President Donald Trump began his battle against urban crime when he federalized police and deployed National Guard troops in Washington, D.C., in August.
As if on cue, leftists pulled out statistics saying that crime in the nation’s capital already had been decreasing, and they criticized Trump, calling his move dictatorial, a power grab, and overkill.
‘Stay out of DC.’
After all, what’s the point when Metropolitan Police Department stats say that, as of Friday, violent crime in D.C. is down 28% compared to 2024?
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But those numbers essentially are meaningless. There are several reasons why.
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First, Blaze News recently published a fact-check noting that the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department has
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