Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), the nonvoting member representing the nation’s capital in Congress, introduced legislation Tuesday that would require National Guard troops to wear body cameras as they patrol Washington, D.C.

Norton said in a statement that the bill aims to “promote transparency in the troops’ interactions with the public and protect the public and the troops.”

“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.

“This unwarranted deployment politicizes the military and does a disservice to members of the National Guard, who are being taken from their own families and jobs, and

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