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Two national guard members shot and in critical condition after ‘targeted’ incident in DC \u2013 video<\/p>\nThe scene around Washington\u2019s Farragut Square on Wednesday afternoon seem to fit Donald Trump\u2019s most lurid stereotypes of a crime-ridden capital in need of federal troops to bring a firm smack of law and order.<\/p>\n
An area normally the preserve of professional office workers, coffee shops and lunch venues instead bore the hallmarks of a major crime scene as news spread that two national guard troops had been shot.<\/p>\n
In the minutes following the shooting outside Farragut North metro station, squads of fellow guard troops, police officers and heavily armed Secret Service personnel descended on the usually placid area and quickly cordoned off neighboring streets.<\/p>\n
Two national guard members shot and in critical condition after ‘targeted’ incident in DC \u2013 video<\/p>\n
Workers in nearby offices were barred from exiting into the square and told to use rear entrances instead.<\/p>\n
From the Guardian\u2019s Washington bureau, overlooking the square, the area was a blaze of flashing lights from police and rescue vehicles, and frenetic activity as law enforcement personnel scoured the streets and a helicopter hovered overhead.<\/p>\n
It was a disquieting backdrop in a location owing its name to David Farragut, a celebrated union naval commander in the American civil war who is immortalized by his famous battle cry of, \u201cDamn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead\u201d during the battle of Mobile Bay.<\/p>\n
On the square itself, initial shock gave way to dismay among local residents who had hurried to the area after hearing of the incident.<\/p>\n
One of the first to arrive was Gary Goodweather, a Democratic candidate for next year\u2019s mayoral election, who had been having lunch in Washington\u2019s 14th Street when he learned of the shooting.<\/p>\n
A former US army captain who served in the national guard, Goodweather professed himself unsurprised, suggesting that Trump\u2019s deployment of federal forces on the streets of Washington was an invitation to violence.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf I\u2019m completely honest, we\u2019ve been expecting this. It hurts me to the core,\u201d he said. \u201cWe knew that Trump was going to do this to the city. He tried to do it in his first administration. He knew what he was doing when he activated the national guard.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe national guard should not have been in our city \u2013 period \u2013 for law enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n
Asked if the Trump administration bore moral responsibility for the shooting by deploying the guards, Goodweather paused for several seconds before answering: \u201cYes.<\/p>\n