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Each day serves as a reminder of the deeply evil and malicious nature of liberal ideologies.

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By Anna Giaritelli

Five years ago, I was violently attacked and sexually assaulted in broad daylight in Washington, D.C., by a homeless man. He served time in federal prison for what he did to me. But if you look for evidence that the attack happened in the city's crime statistics, you won't find it.

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When I asked MPD in 2020 why my incident was not on its crime map, an MPD spokesman said the city only includes 1st degree felonies under its crime stats. That would mean that for every person robbed, assaulted, or sexually abused in anything less than egregious ways, you have not been counted into the total tally. The pain you suffered was not severe enough, according to MPD's standards.

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Police arrested him, but he was immediately released from jail by the judge who presided over the case. The assistant U.S. Attorney who prosecuted my case told me it was to keep the D.C. jail from overcrowding.

Here I was, a single woman who was attacked a block from my front door. Not jailing him until trial felt like a death sentence. How could I leave my home with him out on the streets, living in a tunnel a few blocks from where I lived?

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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/op-eds/3498600/man-went-prison-assaulting-me-dc-crime-stats-show-he-was-never-arrested/

Isaiah 5:20: "Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness."

DC police union says crime stats are manipulated by department heads to downplay violence | Hayden Cunningham, The Post Millenial

“There's absolutely no way crime could be down 28%. Last year they suggested that it went down 34%.”

As President Donald Trump has made the decision… pic.twitter.com/HbOUIqa1zP

— Owen Gregorian (@OwenGregorian) August 15, 2025

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"When our members respond to the scene of a felony offense where there is a victim reporting that a felony occurred, inevitably there will be a lieutenant or a captain that will show up on that scene and direct those members to take a report for a lesser offense," Fraternal Order of Police Chairman Gregg Pemberton explained to reporters at NBC 4 Washington.

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"When management officials are directing officers to take reports for felony assault, or if they're going back into police databases and changing offenses to felony assault, felony assault is not a category of crime that's listed on the department's daily crime stats," he continued. "It's also not something that's a requirement of the FBI's uniform crime reporting program. So, by changing criminal offenses from, for example, ADW bat or ADW gun to felony assault, that would avoid both the MPD and the FBI from reporting that as a part one or a felony offense."

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Pemberton further called the crime statistics being cited to claim crime is down in DC "preposterous." He added, "There's absolutely no way crime could be down 28%. Last year they suggested that it went down 34%."

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This is truly infuriating. Democrats knowingly lied and built a false narrative, and promoted dangerous policies based on those lies. In doing so they have directly put American's safety at great risk.

Democrats cannot be trusted to run anything. Period.

Thank God we have a President who can see through it, is calling them out, and proving to Americans that we don't have to live this way. That we don't have to be shamed or intimidated for speaking the truth, and demanding that both policy and law enforcement are in place that will unashamedly protect the lives of American citizens rather than coddle criminals because of their race or nationality.

And despite the evidence right before their eyes, our resident progressives will continue to parrot the line that crime is down in DC and point at the stats.

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Democrats knowingly lied and built a false narrative, and promoted dangerous policies based on those lies.

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The Communist must always lie, because they know if their true intentions and actions were known, the general public would be too disgusted to give them power.

I would love someone to take all their police report and scan them into an ai to produce the real numbers.

The liberal narrative is always twisted...

I was listening to NPR this morning (I know but they are the only station without endless commercials). They of course say the extra LEOs on the streets in DC has resulted in less arrests (compared to last year this time).

Of course it has... More LEOs on the street, the less likely the criminals will come out to play and thus the safer the streets.

pour one out for all the anchors and pundits touting DC's supposed "30 year low" crime stats. Lol. Turns out they were - as we all knew - falsifying the numbers. who will have the guts to admit it today? https://t.co/vc3KnW78Me

— Scott Jennings (@ScottJenningsKY) August 14, 2025

All living democrats have blood and destruction on their hands, regardless of their personal, internal intentions. Our wives, our children, our neices and nephews, everyone we love, is at greater risk of harm thanks to them. Shun them, do not let your children play with theirs.

doubledog said:

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The liberal narrative is always twisted...

I was listening to NPR this morning (I know but they are the only station without endless commercials). They of course say the extra LEOs on the streets in DC has resulted in less arrests (compared to last year this time).

Of course it has... More LEOs on the street, the less likely the criminals will come out to play and thus the safer the streets.

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Reminds me of the racial complaints when all the Walgreens closed down in California.

First Walgreens hired security guards to catch the shoplifters but just one problem, the DA's wouldn't prosecute so Walgreens stopped hiring the guards.

Next, Walgreens put just about everything behind locked glass, but just one problem, nobody wants to shop for a tube of toothpaste if you have to have the clerk unlock it for you. Their sales plummeted.

However, because the DA wouldn't prosecute any shoplifters and the locked glass prevented a lot of theft MAGICALLY the shoplifting stats went down. Hooray!!!

Of course, once Walgreens couldn't run a profit they closed down and moved but the local council officials could hold up the shoplifting stats and accuse them of racism.

