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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.
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.
Morrisey said the deployment includes hundreds of “skilled personnel” at the request of the Trump administration.
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.
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.
Since the start of President Trump's takeover of D.C., more than 100 arrests have been made in the predominately Black city.
Outside the busiest train station in Washington, newly deployed National Guard troops wearing camouflage lean on a huge military Humvee.