Residents in one Washington, D.C., neighborhood lined up to protest the increased police presence after the White House said the number of National Guard troops in the nation’s capital would ramp up and federal officers would be on the streets around the clock.

Trump's executive order to federalize the MPD amid a "crime emergency" comes despite recent crime statistics showing violent crime down 26% from last year.

Protesters in Washington, D.C., push back against President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown and troop deployment.

Some people in Washington, D.C., took to the streets Wednesday night to protest President Trump’s deployment of the National Guard and federal takeover of the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department.