Trump, Washington and crime
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Trump, DC and takeover
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Critics have expressed skepticism at data coming from the Metropolitan Police Department of the U.S. capital. Snopes looked at FBI data.
Former Capitol Police Chief Steven Sund warned that the homicide rate in the nation's capital is five to six times higher than other major US cities.
President Donald Trump has declared a public safety emergency in Washington DC and placed the capital city's police under federal control.
Trump exaggerates Washington, DC, crime while ordering police takeover and National Guard deployment
President Donald Trump said he is deploying 800 National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., and taking control of the Metropolitan Police Department. The nation’s capital is "becoming a situation of complete and total lawlessness,
An emboldened President Donald Trump is increasingly using his bully pulpit to stamp his imprint on Washington, DC — pushing the bounds of executive power to reshape a city that once snubbed him.
Joe Scarborough criticizes Democrats for fumbling the issue of crime, even as Trump uses the National Guard in Washington, D.C., to project action. Joe points to polling showing crime is a top concern for many residents,
Trump says grass across DC's parks needs replaced, vowing not only to tackle crime in the nation's capital but to make D.C. "so beautiful again."
Trump's crime crackdown in Washington D.C. cuts gun permit processing time from months to just five days through streamlined concealed carry and firearm registration.