Multiple law enforcement agencies part of President Trump’s “DC Safe and Beautiful Task Force” have now shot at people, killed people, or created conditions that resulted in the death of a person in custody — with three fatal incidents occurring in the last four days alone. “The Task Force needs to be disbanded.”

MPD should not be assisting federal agents with their attacks on DC residents. We are calling on Councilmember Pinto to hold an urgent hearing on this matter.

On October 29, 2025, Councilmember Brianne K. Nadeau, Chair of the Committee on Public Works & Operations, held a public roundtable on incidents that involve D.C. government coordination with federal entities or joint enforcement activity that may violate D.C. human rights laws. Free DC provided testimony at this roundtable.

On October 18, almost 7 million people across the U.S. rallied against Trump’s regime of cruelty and harm. More than a hundred thousand joined the movement in DC, and the Free DC community was a proud part of it.

DC needs elected leaders who will fight federal attacks, not assist them. In recognition of this, Free DC will run a formal candidate endorsements process for DC’s 2026 campaign cycle.

Union members, organize your local to be in solidarity with DC by passing a resolution. Template inside.

This week the House will vote on four bills attacking DC and nine more are in the works. We call on every Democrat in Congress to reject every single one.

One important thing we can do in this moment is to make our demand for a free DC visible everywhere.

Every night at 7 PM, we call on all DC residents to stop what you are doing, go outside, and bang pots and pans for five minutes. We call on everyone to do this every night for as long as the National Guard, ICE, federal forces and this occupation are in place.

On September 6, more than 10,000 people came together in DC to demand an immediate end to Trump’s occupation of the District.

With her Executive Order on September 2, Mayor Muriel Bowser showed us all a clear choice about whose side she is on — and it is not DC's.

Families and parent organizations have an important role to play in ensuring schools remain safe, structured, and supportive places for children to learn. This toolkit compiles ideas from education advocacy organizations in DC that your school community can try now or any time. 

In March, ICE agents tried to kidnap a DC school nurse on her way to work one morning. Putting school nurses into ICE detention won’t make DC communities safer.

We’re calling on all school communities to have morning and afternoon school support teams to support safe arrival and dismissal for all students.

As Black and Brown DC residents, we know that we are safer when we go together. Right now is a time to always travel with a partner, and to have each other’s backs. Take the We Go Together pledge with our partner Harriet’s Wildest Dreams.

MPD has identified four “Youth Curfew Zones” where young people will be subject to increased enforcement and potential arrest. These danger zones will put more DC children at risk of being violently arrested and detained by Trump’s terror squads. We are calling on DC neighbors to Adopt a Curfew Zone and help keep young people safe each night.

Urge Governor Bill Lee to end the Guard’s deployment in Washington, D.C. and reject any plan to send troops into Memphis.