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Madi Koesler
@madikoesler.bsky.social
Photojournalist & Social Media Specialist for Street Sense Media

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We will be posting updates as we have them on DC encampment clearings here: streetsensemedia.org/article/enca...
Encampment clearings begin after Trump orders takeover of MPD
President Donald Trump federalized D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department and directed law enforcement to “remove” homeless encampments.
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Reposted by Madi Koesler
In collaboration with @Slate.com we followed six people who were displaced during the takeover. Two of them have chosen to flee D.C. entirely for green space in Virginia. Four have stayed in D.C. Read the story now 🔗 https://bit.ly/3J2Y7SG
October 8, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“He’s much more of a criminal than I am.”

G says the worst thing he does is drugs, and he would willingly go to jail if Trump went with him.

Check out encampment residents’ reactions to Trump’s call to clear encampments. streetsensemedia.org/article/home...
Donald Trump threatens to clear encampments in D.C.
With D.C.’s MPD now under federal control and the National Guard coming to D.C., the fate of people in encampments remains up in the air.
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August 13, 2025 at 11:50 PM
We will be posting updates as we have them on DC encampment clearings here: streetsensemedia.org/article/enca...
Encampment clearings begin after Trump orders takeover of MPD
President Donald Trump federalized D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department and directed law enforcement to “remove” homeless encampments.
streetsensemedia.org
August 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
NEWS: An advisory from DC’s Office of the Attorney General, confirmed over email, warned hospitals across D.C. of a sudden increase of arrests and FD-12s in an effort to clear encampments and tents starting at midnight. @streetsensedc.bsky.social
August 8, 2025 at 7:18 AM