An unruly bum who wandered into an eatery in Washington, D.C. was quickly arrested by local authorities, illustrating a significant change in law enforcement operations in the nation’s capital.
On Friday afternoon, a homeless man who barged into Shake Shack in Union Station was hauled out in handcuffs just minutes later.
The vagrant crashed into a trash can and then a table where Border Hawk White House Correspondent Wid Lyman was eating dinner before sitting on the floor, with no apparent intentions of ordering or paying for food.
A female customer offered to buy the man a meal, but Metropolitan Transit Police entered the burger joint moments later and removed him from the premises.
A homeless man is arrested at Shake Shack in Union Station DC. @VP ate at this restaurant just 2 days prior.
Transit police, metro PD, and NG are all patrolling the area.
With @David_Khait pic.twitter.com/aVcrWIWUtg
— Wid Lyman (@Wid_Lyman) August 22, 2025
“These guys had control of Union Station before now,” noted Human Events senior editor Jack Posobiec.
Vice President JD Vance dined alongside National Guard soldiers at the same Shake Shack just two days prior during a tour of Union Station to assess the Trump administration’s crackdown on crime and degeneracy in the city.
.@VP @JDVance sits down for lunch with the troops at Shake Shack in Union Station 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/8M1akQxtVO
— Taylor Van Kirk (@VPPressSec) August 20, 2025
“The American people are realizing that we don’t have to deal with lawlessness and third world murder rates in their neighborhoods,” Vice President Vance stated following his expedition in the District of Columbia on Wednesday.
The American people are realizing that we don't have to deal with lawlessness and third world murder rates in their neighborhoods.
President Trump is making our cities safe again🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/bCBtkAmuw5
— JD Vance (@JDVance) August 21, 2025
A D.C. resident told Border Hawk he alerted city authorities about a homeless man panhandling outside his apartment on Saturday before cops and National Guard soldiers immediately “hauled him off.”
Crime in Washington, D.C. has plunged since the Trump administration launched a historic clampdown less than two weeks ago.
