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Elon Musk· 2025-08-20 20:10
RT Jeffery Mead (@the_jefferymead)46% of DC residents are black. Over 90% of murder victims are black. Most violent crime victims in DC are black.Since the federal government took control:Robbery down 46%Carjackings down 83%Violent crime overall down 22%This policy is making black communities safer. Yet the politicians black voters support at a 90 to 10 clip are against it.There is a very fair argument to be made that Black Americans regularly vote against our own best interest. ...
‘A lot of fear right now’: D.C. councilmember speaks out on Trump’s takeover
MSNBC· 2025-08-20 16:54
Joining us now is Brooke Pinto, DC council member who chairs the committee on public safety. I appreciate you coming on the show. Uh Councilwoman, the video we showed just now from the Columbia Heights neighborhood is pretty dramatic, but understanding the concern some residents feel, um is public safe, is the public safer in DC than they were just a couple of weeks ago.Well, the public in Washington DC deserves to be in a safe city. Um, and that continues to be our focus and our goal every single day in ou ...
Teens react to the U.S. attorney for D.C.'s push for youth crime crackdown
NBC News· 2025-08-14 23:29
I see too much violent crime being committed by young punks who think that they can get together in gangs and crews and beat the hell out of you or anyone else. They don't go around in gangs and stuff like that. Like they go around with their friends to have fun, to go out and be with each other, not to beat people up.The youth, they're they're not they don't purposely try to cause trouble. I feel like I wanted to be safe as far as for everybody, not just for certain people. Earlier this summer, DC's city c ...
Trump National Guard stunt REJECTED by Maryland governor: 'I will not authorize'
MSNBC· 2025-08-13 04:52
Joining me now is promise is Maryland Governor Wes Moore. Governor Moore, it is great to see you. I have about a million things to ask you about, but thank you so much for being here with me tonight.It's such a joy to be with you. Thanks, Jen. Let me just start.I mean, today I tried to give an overview of what we're looking at in the nation's capital, how it could impact other cities. Today, the Washington Post reported that the Trump administration is considering creating what they are calling a reaction f ...
‘Lowest amount of homicides on record’: Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott
MSNBC· 2025-08-12 19:30
There are so many folks that are doing this work and we're all doing this kind of approach, making it unique to our individual cities. But yes, we're starting to see that tide change, especially nationally. Hello and welcome with me, your host Chris Hayes. You know, one of the things that we saw happen amidst all of the kind of societal dislocation that happened in in 2020 with COVID lockdowns was a real a real appreciable spike in crime, particularly violent crime. Homicides spiked that year. Um it depends ...
‘Not consistent with facts’: D.C. AG pushes back on Trump’s crime narrative
MSNBC· 2025-08-12 19:19
Violent crime is a serious concern for all of us in the District of Columbia. Nobody should be a victim of a crime. Uh and we as public officials need to do everything we can to drive crime down and we have done that.Unfortunately, the president's characterizations of what's happening on the ground here in the District of Columbia is not consistent with the facts. Uh we have seen meaningful significant drops in crime since I was elected in 2023 when there was a crime spike. crimes, violent crimes have consi ...
'Is this a distraction from the Epstein files?' Dem Rep. on Trump's D.C. takeover
MSNBC· 2025-08-12 16:08
DC MAYOR MURIEL BOWSER HAS WRAPPED, AND WE'LL BRING YOU MORE ON THAT AS WE LEARN ABOUT IT. JOINING US NOW IS DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMAN GLENN IVEY FROM MARYLAND. CONGRESSMAN, GOOD TO SEE YOU.LET'S JUST START WITH THE FACTS HERE. HOMICIDE RATES HAVE BEEN DECLINING SINCE THE 1990S. OVERALL, VIOLENT CRIME JUST HIT A 30 YEAR LOW THIS YEAR.AND HOMELESSNESS IN DC, WHICH THE PRESIDENT HAS ALSO POINTED TO AS JUSTIFICATION FOR THESE ACTIONS. HOMELESSNESS IS ACTUALLY LOWER RIGHT NOW THAN AT ANY POINT DURING TRUMP'S FIRST ...
Trump federalizes DC police and deploys National Guard
NBC News· 2025-08-12 01:00
In the nation's capital tonight, a dramatic change after crime scenes like these. President Trump declaring a public safety emergency, deploying 800 National Guard troops to DC and taking control of the district's police department. >> This is Liberation Day in DC, and we're going to take our capital back.>> That federal takeover can last up to 30 days without congressional approval. The troops set to fan out across DC over the next week, the White House says, to protect federal assets and deter violent cri ...
BREAKING: Trump placing D.C. police under federal control, deploying National Guard
MSNBC· 2025-08-11 18:07
I'm announcing a historic action to rescue our nation's capital from crime, bloodshed, bedum, and squalor, and worse. Under the authorities vested in me as the president of the United States, I'm officially invoking section 740 of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act. You know what that is.And placing the DC Metropolitan Police Department under direct federal control. In addition, I'm deploying the National Guard to help reestablish law, order, and public safety in Washington, DC. And they're going to be ...
‘We are not experiencing spikes in crime’ DC’s Mayor refutes President Trump’s claims
MSNBC· 2025-08-10 14:07
We have new details this morning on President Trump's new crackdown on crime in a city he loves to criticize in his own backyard, our nation's capital, our home, Washington DC. As part of his new week-long campaign, some 450 federal law enforcement officers from various agencies were stationed across the city last night in hightra areas. And Trump announced on social media that tomorrow he will hold an event at the White House that will quote essentially stop violent crime in DC, which he claims has become ...