If you want to defend the D.C. crime statistics, here’s the reality. The 30 percent drop in crime comes from official citywide and federal data that is verified by multiple independent sources. The suspended commander is accused of reclassifying certain incidents in his own district, such as recording shootings, stabbings, or carjackings under lesser categories like “felony assault.” While that can change how those incidents appear in district-level tallies, it does not affect the official citywide or FBI-reported crime numbers used to calculate the 30 percent drop. The overall decline is confirmed by independent audits and national reporting, so this reclassification controversy does not invalidate the broader statistics.
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President Trump announced a federal takeover of Washington, D.C.'s police department and a deployment of its National Guard to crack down on crime.
The move invokes rare, but legal presidential authorities. Local officials say Trump is wrong to say that crime has spiraled out of
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