The Department of Justice is finally investigating what many Americans already knew. Washington DC police have been cooking the books on crime statistics. They downgraded serious crimes to make their numbers look better.
Police union chairman Gregg Pemberton is blowing the whistle on this scandal. He says supervisors show up to crime scenes and tell officers to downgrade felony charges. They make violent crimes look like minor incidents on paper.
This is exactly what President Trump has been saying all along. Our nation’s capital has become a dangerous wasteland. But liberal politicians and their media friends keep lying to us about how safe DC really is.
The facts don’t lie even when Democrats do. DC has seen nearly 1,600 violent crimes and 16,000 total crimes so far this year. Vehicle theft is three times the national average. Almost 100 people have been murdered including a three year old child.
Trump took bold action by federalizing the DC police force last week. He used emergency powers to take control away from the failed local leadership. Now the truth about their phony crime stats is finally coming out.
A police commander named Michael Pulliam was already put on paid leave for allegedly changing crime data. The union says this kind of manipulation happens all the time. Managers pressure officers to make violent crimes disappear from the reports.
This is what happens when Democrats run cities into the ground. They care more about political spin than protecting innocent Americans. They would rather lie about crime than actually fight it.
President Trump is cleaning up this mess and making DC safe again. The investigation into fake crime stats is just the beginning. America deserves leaders who tell the truth and put public safety first.
