Just a month or two ago we were being told that crime was down appreciably in Washington D.C…..so there was no reason to send in the National Guard.
I doubt that many people believed crime was as controlled as it was being claimed. But if what we are being told now is anywhere near true, the statistics were not just fake, they were a major disgrace…and, worse, they were being used to protect political figures at the cost of every D.C.er’s safety.
Excerpted from Monday’s article at amgreatness.com:
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller is warning that an ongoing Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into whether Washington D.C. officials manipulated crime statistics is in the process of uncovering a “massive scandal.”
At an Oval Office press conference, Miller told reporters that when the results of the investigation are finally that, “It will stun you,” adding, “Even though D.C. had the worst crime in America–honestly measured–it dramatically understated how bad it was.”
Miller said that DOJ investigators have uncovered evidence that crime data was manipulated to the point that some murders and homicides were falsely reported as accidents.
Last month, House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) informed Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) Chief Pamela Smith, in a letter, that his committee is “investigating disturbing allegations that DC crime data is inaccurate and intentionally manipulated.”
Comer told Smith that a whistleblower “with direct knowledge of internal MPD operations and crime data discussions” told his committee that “crime statistics were allegedly manipulated on a widespread basis and at the direction of senior MPD officials.”
Is this true? I don’t know the answer.
It is possible that this is true? You bet it is. And it is just as possible that other cities – Chicago immediately comes to mind, but it is far from the only one – do the same.
Let’s all hold on to see what the DOJ investigation shows.
More on this as information becomes available.
