Did Trump’s DC Takeover Cut Crime? What One Year of Data Shows
The National Guard deployment has correlated with a significant drop in several categories of crime in the nation's capital.
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1 sourceOne Year After Trump Sent National Guard to DC, Homicides Plunge 41%, Overall Crime Stats Mixed