Posted on 08/18/2025 1:25:22 PM PDT by RoosterRedux
Arrests are going up and crime is going down as President Donald Trump’s deployment of federal agencies in the District of Columbia enters its second week.
In a post on social media platform X, the union representing D.C.’s Metropolitan Police Department noted that in the seven days since Trump’s announcement, robberies are down 46 percent from the week before.
Amid an overall 8 percent decline in crime, the post noted that carjackings are down 83 percent, car thefts 21 percent, and violent crime is down 22 percent.
“While federal assistance gives us a boost, we must repeal the misguided Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Act in order to make these changes permanent,” the post said. The post referred to a law passed by the D.C. Council in 2022 aimed at limiting police conduct.
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“Just this weekend, 137 arrests were made and 21 illegal firearms were seized. In total, there have been nearly 400 arrests — and we are not slowing down. We are committed to making DC safe again!” she [Bondi] posted.
Her Sunday progress report on X noted that 68 people were arrested by federal agencies on Saturday night alone.
On Sunday, Taylor Rogers, a White House representative, said Trump’s leadership is “quickly making our nation’s capital safer,” according to Fox News.
“In less than 10 days, over 300 dangerous criminals have already been arrested and taken off the streets of Washington, D.C.,” Rogers said.
“President Trump is delivering on his campaign promise to clean up this city and restore American Greatness to our cherished capital,” he said.
(Excerpt) Read more at westernjournal.com ...
NEW SHERIFF yee Haa!
Great! Dems are responsible for the violence but Trump is cleaning up after them.
My suggestion, let the Commie, Mayor of DC sit out the next 3 years!
“While federal assistance gives us a boost, we must repeal the misguided Comprehensive Policing and Justice Reform Act in order to make these changes permanent,” the post said. The post referred to a law passed by the D.C. Council in 2022 aimed at limiting police conduct.
https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/24-345
The police union is asking for a repeal of the above as a long term solution.
That's the outrageous BLM / George Floyd crap that "reimagined policing." All it did was give the criminals carte blanche to prey on victims.
I still can't believe the nation fell for the BLM / Floyd crap. What did those liberal commie idiots THINK would happen when you didn't charge criminals, let them out the revolving door, sued PDs for treating criminals like criminals (the BS "Consent Decrees"), and use social workers to handle crime. The nation was off the rails nuts and normal people fell for it.
We won't just dream of a shining city on a hill; we can become one ASAP.
Boom!
The US Marshall’s keep sweeping Memphis because the police aren’t allowed to stop or arrest anyone (they need statistics showing crime is down), and then Steve Mulroy turns them right back out. (A Soros DA behind layers of NGO’s) Mulroy preaches the “we can’t jail our way out of crime. We need better social support services” crap. He calls “sending criminals to jail, the same as sending them to crime college”.......
Just like border enforcement, the crisis is 100% due to horrible Democrat policies. Remove the Dem policies and go back to “normal” and the crisis is gone. The Dems are a cancer on the country.
well, duh! Good on Trump for deploying them!
“ carjackings are down 83 percent,”
Maybe teenagers were just having “fun” carjacking when they knew nothing would happen to them. Not so much fun if they would go to jail so they’re not doing it.
"Illegal firearms" or "firearms owned illegally"?
The former concept violates the Constitution, the latter generally does as well ... with the possible exception of convicted felons on parole.
https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/24-345
The police union is asking for a repeal of the above as a long term solution.
Interesting ... I actually read that law. I support almost all of it.
No Federal Funds until crime rates go down, and I suppose there are other parameters can be input.
No Fed Funds for Schools in the City!
Memphis needs an enema.
The inmates are free-range thugs and hoochie mammas, with smart phone (ankle monitors), jail cells,(section 8 housing), meal service, (EBT Card), and bureaucracy required monitoring with utilities assistance.
The free range thugs are injected into the community common with zero bail and restorative justice programs.
Just like MUST BE DONE EVERY TIME THE demonratcommieblmantifaterrorscumfeminaziguanopathicpedophilegoatrapers ARE REMOVED/VOTED OUT/DIE OFF !!!
One would think that the idiots who keep voting to put them in office would finally figure it out and stop doing it !!! But "Stupid is as Stupid does..."
Bosses send out kids who won't be prosecuted (or even sent to juvie) to jack them and then pay a little cash to the kids. Then the autos are stripped of identifying marks and resold at almost top dollar or cannibalized for parts.
Yikes!
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