By Aldgra Fredly President Donald Trump on Sept. 15 threatened to declare a national emergency in Washington after Mayor Muriel Bowser said local police would no longer cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. Trump declared a crime emergency in the nation’s capital and ordered a 30-day federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) on Aug. […]
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The police are a constituted body of persons empowered by a state, with the aim to enforce the law, to ensure the safety, health and possessions of citizens, and to prevent crime and civil disorder. Their lawful powers include arrest and the use of force legitimized by the state via the monopoly of violence.
