Top Democrats tell Trump they are 'deeply troubled' by unidentified law enforcement patrolling protests in DC

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• Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York and Sen. Chris Murphy of Connecticut introduced a bill requiring law enforcement officers policing protests to display identifying information, citing "serious public safety concerns."
• In a letter to President Donald Trump Monday, the legislation came in light of unmarked law enforcement officers and vehicles patrolling the streets of Washington DC.
• Officers also reportedly refused to identify themselves to protesters and journalists, citing Schumer and Murphy's letter.
• "Not only does it make it impossible to hold personnel accountable for their actions, it also poses a serious public safety concerns when members of the public are unable to differentiate a legitimate law enforcement officer from someone just dressed up like one," the senators wrote in the letter.
• Protesters told Business Insider that Washington, DC, is starting to feel like "military state" with the National Guard and other law enforcement agencies being called to police the protests.
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Last week heavily armed, unidentified federal agents began patrolling the streets of Washington, DC. The officers turned out to be riot teams from the Federal Bureau of Prisons.

Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Chris Murphy sent a letter to President Donald Trump concerned about these officers, saying that unidentifiable law enforcement "poses serious public safety concerns" because it could make it difficult "to differentiate a legitimate law enforcement officer from someone just dressed up like one."

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