DC crime reality check: Post finds complexity behind Trump claim
TL;DR
The Washington Post analyzed thousands of arrest records and found that President Trump’s claim that crime in Washington, D.C. has been halted is overstated: federal agents were involved in roughly 30% of arrests, crime was already trending downward, and a surge in prosecutions has strained DC’s court system.
- A year after D.C. takeover, Trump says crime has plummeted. It’s not that simple. The Washington Post
- A year into Trump’s unprecedented deployment, National Guard is entrenched in DC ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Armed troops have patrolled D.C. for 1 year now. It's challenging democratic norms NPR
- Trump administration touts more than 16,000 arrests as the federal surge in DC reaches its first year WUSA9
- One Year Later, Trump’s ‘Takeover’ Has Changed D.C. Is It Better Off? The New York Times
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