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[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-look-at-d-c-crime-stats-as-trump-and-city-leaders-offer-competing-claims by Amna Nawaz 19/8/25 PBS NEWS] | [https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-look-at-d-c-crime-stats-as-trump-and-city-leaders-offer-competing-claims by Amna Nawaz 19/8/25 PBS NEWS] | ||
President Trump paints the nation’s capital as a city beset by crime and called in National Guard troops. D.C. leaders contend there is no crisis, pointing to crime rates at 30-year lows. But Charles Lehman of the conservative Manhattan Institute argues neither side is telling the complete truth. Amna Nawaz spoke with Lehman about how both the locals and feds could pursue smarter solutions. | President Trump paints the nation’s capital as a city beset by crime and called in National Guard troops. D.C. leaders contend there is no crisis, pointing to crime rates at 30-year lows. But Charles Lehman of the conservative Manhattan Institute argues neither side is telling the complete truth. Amna Nawaz spoke with Lehman about how both the locals and feds could pursue smarter solutions. | ||
=====Trump’s DC rhetoric echoes history of racist narratives about urban crime===== | |||
[https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-d-c-rhetoric-echoes-history-of-racist-narratives-about-urban-crime by Matt Brown 12/8/25 PBS NEWS] | |||
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has taken control of D.C.’s law enforcement and ordered National Guard troops to deploy onto the streets of the nation’s capital, arguing the extraordinary moves are necessary to curb an urgent public safety crisis. | |||
