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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.
Critics have expressed skepticism at data coming from the Metropolitan Police Department of the U.S. capital. Snopes looked at FBI data.
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.
Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an order rescinding sanctuary city policies in Washington, D.C. and naming an "emergency police commissioner."
Morrisey said the deployment includes hundreds of “skilled personnel” at the request of the Trump administration.
Trump's plan to address crime in D.C. calls for deploying National Guard troops along the National Mall overnight Wednesday into Thursday morning, according to a source.
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.
Since the start of President Trump's takeover of D.C., more than 100 arrests have been made in the predominately Black city.
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