreased after its peak in 2023, and in 2024, its lowest level in 30 years, according to the numbers published by the Capital Police in Washington, DC (MPDC).

They are continuing to decline, according to the initial data of 2025.

Violent crime generally decreased by 26 % this year compared to the same point in 2024, and the theft decreased by 28 %, according to MPDC.

The camouflaged forces have been flowing to the American capital since Trump’s announcement on Monday.

They were seen up to the barricades outside many government buildings, taking pictures with tourists.

Twenty -three people were arrested by federal agents on Monday evening, according to White House journalist Caroline Levitte. Agents help local law enforcement.

She said that the arrests were due to murders, arms crimes, drug trafficking, obscene acts, chase, reckless leadership, and other crimes.

“This is only the beginning,” Levit said.

“Over the course of the next month, the Trump administration will follow unabated and arrest every violent criminal in the province that breaks the law, undermines public safety, and takes the Americans committed to the law.”

The FBI director, Cash Patel, later said that the FBI agents are participating in about half of these arrests.

On Wednesday, Patel said 43 arrests have taken place on Wednesday morning.

The American lawyer in the province of Colombia, Janine Peru, warned X that anyone attacking an officer will be tried.

In a video posted on the platform, she said that the individual who cast a subway to a police officer was facing a serious charge.

“This man thought he was funny – well, he did not think he was funny today, because we accused him of a felony.”

The mayor of Washington and the mayor of the city police said earlier in the day they participated in the same goal of the federal agents.

“What I focused on is the federal increase and how to achieve the utmost benefit from the federal officers we have,” Buser said after a meeting on Tuesday with US Prosecutor Bam Bondi.

“We know that we have to obtain illegal rifles from our streets, and if we have this flow from augmented existence, we know that it will make our city better,” said Metropolitan Police Department, Pamela Smith.

But in a municipal hall on Tuesday night, the mayor sharpened her criticism of Trump.

Bowser called on members of society to “protect our city, protect our independence, protect our home rule and reach the other side of this man and make sure that we were elected a democratic house so that we have a batch of this authoritarian batch,” according to the New York Times.

It comes at a time when a chase of the armed striker who killed a man on Monday evening was launched in Logan Serkel, a Washington, DC, just one mile from the White House.

This hundred killed in Washington, DC, was this year, according to the local media.

Police says the suspect was last seen wearing a black shirt and carrying a rifle.

We have pushed our secret service to enhance security outside the president’s home as a preventive measure.

Despite the crime numbers that show a decrease in violent crimes, the head of the Capital Police Federation, Greg Pimberton, said that the city police administration “deliberately forged crime data, creates a false narration on the decrease in crime while societies suffer.”

The FBI data also indicated a decrease in crime in Washington last year – a 9 % decrease.

Studies indicate that the capital killing rate is higher than average compared to other major American cities.