Don't ever change Dems.

doubledog said:

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The liberal narrative is always twisted...

I was listening to NPR this morning (I know but they are the only station without endless commercials). They of course say the extra LEOs on the streets in DC has resulted in less arrests (compared to last year this time).

Of course it has... More LEOs on the street, the less likely the criminals will come out to play and thus the safer the streets.

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I listen to NPR during my 20 minute commute. Almost every segment is this willfully obtuse: Instead of touting the crime rate going down, NPR smugly sounds the alarm that there were fewer arrests. ANYTHING that will protect their fragile ideology is allowed.

Libs are terrified that DC will improve dramatically over the next month and that people will be furious when crime goes back to normal once the feds give control back to DC.

It's easy to gloss over one aspect of the OP: the fear of an overcrowded jail.

I can appreciate the desire to not overcrowd a jail. Many other problems emerge when jails are overcrowded.

Of course the solution cannot be to turn criminals back out on the street, or to downgrade charges, etc. That is unacceptable. But this also highlights how society is still not ready to address the real root causes of crime.

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Libs are terrified that DC will improve dramatically over the next month and that people will be furious when crime goes back to normal once the feds give control back to DC.

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I wonder how many folks in San Francisco were pissed that Newscum was able to clear out the homeless and make the streets look nice for Xi's visit in 2023. I'm sure those streets are back to their normal state of tents with needles and feces everywhere.

Then again, when you're a "blue no matter who" cultist I'm not sure it matters. I bet the 95% Dem voting in DC won't change much as they're fighting "literally Hitler and his fascists goons."

TheCurl84 said:

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It's easy to gloss over one aspect of the OP: the fear of an overcrowded jail.

I can appreciate the desire to not overcrowd a jail. Many other problems emerge when jails are overcrowded.

Of course the solution cannot be to turn criminals back out on the street, or to downgrade charges, etc. That is unacceptable. But this also highlights how society is still not ready to address the real root causes of crime.

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Where there's a will there's a way, as Trump continues to show. With the Left, however, there is no will to incarcerate criminals at the levels required to bring order.

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93MarineHorn said:

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Libs are terrified that DC will improve dramatically over the next month and that people will be furious when crime goes back to normal once the feds give control back to DC.

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I wonder how many folks in San Francisco were pissed that Newscum was able to clear out the homeless and make the streets look nice for Xi's visit in 2023. I'm sure those streets are back to their normal state of tents with needles and feces everywhere.

Then again, when you're a "blue no matter who" cultist I'm not sure it matters. I bet the 95% Dem voting in DC won't change much as they're fighting "literally Hitler and his fascists goons."

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Good point, but DC is probably much more violent than SF. I'm not suggesting that DC will suddenly elect Republicans to city council, but I could see citizens demanding better security and policing once they get a taste of living without being afraid or on edge everywhere they go. Libs may have to govern against the nature of their ideology and get more cops on the street and keep criminals in jail.

Liberals are always upset when facts (the truth) are exposed. It ruins every emotional conclusion their childlike brains believe in.

When I worked for Dallas PD back in the 80's they started doing this. If there was a sexual assault, they'd code as an assault. If a property crime occurred in conjunction with a crime against a person, it was coded as a property crime.
Crime stats started to drop. Ain't that a miracle.

Democrats/Liberals love manipulating stats and changing the definition of things to fit their narrative.

Late 90s and best friend is living and working on Capital Hill.

Gun shots every night while visiting

And we all know this is 100% happening in most major cities.

It's guaranteed that crime rates are much higher than reported

Once again F16 was right all along. Perhaps F16 deserves a Pulitzer prize.

Nothing is more Orwellian than doctoring the records.

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And despite the evidence right before their eyes, our resident progressives will continue to parrot the line that crime is down in DC and point at the stats.

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There are lies, damn lies and statistics...then there are Democrats!

F that noise. I don't give a **** about a jail or prison being overcrowded, I don't even believe it should be a term applied to a jail or prison. This not a hotel or a plane. Arrest and detain, if the jail / prison is crowded or uncomfortable, so what. You can't subject the community and law abiding citizens, families and children to further violence and abuse because a criminal might not be comfortable in jail / prison.

TheCurl84 said:

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It's easy to gloss over one aspect of the OP: the fear of an overcrowded jail.

I can appreciate the desire to not overcrowd a jail. Many other problems emerge when jails are overcrowded.

Of course the solution cannot be to turn criminals back out on the street, or to downgrade charges, etc. That is unacceptable. But this also highlights how society is still not ready to address the real root causes of crime.

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Maybe don't keep trespassers in jail for multiple years without allowing bail in order to make room for the rapists and murderers.

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DC police union says crime stats are manipulated by department heads to downplay violence | Hayden Cunningham, The Post Millenial

“There's absolutely no way crime could be down 28%. Last year they suggested that it went down 34%.”

