Trump's Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime

[IM2]

Of course, the off-topic personal attacks will come, and that's fine. Plausible deniability just doesn't work with me. You are going to be shown evidence. This so-called law and order rhetoric has a racist history. This is a FACT.

Trump's Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime​

Conservative lawmakers have for generations used denigrating language to describe the condition of major American cities and called for greater law enforcement, often in response to changing demographics in those cities driven by nonwhite populations relocating in search of work or safety from racial discrimination and state violence. Republicans have called for greater police crackdowns in cities since at least the 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles.

President Richard Nixon won the White House in 1968 after campaigning on a "law and order" agenda to appeal to white voters in northern cities alongside overtures to white Southerners as part of his “Southern Strategy.” Ronald Reagan similarly won both his presidential elections after campaigning heavily on law and order politics. Politicians ranging from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to former President Bill Clinton have cited the need to tamp down crime as a reason to seize power from cities like Washington for decades.

Trump's Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime

President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation’s capital

abcnews.go.com

During the George Floyd protests in 2020, the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project found that the government intervened more in BLM demonstrations than in any other demonstration or protest.

“ACLED also highlights a violent government response, in which authorities use force more often than not when they are present at protests and that they disproportionately used force while intervening in demonstrations associated with the BLM movement, relative to other types of demonstrations.”

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, Demonstrations & Political Violence In America: New Data for Summer 2020, Demonstrations and Political Violence in America: New Data for Summer 2020

If Trump is serious about crime prevention, why not send troops to Beaumont, Texas?

Locals who live in nearby areas of Beaumont probably already know that the Beaumont, TX crime rate is one of the worst in the state and even in the country. It has a rating of F on areavibes.com due to it being 278% above the national average for violent crime.

Another case for gaining perspective on Beaumont, TX, is considering the crime rates in Houston. The city has one of the highest crime rates in the US, with 10.96 crimes per 1,000 people. The difference between Beaumont and Houston, though, is that the latter is home to more than two million people.

Beaumont, TX Crime Rate 2026 - Latest Statistics

Explore current crime rate statistics in Beaumont, TX, and what they reveal about safety trends, law enforcement, and legal concerns.

www.renicklawfirm.com

Or Shreveport, Louisiana?

Current Crime Statistics:

• Overall Crime Rate: Shreveport's crime rate is approximately 50% higher than the national average.
• Violent Crime: The city experiences a significant rate of violent crimes, including homicide, aggravated assault, and robbery.
• Property Crime: Property crimes, such as burglary and theft, are also prevalent.

Shreveport, LA Crime Rate 2026 - Latest Statistics

The Shreveport, LA Crime Rate report reveals a rise in auto theft and burglary. Discover insights on crime trends, prevention, and legal rights.

theberglawfirm.com

Both of these high-crime cities are run by white mayors.

Both these cities have higher crime rates than D.C,

Washington, DC is not even in the top 30 in crime.

Full list of America's most dangerous cities as Trump cracks down on D.C.

Trump has indicated he could "go further" in his actions to address crime, though violent crime has dropped recently.

www.newsweek.com

 

[LuckyDuck01!]

What it actually is, is a response to irresponsible prosecutors and judges that keep letting habitual, hardened, and/or violent criminals back on the streets to just over and over again, repeat their goal of creating more victims.

 

[Meathead]

What it actually is, is a response to irresponsible prosecutors and judges that keep letting habitual, hardened, and/or violent criminals back on the streets to just over and over again, repeat their goal of creating more victims.

Mayors of Dem shitholes should take note. Failing that, eventually the voters will.

 

[IM2]

What it actually is, is a response to irresponsible prosecutors and judges that keep letting habitual, hardened, and/or violent criminals back on the streets to just over and over again, repeat their goal of creating more victims.

Not it is not. Not from a President who has pardoned violent criminals. Nor is it when crime in that city is at a 30-year low.

 

[Auld Phart]

Beaumont, Shreveport, most crime?

not even close.

Ranking of United States Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2023

Ranking of United States Cities By Number of Violent Crimes in 2023

beautifydata.com

 

[excalibur]

Not it is not. Not from a President who has pardoned violent criminals. Nor is it when crime in that city is at a 30-year low.

