Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg dismisses concerns about crime in Washington, D.C., suggesting that there is an effort to exaggerate the situation. Despite recent incidents, Buttigieg claims that he can safely walk his dog to the Capitol.
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg recently downplayed Washington, D.C.'s crime problems , saying there's a lot of 'energy' going into making the nation's capital seem far worse than it is. 'We need to talk about the reality here,' Buttigieg said during a Sunday MSNBC appearance. 'There's a lot of funding and a lot of energy going into telling a different story in news outlets and online.
Buttigieg, however, is provided with security details due to this position with the government. When he made the comments on Sunday, there was a quadruple shooting around six miles southwest of the Capitol building, Fox 5 reported. And just days before, a woman was caught in crossfire in southeast D.C. and narrowly escaped being injured by ducking before a stray bullet shattered her car windshield.
According to data from the D.C. Metropolitan Police Department, crime rates in the city exponentially increased last year from 2022. Homicides, for example, increased by nearly 35%, while robberies were up 67%. Violent crime as a whole shot up by almost 40% in 2023 compared to the previous year. The data also show that violent crime rates have decreased as of April 8 since the same time last year.
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