I am gonna just leave this here for the funk of it:
here's some light reading on it
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posse_Comitatus_Act
The Posse Comitatus Act is a United States federal law (18 U.S.C. § 1385, original at 20 Stat. 152) signed on June 18, 1878, by President Rutherford B. Hayes which limits the powers of the federal government in the use of federal military personnel to enforce domestic policies within the United States
the DC police had the sole authority to ASK for federal assistance and REFUSED IT Originally Posted by The_Waco_Kid