There is no 30-year low in crime in DC.

 

[Hafar1014]

Of course, the off-topic personal attacks will come, and that's fine. Plausible deniability just doesn't work with me. You are going to be shown evidence. This so-called law and order rhetoric has a racist history. This is a FACT.

Trump's Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime​

Conservative lawmakers have for generations used denigrating language to describe the condition of major American cities and called for greater law enforcement, often in response to changing demographics in those cities driven by nonwhite populations relocating in search of work or safety from racial discrimination and state violence. Republicans have called for greater police crackdowns in cities since at least the 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles.

President Richard Nixon won the White House in 1968 after campaigning on a "law and order" agenda to appeal to white voters in northern cities alongside overtures to white Southerners as part of his “Southern Strategy.” Ronald Reagan similarly won both his presidential elections after campaigning heavily on law and order politics. Politicians ranging from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to former President Bill Clinton have cited the need to tamp down crime as a reason to seize power from cities like Washington for decades.

Trump's Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime

President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation’s capital

abcnews.go.com

During the George Floyd protests in 2020, the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project found that the government intervened more in BLM demonstrations than in any other demonstration or protest.

“ACLED also highlights a violent government response, in which authorities use force more often than not when they are present at protests and that they disproportionately used force while intervening in demonstrations associated with the BLM movement, relative to other types of demonstrations.”

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, Demonstrations & Political Violence In America: New Data for Summer 2020, Demonstrations and Political Violence in America: New Data for Summer 2020

If Trump is serious about crime prevention, why not send troops to Beaumont, Texas?

Locals who live in nearby areas of Beaumont probably already know that the Beaumont, TX crime rate is one of the worst in the state and even in the country. It has a rating of F on areavibes.com due to it being 278% above the national average for violent crime.

Another case for gaining perspective on Beaumont, TX, is considering the crime rates in Houston. The city has one of the highest crime rates in the US, with 10.96 crimes per 1,000 people. The difference between Beaumont and Houston, though, is that the latter is home to more than two million people.

Beaumont, TX Crime Rate 2026 - Latest Statistics

Explore current crime rate statistics in Beaumont, TX, and what they reveal about safety trends, law enforcement, and legal concerns.

www.renicklawfirm.com

Or Shreveport, Louisiana?

Current Crime Statistics:

• Overall Crime Rate: Shreveport's crime rate is approximately 50% higher than the national average.
• Violent Crime: The city experiences a significant rate of violent crimes, including homicide, aggravated assault, and robbery.
• Property Crime: Property crimes, such as burglary and theft, are also prevalent.

Shreveport, LA Crime Rate 2026 - Latest Statistics

The Shreveport, LA Crime Rate report reveals a rise in auto theft and burglary. Discover insights on crime trends, prevention, and legal rights.

theberglawfirm.com

Both of these high-crime cities are run by white mayors.

Both these cities have higher crime rates than D.C,

Washington, DC is not even in the top 30 in crime.

Full list of America's most dangerous cities as Trump cracks down on D.C.

Trump has indicated he could "go further" in his actions to address crime, though violent crime has dropped recently.

www.newsweek.com

Wash DC stopped reporting crime to the FBI. They also suspended a police official for faking crime data. Democrat cities are the most crime ridden thanks to high black populations and sanctuary cities. Soros funded DAs also refuse to prosecute all crimes. Defund police, and no bail put criminals back o the street.

The Blue City Murder Problem

Recently, some on the Left have tried to advance their arguments by claiming that rising crime rates are due to policies pursued by red states. In response, Heritage released a new report that shows that Democrat policies in Democrat lead cities and counties are actually responsible for rising...

www.heritage.org

Expanded Homicide Data Table 6 Blacks are 13% whites 60% of the population


The main cause of black crime is no father in the home.

