With President Trump’s Washington, DC police takeover in place, tensions are running high. His crackdown led to hundreds of recent arrests. Now, locals and people from surrounding areas are rightfully criticizing and protesting law enforcement and military intervention in the city. A woman recently recorded a video of ‘checkpoints,’ where cops and federal agents were pulling over people. But she questions, why would they have so many agents for something as simple as a traffic stop?
TikTok user Muvagaia—Rachel— posted a video stating, “This operation doesn’t have s**t to do with ‘safety!'” According to her, there were around 30 agents at the checkpoint in Washington, DC. Not for their health but to “stop people for seatbelts, blinkers, or tints on their cars,” the caption reads. Among these agents is Homeland Security, too. It begs the question: What’s the point of so many agents for basic traffic etiquette? Well, that’s easy: they’re looking for those phantom “illegal immigrants.”
“Why do you need 30 people standing around doing nothing with our tax dollars at a checkpoint?” Rachel asks in her video. I couldn’t get a solid head count, but the agents you can see are just clogging the roads. Traffic is more or less at a standstill. I sure hope their jobs are understanding. Several agents are seen taking pictures of license plates to run warrant checks and more. They’re primed for issuing citations and making arrests.
“You meant tint of their skin, not the windows!” said one commenter, echoing my own thoughts. It’s a ploy to scare people, especially if your skin isn’t white. Another commenter said, “But the criminal in the white house we are gonna ignore,” referencing President Trump’s 34 felony counts.
We’re now on the second week of Trump’s crime crackdown. More soldiers and federal agents are being brought in by the dozens, but there seems to be no end in sight. Without an exit strategy, many locals wonder what’s going to happen and how many lives could be affected at his hand. And remember, all this is happening even though crime is at its lowest in DC for the first time in about 30 years.
