Eleanor Holmes Norton, a delegate who represents Washington, D.C., as a nonvoting member of Congress, has submitted a bill to require National Guard troops to wear body cameras while deployed in the nation’s capital.
The legislation would require that National Guard troops employ a body-worn camera program similar to the “well-established” one used by the Metropolitan Police Department, which President Donald Trump placed under federal control when he ordered the National Guard to the District.
“The Trump administration has deployed more than 2,000 troops to D.C. who are wholly unaccountable to D.C. residents. Even the D.C. National Guard troops are under the president’s control and do not report to the D.C. government,” Norton said in a statement.
Read more at Newsmax© 2025 Newsmax. All rights reserved.
