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Unfit to Print: DC CRIME AND UNJUST PUNISHMENT

Plus: Alito issues fiery response to KBJ & Trump admin posts curious Cuba photo

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Amber Duke
May 06, 2026
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Today we’re covering big news on DC’s alleged manipulation of crime statistics, Justice Alito’s rebuke of Justice Jackson, and an interesting photo of a Trump administration official in front of a map of Cuba.


DC CRIME AND UNJUST PUNISHMENT

Washington, D.C.’s police department is reportedly trying to fire multiple officers that they claim were involved in the manipulation of crime statistics to downplay the nation’s capital’s violent crime problem.

Assistant Chief LaShay Makal and Second District Commander Tatjana Savoy were placed on administrative leave due to a possible connection with crime statistics investigations led by the city, the Department of Justice, and Republicans in Congress, the Washington Post reported.

Former Third District commander Michael Pulliam, who was previously placed on administrative leave over the crime statistics issue, also faces termination, the outlet reported.

The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was accused of misclassifying crime or changing crime classifications to reduce the city’s violent crime rates.The city’s allegedly artificially lowered crime rates were used to argue against President Donald Trump’s decision to send in the National Guard to help make the city safer.

The Daily Caller exclusively reported in October 2025 how D.C. police were manipulating data. Sources told the Caller that directives to reduce crime numbers were “pervasive from the top, all the way down.” One method was that responding officers were required to call supervisors on scene to be able to charge someone with a violent crime, the sources said. Officers were sometimes berated in front of their colleagues when violent crime numbers in their area were considered too high, they explained.

However, the wave of actions ostensibly taken against crime statistics manipulation Tuesday may be little more than CYA, a source familiar told the Caller …

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