Homeless HORDE 'Digs In'... as Trump's 'Removal Unit' LEVELS DC Vagrant Village

Police are sweeping through DC and some of these neighborhoods are not ready.

I don't listen, why? My car is on though, hold on. He says his car is running. None of that, my car is on, I was about to leave. He said I could leave. All that security, go ahead, bro. You all niggas think you all can do whatever you want, I don't give a about that, bitch. I'm a personal trainer.

These criminals are out of control. Instead, they just trashed the place as this video obtained by our news partner, WTOP shows. We asked the couple what they think of President Trump's plan to federalize City Police and deploy more officers and the National Guard.

I'm telling Trump, yeah, just send the boys to Benarom because this is crazy.

And then you see Dollar Tree closing the CVS closed down 70 lemon closed down we trying to put a store in your community then you do this

this is the CVS she mentioned that closed at the next closest one on H street you can't even so much as buy a two dollar bottle of the products are in jail to unlock the display case and the

city keeps saying crime is down but do you feel safe no i don't think so crime is down, but do you feel safe? No, I don't think so. Crime is down. Crime is out.

Where?

In DC? Who told that lie?

These neighbors aren't stupid. They know what's going on here. But take a look at how one activist assaulted officers the other day.

I'm accused of attacking a federal officer with a foot-long subway sandwich.

A foot-long.

Similar to this one right here at 14th and you this past week. It looks like a meatball so all caught on camera Take a look at this cell phone video late Sunday night 37 year old Sean done shown in the pink shirt I wonder who he votes for allegedly yelling at federal officers on 14th Street in DC. Y'all laughing, but that's the truth that we're hearing. Moments later, video appearing to show him crossing the street, screaming just inches from a US Customs and Border Protection

officer's face.

Hey, that's s***.

Let's go get him, brother.

And then appearing to hit the officer in the chest with a foot-long subway sandwich.

Oh, he better run.

Oh, they're all after him! They're all after him! What an idiot!

This is ridiculous! The poor sandwich. He doesn't think it's funny today because we charged him with a felony. Assault on a police officer.

With a sandwich.

And we're gonna back the police to the hilt.

Ooh.

According to the criminal complaint, Dunn allegedly told police, I did it. I threw a sandwich.

And he admitted it.

People reacting to the arrest. It's disrespectful for the police officers. Yes, it is.

You don't like that?

No, I don't like that.

Nobody likes that. I'm just disgusted.

That's right.

Why?

Because he's an officer.

That's right.

He didn't get hurt. There's no reason to get a felony because somebody's wearing a uniform.

I mean, it's pretty obvious that people with real world experience are the ones in favor of this crime crackdown.

Get off our streets.

Get off our streets. Get off our streets.

Look at these people.

More breaking news back in the district, new video into the Fox 5 newsroom tonight showing increasing tensions between DC residents and federal officers now patrolling the streets in Trump's

DC takeover.

Why are these people mad? Look at their city.

There's a group of about five tents on one side and five on the other. And people camped here around Washington Circle tell me they got notices to vacate on the 29th. Now take a look at some of these other encampments that we've talked about. Ridiculous. Especially near the I-66 ramp and foggy bottom and Rock Creek Parkway. Ridiculous!

They're getting evicted. Still a massive park. Jail. Yeah spoke to some living here and those who know them.

If you're not helping, then don't hurt. Yeah, that never worked.

You know, if you're not trying to give people apartments or help their situation out even better, but sending them to a shelter and throwing all their stuff away or giving an option of going to jail, that's just, I just think it's evil.

You know what's really evil? Letting somebody live in a park, exposed to the elements, thinking that's their best option in life. This is shaping up to be a pretty difficult week for people who are struggling with housing in our nation's capital.

What you're seeing right behind me is a- Look at this, they leveled it. Pulling away personal belongings of this encampment.

Wow. personal belongings of this encampment. Wow! There are tables in there, there are appliances in there. Appliances?!

There's a bed.

That's a fire hazard.

A gas-powered heater in there.

Gas heater?!

In the forest?! A gas heater?! And, you know, while it isn't out there... Great! ...the ordinary for local D.C. government officials to... Look at all these tents! ...clean up certain encampment areas. I think it goes without saying that President Trump

has made it clear with his rhetoric lately.

Yeah. Look, that's an e-bike right there. You know how many fire hazards are out there in this park? If they don't get rid of this place, the whole Capitol could burn to the ground. ... homelessness across D.C. on federal land or on city land

taken care of. Yeah. Everyone should want that. People who are homeless should be sent far away from the capital. Let me show you guys where we are right now. This is a land that is flat and close to the Lincoln Memorial. There was a tent here, it's gone.

It's the Institute of Peace. And what you're looking at are the...

Look, no grass grew here all summer. That's how long that tent was there.

It's probably been there for years. Tents were this morning. Many of them have been packed up and one of the reasons why they're being packed up is because last night at around 10 o'clock a yoga mat, a lot of these tents were posted, a flyer was posted to these tents. Eviction notices. A lot of the people who live here, some of them who have lived here for several months several months wonderful They have to go and that everything is going to be cleared at 10 o'clock today And you can see that is slowly happening. I will say yeah, it is involuntarily packing up and cleaning, but so I want to show you

What? Has been going up on some of the Texas at these homeless encampments around the city So this is a scheduled encampment cleanup, which includes.

