00:00Imagine waking up to find your city taken over by your own president.
00:04On Monday, Donald Trump declared a crime emergency in Washington, D.C.
00:08He seized control of the city's police and sent in the National Guard.
00:12Protesters gathered near the White House, chanting in anger.
00:16D.C. residents say this is more than unusual.
00:18It's authoritarian.
00:20The city's crime rates have actually dropped to a 30-year low.
00:23But Trump claims gangs, drug dealers, and crime threaten the Capitol.
00:27Critics say it's just a pretext to strip D.C. of its limited autonomy.
00:31For many, it's also a racial and political issue.
00:34D.C. is majority black and overwhelmingly votes Democrat.
00:38Residents fear this could be the first step toward full federal control.
00:42But as one protester put it, D.C. is the best place for us to resist.
00:47And resist, they say, they will.
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