As President Donald Trump has made the decision… pic.twitter.com/HbOUIqa1zP

— Owen Gregorian (@OwenGregorian) August 15, 2025

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"When our members respond to the scene of a felony offense where there is a victim reporting that a felony occurred, inevitably there will be a lieutenant or a captain that will show up on that scene and direct those members to take a report for a lesser offense," Fraternal Order of Police Chairman Gregg Pemberton explained to reporters at NBC 4 Washington.

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"When management officials are directing officers to take reports for felony assault, or if they're going back into police databases and changing offenses to felony assault, felony assault is not a category of crime that's listed on the department's daily crime stats," he continued. "It's also not something that's a requirement of the FBI's uniform crime reporting program. So, by changing criminal offenses from, for example, ADW bat or ADW gun to felony assault, that would avoid both the MPD and the FBI from reporting that as a part one or a felony offense."

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Pemberton further called the crime statistics being cited to claim crime is down in DC "preposterous." He added, "There's absolutely no way crime could be down 28%. Last year they suggested that it went down 34%."

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Out of curiosity I did an internet search for "D.C. Police changing crime statistics". I used Duck Duck Go.
Granted my internet skills are lacking, but there were no reports from National news media NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, etc. that DC command staff police manipulated the data to show a decrease.
These dishonest MSM reported the lies perpetrated by the corrupt miscreants in the command staff of the police department.
The citizens in the D.C. area are not as safe as they should be due to the insanity of the Democratic Party leadership and the total absence of integrity of the MSM.
Anyone considering voting for any Democratic candidate should immediately reconsider their voting preferences.

93MarineHorn said:

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Prosperdick said:

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93MarineHorn said:

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Libs are terrified that DC will improve dramatically over the next month and that people will be furious when crime goes back to normal once the feds give control back to DC.

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I wonder how many folks in San Francisco were pissed that Newscum was able to clear out the homeless and make the streets look nice for Xi's visit in 2023. I'm sure those streets are back to their normal state of tents with needles and feces everywhere.

Then again, when you're a "blue no matter who" cultist I'm not sure it matters. I bet the 95% Dem voting in DC won't change much as they're fighting "literally Hitler and his fascists goons."

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Good point, but DC is probably much more violent than SF. I'm not suggesting that DC will suddenly elect Republicans to city council, but I could see citizens demanding better security and policing once they get a taste of living without being afraid or on edge everywhere they go. Libs may have to govern against the nature of their ideology and get more cops on the street and keep criminals in jail.

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Maybe more crime in DC, but a whole lot less sidewalk poop.

Crickets...

TheCurl84 said:

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It's easy to gloss over one aspect of the OP: the fear of an overcrowded jail.

I can appreciate the desire to not overcrowd a jail. Many other problems emerge when jails are overcrowded.

Of course the solution cannot be to turn criminals back out on the street, or to downgrade charges, etc. That is unacceptable. But this also highlights how society is still not ready to address the real root causes of crime.

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I know a Police Chief in a suburb of a major city. To address this issue he organized most of the suburb's police departments to handle any prison crowding. It works and quite well. Combined all these suburbs have a total excess in capacity. There are a lot of suburbs around D.C.
The problem is not overcrowding in general, it is the fear these Democratic Party leaders in reporting facts and properly addressing crime.

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DC police union says crime stats are manipulated by department heads to downplay violence | Hayden Cunningham, The Post Millenial

“There's absolutely no way crime could be down 28%. Last year they suggested that it went down 34%.”

As President Donald Trump has made the decision… pic.twitter.com/HbOUIqa1zP

— Owen Gregorian (@OwenGregorian) August 15, 2025

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"When our members respond to the scene of a felony offense where there is a victim reporting that a felony occurred, inevitably there will be a lieutenant or a captain that will show up on that scene and direct those members to take a report for a lesser offense," Fraternal Order of Police Chairman Gregg Pemberton explained to reporters at NBC 4 Washington.

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"When management officials are directing officers to take reports for felony assault, or if they're going back into police databases and changing offenses to felony assault, felony assault is not a category of crime that's listed on the department's daily crime stats," he continued. "It's also not something that's a requirement of the FBI's uniform crime reporting program. So, by changing criminal offenses from, for example, ADW bat or ADW gun to felony assault, that would avoid both the MPD and the FBI from reporting that as a part one or a felony offense."

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Pemberton further called the crime statistics being cited to claim crime is down in DC "preposterous." He added, "There's absolutely no way crime could be down 28%. Last year they suggested that it went down 34%."

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Out of curiosity I did an internet search for "D.C. Police changing crime statistics". I used Duck Duck Go.
Granted my internet skills are lacking, but there were no reports from National news media NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, etc. that DC command staff police manipulated the data to show a decrease.
These dishonest MSM reported the lies perpetrated by the corrupt miscreants in the command staff of the police department.
The citizens in the D.C. area are not as safe as they should be due to the insanity of the Democratic Party leadership and the total absence of integrity of the MSM.
Anyone considering voting for any Democratic candidate should immediately reconsider their voting preferences.

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How optimistic of you to think the democrats on here mindlessly parroting their party's lies are going to reconsider voting for their masters.