Dozens of demonstrators gathered outside D.C. Police headquarters Friday, protesting what they call a federal overreach in the wake of U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi’s appointment of the DEA administrator as Washington’s "emergency police commissioner.

Dozens of Washington, DC protested outside the Metropolitan Police Department and the DC federal courthouse on Friday as city officials sued to block President Donald Trump’s takeover of the police department in the nation's capital.

Tensions rise in Washington, D.C., as residents protest the president's federal police initiative, demanding accountability and maintaining local control over safety.