Single-Parent Families Cause Juvenile Crime (From Juvenile Crime: Opposing Viewpoints, P 62-66, 1997, A E Sadler, ed. -- See NCJ-167319) | Office of Justice Programs

www.ojp.gov

Annotation
Children from single-parent families are more likely to have behavioral problems because they tend to lack economic security and adequate time with parents.
Abstract
The Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency reports that the most reliable indicator of violent crime in a community is the proportion of fatherless families. Fathers typically offer economic stability, a role model for boys, greater household security, and reduced stress for mothers. This is especially true for families with adolescent boys, the most crime-prone cohort. Children from single-parent families are more prone than children from two-parent families to use drugs, be gang members, be expelled from school, be committed to reform institutions, and become juvenile murderers. Single parenthood inevitably reduces the amount of time a child has in interaction with someone who is attentive to the child's needs, including the provision of moral guidance and discipline. According to a 1993 Metropolitan Life Survey, "Violence in America's Public Schools," 71 percent of teachers and 90 percent of law enforcement officials state that the lack of parental supervision at home is a major factor that contributes to the violence in schools. Sixty-one percent of elementary students and 76 percent of secondary children agree with this assessment.

47% of black women are single mothers

 

[Auld Phart]

Not it is not. Not from a President who has pardoned violent criminals. Nor is it when crime in that city is at a 30-year low.

Nor is it when crime in that city is at a 30-year low.

not even close.

it dropped during Trumps first term, went back up during Bidens.

DC Crime Data and Stats - Crime Data and statistics for Washington, DC 2013-2024

www.crimedatadc.com

 

[excalibur]

 

[Hafar1014]

Trump is a genius. He has democrats defending criminals again. The issue now becomes high crime rates in democrat cities and the cover up.

 

[dudmuck]

Trump is a genius. He has democrats defending criminals again. The issue now becomes high crime rates in democrat cities and the cover up.

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

Of course, the off-topic personal attacks will come, and that's fine. Plausible deniability just doesn't work with me. You are going to be shown evidence. This so-called law and order rhetoric has a racist history. This is a FACT.

Trump's Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime​

Conservative lawmakers have for generations used denigrating language to describe the condition of major American cities and called for greater law enforcement, often in response to changing demographics in those cities driven by nonwhite populations relocating in search of work or safety from racial discrimination and state violence. Republicans have called for greater police crackdowns in cities since at least the 1965 Watts Riots in Los Angeles.

President Richard Nixon won the White House in 1968 after campaigning on a "law and order" agenda to appeal to white voters in northern cities alongside overtures to white Southerners as part of his “Southern Strategy.” Ronald Reagan similarly won both his presidential elections after campaigning heavily on law and order politics. Politicians ranging from former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani to former President Bill Clinton have cited the need to tamp down crime as a reason to seize power from cities like Washington for decades.

Trump's Washington police takeover echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime

President Donald Trump has taken control of the District of Columbia’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation’s capital

abcnews.go.com

During the George Floyd protests in 2020, the Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project found that the government intervened more in BLM demonstrations than in any other demonstration or protest.

“ACLED also highlights a violent government response, in which authorities use force more often than not when they are present at protests and that they disproportionately used force while intervening in demonstrations associated with the BLM movement, relative to other types of demonstrations.”

The Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project, Demonstrations & Political Violence In America: New Data for Summer 2020, Demonstrations and Political Violence in America: New Data for Summer 2020

If Trump is serious about crime prevention, why not send troops to Beaumont, Texas?

Locals who live in nearby areas of Beaumont probably already know that the Beaumont, TX crime rate is one of the worst in the state and even in the country. It has a rating of F on areavibes.com due to it being 278% above the national average for violent crime.

Another case for gaining perspective on Beaumont, TX, is considering the crime rates in Houston. The city has one of the highest crime rates in the US, with 10.96 crimes per 1,000 people. The difference between Beaumont and Houston, though, is that the latter is home to more than two million people.

Beaumont, TX Crime Rate 2026 - Latest Statistics

Explore current crime rate statistics in Beaumont, TX, and what they reveal about safety trends, law enforcement, and legal concerns.

www.renicklawfirm.com

Or Shreveport, Louisiana?

Current Crime Statistics:

• Overall Crime Rate: Shreveport's crime rate is approximately 50% higher than the national average.
• Violent Crime: The city experiences a significant rate of violent crimes, including homicide, aggravated assault, and robbery.
• Property Crime: Property crimes, such as burglary and theft, are also prevalent.

