By Black Star News
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The Center for Policing Equity is warning that Trump’s insertion of federal troops in cities like Washington D.C. and Los Angeles is “Police Nullification” and a “direct attack on democracy.”
The Center For Policing Equity released the following statement:
“The federal government’s move to insert itself into local policing decisions in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and (soon it seems) Chicago is not just overreach but an expansion of federal nullification. It nullifies the will of voters, the authority of elected officials, and the steady progress of communities that have worked to keep themselves safe on their own terms. By treating local voices as disposable, federal authorities are attempting to erase democratic control where it matters most: in the safety and dignity of people in the most vulnerable neighborhoods.
“Additionally, this action places local law enforcement directly in harm’s way. Federalizing policing without coordination creates confusion, escalates conflict, and undermines the relationships local officers depend on to do their jobs safely. The same administration that claims to champion “protecting the blue” abandons that notion the moment it becomes politically inconvenient. By sidelining local departments and leadership, they endanger both officers and the communities they serve.
“Historically, whenever Black leadership has threatened entrenched systems of inequality, federal or state power has been used to strip away local authority. When a president can deputize the National Guard to act as local police without consent, the result is an occupying force that answers to Washington rather than the people. Once put in place, these arrangements rarely recede. The precedent becomes the policy.
“What we are seeing is the natural evolution of a Republican plan that has been advancing for over a decade. In Michigan, and in roughly 20 other states, emergency manager laws effectively grant the governor the power to overturn local election results. New voter ID requirements, redistricting in states like Texas, and other voter suppression since the gutting of the Voting Rights Act are similarly designed to silence voices from the most vulnerable communities. These measures recall the logic of Jim Crow. We may not be there today, but authoritarianism never begins with the bluntest instruments. It advances step by step, normalizing state control over local voices until the public no longer has a direct say in the government sworn to advocate for them.
“To focus only on the immediate moment is to miss the larger historical pattern. Nullifying local policing is not about crime rates, but about control. It strips away the oversight and accountability communities have built over time and replaces it with federally imposed force. The very communities that have made the most progress toward safety are the ones being targeted, precisely because their success challenges the narrative that only harsher policing can reduce violence.
“If we allow this nullification to stand, we risk opening the door to a future where no city, no election, and no community is safe from federal overreach masquerading as public safety. The strength of our democracy lies in the voices of its people, and those voices must never be nullified by the heavy hand of unchecked federal power.”
Editor’s Note: Donald Trump has, in numerous ways, exposed the Republican Party as a bunch of partisan, party-before-country, sycophantic, hypocritical frauds. Let’s remember this: for decades Republicans have lectured Americans about the dangers of “big government,” while extolling the virtues of “states rights”–usually when they are defending some racist practice in their red cracker states.
But now that Trump is flagrantly invading Democratic cities–run by Black mayors–these Republican frauds praise him for his unconstitutional criminal behavior. Trump’s federal troop invasion of Los Angeles and D.C. is nothing more than Republican-approved “big government” dictatorship.
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