A group of Washington, D.C., residents confronted federal agents and local police officers on Wednesday after law enforcement showed up in their neighborhood to conduct a drug arrest.
Members of the Mount Pleasant neighborhood in Northwest Washington, D.C., protested the increased law enforcement presence, which focused on an apartment building blocks from a school during morning drop-off, The Associated Press reported.
Residents told gathered officers to “quit your jobs” and said “nobody wants you here,” according to the AP. The pushback comes amid President Trump’s decision to ramp up federal forces in the nation’s capital in an effort to crack down on crime…