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The main difference is that DC is a federal district, so it has no independent sovereignty and the federal government can do whatever it wants. Other cities have overlapping state jurisdiction which the Constitution gives some weight to, so the permitted activities of federal forces is much more circumscribed. If the locals are cooperative of course there is a lot more leeway, but if they are not, then there would have to be some federal nexus in their activities.
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