A year into the National Guard deployment in Washington, D.C., the Trump administration points to falling crime numbers as proof its “Safe and Beautiful” mission is working to reduce violent crime.
But the Center for American Progress, an openly progressive think tank, says the timeline tells a different story.
‘Another Radical Left SCAM.’
The CAP’s analysis found violent crime and murder rates were already falling sharply — 14% and 22% — across the 11 targeted cities before the first deployment. Its statistical model found no significant change tied to the deployment in Los Angeles or D.C., with the lone exception being Memphis, where an initial drop reversed within two months.
The CAP flags one caveat: The deployments overlapped with other federal and immigration enforcement surges, so the model can’t
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