D.C. Council have repeatedly noted that violent crime was at a 30-year low before the federal intervention took place.
Big pay raise for D.C. cops marks further shift away from 'defund the police' movement
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The mayor and the D.C. Council, which consists almost entirely of Democrats, said they helped shepherd the District past the generational spike in killings, carjackings and muggings that ripped through the city in 2023.
Old accusations of D.C. police distorting violent crime data resurface amid DOJ probe
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