Shreveport, LA Crime Rate 2026 - Latest Statistics

The Shreveport, LA Crime Rate report reveals a rise in auto theft and burglary. Discover insights on crime trends, prevention, and legal rights.

theberglawfirm.com

Both of these high-crime cities are run by white mayors.

Both these cities have higher crime rates than D.C,

Washington, DC is not even in the top 30 in crime.

Full list of America's most dangerous cities as Trump cracks down on D.C.

Trump has indicated he could "go further" in his actions to address crime, though violent crime has dropped recently.

www.newsweek.com

• Overall Crime Rate: Shreveport's crime rate is approximately 50% higher than the national average.

A city that's 56% black has more crime than average?

Weird.

 

[Hafar1014]

not even close.

it dropped during Trumps first term, went back up during Bidens.

DC Crime Data and Stats - Crime Data and statistics for Washington, DC 2013-2024

www.crimedatadc.com

The data is faked democrats stopped reporting crime to the FBI.
We all know the problem. Single mothers in the black culture and no father in the family has become accepted. This is the main cause of crime and poverty. Democrat cities are most crime ridden thanks to illegals and DAs who dont prosecute crime as the should. Defund police and no bail policies increase crime.

 

[excalibur]

...

Hilariously, not even Trump’s most rabid critics dispute whether DC has a crime problem. (WaPo’s Megan McArdle, for instance, began her op-ed by agreeing DC crime was “outrageously high.”) The best they can do is credulously cite Metro Police crime statistics showing dropping crime levels —as if to say we were already fixing it ourselves— but without mentioning that those stats have been credibly accused of being cooked up.

Indeed, the allegation of DC police officials letting violent criminals go to keep the numbers down is probably sufficient justification by itself for the takeover. The allegations were so serious that at least one commander has already been fired.

If the local DC police union’s claims are true — that MPD supervisors have been reclassifying or disappearing incidents and, in some cases, letting violent offenders walk to protect the “crime is down” talking point — then we’re not just dealing with a crime problem, we’re dealing with a corrupt police department problem. Absent credible numbers, witless local DC leadership is clueless about the crime threat’s real scope or nature, which is precisely the sort of systemic breakdown that Section 740 of the Home Rule Act was designed to cover.

...​

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Trump seizes DC police with massive fed surge; Harvard caves after Trump finds perfect lever; Kash Patel drops closest RussiaGate smoking gun yet—sparking a mind-bending full-circle theory; and more.

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[Hafar1014]

Abstract​

Objectives: The study aimed to estimate the prevalence of homelessness among mentally disordered offenders entering the criminal justice and forensic mental health systems, to compare base rates of arrest for violent and nonviolent criminal charges among homeless and domiciled persons with mental illness, and to examine patterns in the categories of victims chosen by these two groups.

Methods: The authors analyzed data from structured psychiatric interviews and criminal and psychiatric records of 77 homeless defendants and 107 domiciled defendants referred for psychiatric examination by the criminal and supreme courts in Manhattan over a six-month period.

Results: Mentally disordered defendants had 40 times the rate of homelessness found in the general population, and 21 times the rate in the population of mentally ill persons in the city. The overall rate of criminal offenses was 35 times higher in the homeless mentally ill population than in the domiciled mentally ill population. The rate of violent crimes was 40 times higher and the rate of nonviolent crimes 27 times higher in the homeless population. Homeless defendants were significantly more likely to have been charged with victimizing strangers.

Conclusions: Homeless mentally ill persons appear to be grossly overrepresented among mentally disordered defendants entering the criminal justice and forensic mental health systems and to have a higher base rate of arrest for both violent and nonviolent crimes than domiciled mentally ill pe

 

[Auld Phart]

not even close.

it dropped during Trumps first term, went back up during Bidens.

DC Crime Data and Stats - Crime Data and statistics for Washington, DC 2013-2024

www.crimedatadc.com

of course, IM won't see this, he has me on ignore. Not because I'm racist, but because I provide facts that disagree with what his masters tell him.