How is this inhumane? People have been given notice that the law will now be enforced. That's what this is. It's already illegal to live in a tent with a whole bunch of fire hazards surrounding you

in a public park. All this says is, hey, guess what guys? Law and order's back. And they're offering to help people.

Position and the site closure. So people were warned, not with a lot of time, that they have to pack up their belongings and move. And we have heard both from DC government officials and the White House that shelters will be offered, mental health services will be offered,

services will be offered. I shot some video a couple moments ago, again, showing people slowly and voluntarily leaving this area. And it's a striking scene, you know, to see people packing up their belongings in shopping carts. We were able to speak to one gentleman, David, who's 67 years old, he's lived at the spot for the past 7 to eight months and I just asked him how do you feel about the president's comments, you know, ramping up his rhetoric targeting folks who are home to go.

Here's what he said, take a listen.

I look at it as anti-Christian. Anti-Christian!

I remember the passage of, as you have done unto the least of these, you have done unto

me.

Oh my goodness. And the idea that...

Don't use Jesus as an excuse to break the law.

And persecuting us.

What about when the Bible says obey the government? What about that? They love Jesus when it's time to demonize others. I love how that works.

You came out today like this woman holding a sign saying being unhoused is not a crime. Some people have signs with scripture from the Bible. And I will say, although this encampment... Oh my goodness.

Washington DC hasn't been to church in decades. And now these people come out and they think this is their way to turn the tide of public opinion.

The turnout here has been well into the dozens. I mean, dozens of people from local nonprofits, from local church groups coming to assist in any way they can.

It's a countrywide uprising.

As folks who are struggling with housing in DC slowly pack up.

A lot of confusion as to where people are going. You know what? None of these activists, none of them are gonna move these homeless people into their own homes. They say they care about them. They say nobody's gonna help them. Yet they're not moving these people into their basement. Nope, not doing it. But we've also

got a massive crime problem going on here, specifically with quote unquote, young people.

Look at this. Mobs of people. I've heard about like the big gatherings of like you know all the youth and them you

know causing trouble.

I mean it's the groups a lot of kids out together. Like we be trying to enjoy our summer too and just go outside have a good time but then there is some youth who like, cause there is gangs, some people, some kids are a part of certain gangs and they might see like a different person they don't like so they try to like go do something about it.

That's one of the reasons 16 year old Tristan Hedspeth says is leading to potential altercations between young people and videos like this showing groups of young people running through Navy Yard,

the Wharf, and other parts of DC.

And that's when the drama start and that cause problems. If the youth putting it out there that we are so bad and that we just cause so much drama then that's like, that's what they gonna think.

The group says a lack of alternative activities is a contributing factor to the large gatherings.

Well most of the stuff be for adults.

This is not stuff that everybody wants to do like this. So they're saying that there are a lack of alternative forms of entertainment for people, and that's why they join gangs. They're wrong. People join gangs and commit crime because there is a lack of consequences for that type of behavior.

But you can't blame these kids. They've been taught that consequences don't matter.

The four D.C. high schoolers shared their concerns since the onset of the youth curfews for those 17 and under. A decision that some in this group says didn't consider young people who make an effort to stay out of trouble. When kids go out and then with

the whole curfew thing they just shut everything down even when it's not a curfew. So I feel like they they their power like they're juvenile curfew. at a different level.

They're minding their business, they're having fun, they're with their own friends. You know, they're not causing any problems.

The young people shared their issues with President Trump's plan to federalize DC police and mobilize the National Guard.

So now young people are experts.

And the potential impact on their mental health. They say they've already started seeing more federal agents and officers on the street. That's a good thing. A lot of people are getting stopped you know

around the Metro for acting suspicious so people are always concerned about like how they present to the outer world. Well just don't commit a crime in

front of police and the police aren't gonna want to talk to you about anything.

It's very simple. From what I've seen, they're only putting more officers and security on the streets because of these of the youth that they feel like is causing trouble and so then I feel like oh well they're just gonna see me as just another young black kid who may be trying to cause trouble.

No, that's not it. We just saw somebody get arrested for causing all kinds of trouble and they were the only ones getting arrested in one Particular part of town so you have to commit a crime to end yourself up in the back of a police car That's how this works And you know what for the first time in a long time People are finding finally ending up in the back of police cars in a city that has failed to have any

Consequences for lawless behavior and has allowed itself to just implode to new low low levels and now we're way down here and this is the capital of America. This is a national embarrassment and it's sad but hey this is where progressive policies took this city. This is where they're taking other cities right now. What do you think? Cities in New York? Cities in California? Are these cities going to be next for this type of crackdown? Should they be next? And what's going to happen after 30 days in DC? Do you think all the criminals are going to come back? Let me know.

after 30 days in DC? Do you think all the criminals are going to come back? Let me know. See you in the next video.