D.C. files lawsuit to stop White House from installing police commissioner for Washington

People are shown from behind walking on city streets, including people in baseball jerseys and uniformed police.

The Trump administration, stepping up its crackdown on policing in the U.S. capital, has named the head of the Drug Enforcement Administration to be Washington’s “emergency police commissioner” with all the powers of a police chief — a significant move that the D.C. attorney general said was unlawful.

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