The Justice Department is finally investigating what many Americans already knew. Washington D.C. police have been caught red-handed faking crime numbers to make the city look safer than it really is. This is exactly the kind of government lies that hardworking taxpayers are sick and tired of.
Police union chairman Gregg Pemberton has blown the whistle on this scandal. He says supervisors routinely show up at crime scenes and force officers to downgrade serious felonies to minor charges. This makes violent crime look like it’s dropping when it’s actually still a major problem.
One police commander, Michael Pulliam, was already put on paid leave back in May for allegedly changing crime data in his district. The union has been trying to expose this corruption for months. But the liberal media ignored their warnings until President Trump stepped in.
Trump called out these fake crime numbers on Truth Social this week. He said D.C. gave fake numbers to create a false sense of safety for residents. The President is absolutely right to demand a serious investigation into this dangerous deception.
This is what happens when Democrats run cities into the ground. They can’t fix the real crime problems, so they just lie about the numbers instead. Innocent families suffer while politicians play games with statistics.
The federal prosecutor’s office is now leading this criminal investigation. They need to hold every corrupt official accountable for putting politics over public safety. Americans deserve the truth about crime in our nation’s capital.
D.C. officials claim violent crime dropped 27 percent last year and homicides fell 31 percent. But if police are downgrading felonies and cooking the books, these numbers mean absolutely nothing. How many real victims were ignored so politicians could claim success.
This scandal proves why we need strong conservative leadership cleaning house in Washington. President Trump is exposing the lies and corruption that Democrats have been hiding for years. It’s time to put law and order back where it belongs.