Posted on 08/19/2025 1:18:02 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The investigation comes after the MPD settled a retaliation lawsuit from a whistle-blower several weeks ago, who alleged the crime statistics were manipulated.
The Justice Department has opened an investigation into whether the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department manipulated crime data to make crime rates appear lower in the district than they actually were, according to news reports Tuesday.
The investigation comes after the MPD settled a retaliation lawsuit from a whistleblower several weeks ago, who alleged the crime statistics were manipulated.
President Donald Trump, who federalized the MPD last week, has accused the city of providing false crime statistics to improve its image and to give a “false illusion of safety.”
The investigation is being run through U.S. Attorney for D.C., Jeanine Pirro's office, two senior law enforcement officials told NBC News on Tuesday. The Washington Post was the first outlet to report the investigation.
The investigation comes after police commander Michael Pulliam was placed on administrative leave in May while under investigation for manipulation of crime data, law enforcement sources told local news outlet NBC 4 Washington.
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Everything and every place run by Democrats is fetid, corrupt and dangerous.
And what are they gunna do about it? Absolutely nothing! Move on.
Mayor Young of Memphis, is solving his crime "perception problem" by doing the same.
The supervisory officer from the police union of DC was on Fox News this afternoon.
He said officers were pressured to make “reports” or “incident reports” instead of crime reports.
Victims got visits from higher ups and were persuaded not to take things to court because it would be futile and would cause the victims trouble. Changes to records of crimes to look like lesser crimes. And more.
Asked if he will be losing his job now that he spoke out about DC on TV he said he wasn’t worried.
You're one of those "Ready! Fire! Aim!" types who, if you got your way and the prosecutions failed because they made arrests before they had put their cases together well enough to get convictions, would whine about that, too.
Nope. I am one of those that hear this shit ALL THE TIME and if goes nowhere. I am tired of falling for it. Have ANY of these stories ever come to be?
Is Kamala Harris your president right now? Count your blessings.
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