Quote Originally Posted by Back View Post
Regardless of the source the events are true. Or did you not hear about Trump's first day of the second term where he basically let the guys he rallied to attack Capitol and Metropolitan Police to break into the capitol to stop the people's representatives from counting the electoral votes in a free and fair election out of prison? It's established reality.

There are Republican cities with higher crime rates than DC. It's a problem for both parties to solve. There has to be compromise on how to solve it.
Really? Do you just believe that or did you actually look it up?

Among Large U.S. Cities (population 250k+)
Violent Crime Rate (per 100k, 2024)


Memphis, TN – 1,901
St. Louis, MO – 1,853
Detroit, MI – 1,848
Baltimore, MD – 1,833
Cleveland, OH – 1,659
Milwaukee, WI – 1,472
Washington, D.C. – 925.9
Kansas City, MO – 887
Philadelphia, PA – 836
Atlanta, GA – 823


Maybe you meant homicide rate? Let's see!


Homicide Rate (per 100k, 2024)
St. Louis, MO – 69.4
Baltimore, MD – 51.1
Detroit, MI – 39.7
Washington, D.C. – 27.3
Cleveland, OH – 26.1
Memphis, TN – 25.5
New Orleans, LA – 24.8
Philadelphia, PA – 22.0
Chicago, IL – 21.9
Milwaukee, WI – 20.2

Care to guess how many are Republican run cities?

It looks like we might have a trend going here.... if you want to be a criminal, go to a Democrat run city because they don't give a shit.

Democrats are soft on crime.. like everything else.