Trump Brings Order to Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C. officials and volunteers have begun dismantling a large homeless encampment as part of President Donald Trump’s crackdown on crime and his effort to normalise and revitalise the U.S. capital. While Democrats argue that such heightened measures are unnecessary — claiming that crime in Washington has decreased — a police union leader explains how statistics are being manipulated.

Homeless encampment in Washington D.C. (Source: Truth Social)

Democrats manipulated statistics to downplay the scale of crime

After Donald Trump decided to place the Washington Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) under federal oversight, Democrats criticised the move, arguing it was unnecessary since crime in the city had decreased.

However, a police union claims that crime statistics are being manipulated to minimise the level of violent offences taking place in the capital.

Prominent Democrats, including Senator Patty Murray and Hillary Clinton, have in recent days cited similar statistics, insisting that violent crime in Washington is at a “30-year low”. The city’s police union, however, maintains that the figures are misleading and that crime data is deliberately altered to conceal the true extent of violence on the city’s streets.

When our members attend a crime scene where the victim reports that an offence has occurred, it is inevitable that a lieutenant or a captain will appear and instruct them to record the incident as a lesser offence,

– explained Gregg Pemberton, president of the Fraternal Order of Police union, to NBC 4 Washington reporters.

Mr. Pemberton said officers are regularly instructed to downgrade serious crimes such as shootings, stabbings and car thefts into lesser offences or infractions — such as theft or a “person injured” report — in order to keep the official number of major crimes down.

The officer described as “absurd” the crime statistics being used to claim that crime has fallen in Washington. He added: “It is impossible that crime has fallen by 28 percent. Last year they said it had dropped by 34 percent.”

Cover photo: Homeless encampments in Washington D. C. (Source: Truth Social)