(and I don't get them from MAGA sources)

 

[IM2]

Wash DC stopped reporting crime to the FBI. They also suspended a police official for faking crime data. Democrat cities are the most crime ridden thanks to high black populations and sanctuary cities. Soros funded DAs also refuse to prosecute all crimes. Defund police, and no bail put criminals back o the street.

The Blue City Murder Problem

Recently, some on the Left have tried to advance their arguments by claiming that rising crime rates are due to policies pursued by red states. In response, Heritage released a new report that shows that Democrat policies in Democrat lead cities and counties are actually responsible for rising...

www.heritage.org

Expanded Homicide Data Table 6 Blacks are 13% whites 60% of the population


The main cause of black crime is no father in the home.

Single-Parent Families Cause Juvenile Crime (From Juvenile Crime: Opposing Viewpoints, P 62-66, 1997, A E Sadler, ed. -- See NCJ-167319) | Office of Justice Programs

www.ojp.gov

Annotation
Children from single-parent families are more likely to have behavioral problems because they tend to lack economic security and adequate time with parents.
Abstract
The Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency reports that the most reliable indicator of violent crime in a community is the proportion of fatherless families. Fathers typically offer economic stability, a role model for boys, greater household security, and reduced stress for mothers. This is especially true for families with adolescent boys, the most crime-prone cohort. Children from single-parent families are more prone than children from two-parent families to use drugs, be gang members, be expelled from school, be committed to reform institutions, and become juvenile murderers. Single parenthood inevitably reduces the amount of time a child has in interaction with someone who is attentive to the child's needs, including the provision of moral guidance and discipline. According to a 1993 Metropolitan Life Survey, "Violence in America's Public Schools," 71 percent of teachers and 90 percent of law enforcement officials state that the lack of parental supervision at home is a major factor that contributes to the violence in schools. Sixty-one percent of elementary students and 76 percent of secondary children agree with this assessment.

47% of black women are single mothers

You are wrong and stop trying to tell a black man what the cue is for black crime for the perspective of a white ---. If 47 percent of black women are singe mothers, that means 53 percent aren't. Furthermore:

“In 1965, Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s report, The Negro Family: The Case for National Action, attributed racial inequality as well as poverty and crime in the black community to family structure, particularly the prevalence of families headed by single mothers. Not only did research at the time cast doubt on this causality, but evidence over the last the 50 years demonstrates that rates of child poverty, educational attainment, and crime do not track rates of single parenthood. Thus, even though the share of children living with a single mother rose for all racial and ethnic groups through the mid-1990s and has remained high since then, school completion and youth arrests for violent crimes have declined significantly, while poverty rates have fluctuated according to economic conditions.

Amy Traub, Laura Sullivan, Tatjana Meschede and Thomas Shapiro, DEMOS, The Asset Value of Whiteness: Understanding the Racial Wealth Gap, pg. 10 https://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/Asset Value of Whiteness_0.pdf

Whites commit the most crime. There are white murderers and other criminals today who had fathers in the home. The recent shooter at the CDC had a father in the home. The white man who tried shooting Trump in PA had a father in the home. We have a white felon as president who had a father in the house who enabled him to become the criminal he is. So stop repeating that ignorant white racist 60 year old debunked lie

 

[IM2]

Trump is a genius. He has democrats defending criminals again. The issue now becomes high crime rates in democrat cities and the cover up.

You guys elected a criminal to be president. The issue in the sane world will now be the undemocratic use of the military on our streets. Because as you have been shown crime in DC is at a 30 year low, DC is not even in the top 30 of most dangerous cities. And I showed you two cities with Republican mayors whose crime is higher than DC.

 

[Meathead]

You are wrong and stop trying to tell a black man what the cue is for black crime for the perspective of a white ---. If 47 percent of black women are singe mothers, that means 53 percent aren't.

In what world would 43% of black women being single mothers be used as an argument defending black crime?

Nothing short of amazing.

 

[IM2]

The data is faked democrats stopped reporting crime to the FBI.
We all know the problem. Single mothers in the black culture and no father in the family has become accepted. This is the main cause of crime and poverty. Democrat cities are most crime ridden thanks to illegals and DAs who dont prosecute crime as the should. Defund police and no bail policies increase crime.

Wrong.