Report: Trump’s D.C. Military Occupation Isn’t Accomplishing Anything

“If you want to argue that there was an additional decline on top of that due to all these interventions, you could plausibly make that argument,” said crime data ***yst Jeff Asher told the Post, noting that violent crime rates have been dropping virtually everywhere for the past three years. “But you can’t make the argument that the intervention caused that decline or even was a major factor in those trends turning over … “This is what happens with crime data,” he continued. “It’s the ultimate ‘Failure is an orphan, success has many fathers’ issue.”

This means that the National Guard have been loitering in the streets of D.C.—in metro stops, in beautiful public parks, by Trader Joes—without accomplishing anything.

“Homicide was notably below expected during and after the surge, although we’re more cautious with that finding because the numbers are relatively small,” he said. “Robbery and broader community violence also moved lower, while ***ault with a dangerous weapon did not show the same clear citywide pattern.” Georgia State University criminal justice professor Thaddeus Johnson said. “One would be hard-pressed to say that it didn’t play a role … but you would also be hard-pressed to say it was the only or primary reason why we’ve seen reductions.”

The Trump administration has continued to insist that they should get all the credit.

“I lived here for 15 years, and I never walked the streets of Washington, D.C. without a sidearm. But now? I walk around the streets, it’s safe,” he continued. “Another promise made, promise kept. DC is much safer now. Memphis, much safer. All the cities where President Trump has deployed federal agents and the National Guard to help local authorities, it’s all good. My wish is places like Chicago will reach out … rather than be a shooting gallery every weekend.”

Local leadership doesn’t share Homan’s sentiment.