US EditionBBC: Is crime in Washington DC 'out of control', as Trump claims?
President Trump federalizes DC police citing rising crime despite data showing a 35% drop in violent crime since 2023, amid controversy over crime statistics accuracy.
- Crime in D.C. is at a 30-year low, contradicting Trump's assertion, according to reports from NBC News.
- D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser labeled Trump's takeover as 'unsettling' while questioning the necessity of his emergency declaration.
- Officials express concern over the federal takeover, citing it as a violation of local governance.
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Times-NewsTrump’s DC rhetoric echoes familiar urban crime themes
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has taken control of D.C.’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation’s capital, arguing the extraordinary moves are necessary to curb an urgent public safety crisis.
Facts About Crime Don't Care About Trump's Feelings
“Facts don’t care about your feelings” is a maxim popularized by the conservative commentator Ben Shapiro. As I don’t expect rigorous fact-checking from Shapiro and his far-right content factory Daily Wire, I was not shocked to hear a Daily Wire podcaster Michael Knowles defend Donald Trump’s militaristic federal takeover of the Washington, D.C. police as being “in response to skyrocketing crime,” despite the fact that the rate of violent crime …
Fact focus: Trump misstates details on DC crime
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Monday that his administration will take over policing the nation's capital city in what the Republican said is an effort to bring down rising crime rates in Washington, D.C.
Trump’s DC rhetoric echoes history of racist narratives
"This president campaigned on 'law and order,' but he is the president of chaos and corruption," said NAACP President Derrick Johnson. "There's no emergency in D.C., so why would he deploy the National Guard? To distract us from his alleged inclusion in the Epstein files?"
Jeanine Pirro shrugs off Trump fact check: 'Doesn't really matter' if crime is down in DC
Jeanine Pirro, the United States attorney for the District of Columbia, said it "doesn't really matter" that crime rates had dropped in the nation's capital after President Donald Trump initiated a temporary federal takeover of policing.Pirro made the remarks during a Tuesday interview with MAGA inf...
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