Government-Crime
From WikiDemocracy
They wanted to save us from a dark AI future. Then six people were killed
by J Oliver Conroy 5/3/25 The Guardian
Years before she became the peculiar central thread linking a double homicide in Pennsylvania, the fatal shooting of a federal agent in Vermont and the murder of an elderly landlord in California, a computer programmer bought a sailboat.
Violent crime is dropping fast in the U.S. — even if Americans don't believe it
by Karen Zamora,Ari Shapiro,Courtney Dorning 12/2/24 npr
The number of murders across the country surged by nearly 30% between 2019 and 2020, according to FBI statistics. The overall violent crime rate, which includes murder, assault, robbery and rape, inched up around 5% in the same period.
Fact check: Violent crime in DC has fallen in 2024 and 2025 after a 2023 spike
President Donald Trump, justifying his temporary federal takeover of policing in the nation’s capital, claimed at a press conference Monday that the violent crime situation in Washington, DC, “is getting worse, not getting better.” He asserted in an executive order that “crime is out of control in the District of Columbia” and that there is “rising violence in the capital.”
D.C.'s crime numbers are all the buzz. But how do we interpret them accurately?
Juliana Kim is a reporter on the General Assignment desk. She has covered breaking news and major events across politics, science, sports, pop culture, international affairs, and more. Her work has appeared on Up First, The Indicator from Planet Money and It's Been a Minute.
