{"id":1529903,"date":"2022-06-27T17:49:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-27T21:49:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1529903"},"modified":"2022-06-27T17:49:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-27T21:49:11","slug":"d-c-homicides-surging-fastest-rate-in-nearly-two-decades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-homicides-surging-fastest-rate-in-nearly-two-decades\/","title":{"rendered":"D.C. Homicides Surging, Fastest Rate In Nearly Two Decades"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fd-c-homicides-surging-fastest-rate-in-nearly-two-decades%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1529903&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The city of Washington, D.C., just tallied its 100th homicide of the year \u2014 a threshold typically not crossed until October.<\/p>\n<p>June is the earliest month that tragic record has been broken since 2003, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/crime\/dc-100-homicides-earlier-than-any-year-since-2003\/65-da799db4-d5b5-44ba-96f4-7b917b7aa85e\">according<\/a> to a local CBS affiliate. D.C. Police Union Chairman Gregg Pemberton recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/crime\/dc-100-homicides-earlier-than-any-year-since-2003\/65-da799db4-d5b5-44ba-96f4-7b917b7aa85e\">claimed<\/a> that the city\u2019s recent \u201cpolice reform\u201d is to blame for the rise in homicides, among other crimes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis increase in crime is due to the DC Council\u2019s implementation of misguided \u2018police reform\u2019 legislation,\u201d Pemberton told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, in wake of the George Floyd riots and nationwide calls to \u201cdefund the police,\u201d the D.C. city council <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/verify\/defund-police-mpd-black-lives-matter-protests\/65-29baa332-d23d-40b3-82e1-6e0e8d8de384\">voted<\/a> to cut millions of dollars from the police department and repurpose that money toward other community efforts. Since then, more than 500 police officers have left or retired from the D.C. police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Council\u2019s actions have had a chilling effect on professional and responsible policing,\u201d Pemberton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/crime\/dc-100-homicides-earlier-than-any-year-since-2003\/65-da799db4-d5b5-44ba-96f4-7b917b7aa85e\">told<\/a> the press. \u201cOther major cities that have passed similar legislation have also experienced the mass departure of police personnel and, as a result, surges in crime. While the Council does its business inside a building protected by armed security, police officers in the real world are unable to do the impactful and necessary tasks needed to protect the public and apprehend violent criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WUSA9 also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wusa9.com\/article\/news\/crime\/dc-100-homicides-earlier-than-any-year-since-2003\/65-da799db4-d5b5-44ba-96f4-7b917b7aa85e\">reported<\/a>\u00a0that in the nation\u2019s capital, homicides \u201cin 2022 have increased 16% this year, over last year\u2019s 14% increase. Homicides in Ward 1 are up 166% this year. Robberies citywide are up 32%. And so far this year, there have been nearly 200 carjackings in D.C.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fox News recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/major-cities-pace-pass-2021-homicide-halfway-2022\">reported<\/a>, \u201cLos Angeles, Washington D.C., Baltimore, Milwaukee, and Atlanta have all seen homicide numbers outpace their mark from 2021 halfway through this year, with\u00a0Milwaukee seeing the largest spike of the group\u2026Wisconsin\u2019s largest city has recorded 96 homicides as of June 17 compared to 77 at this time a year ago, a 24.7% increase.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In late June, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced that new police officers in the capital will receive a $20,000 signing bonus.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know how critical it is to have a fully staffed and resourced MPD, and that requires us to hire strong talent and to retain experienced officers,\u201d Bowser said while announcing the plan. \u201cThese hiring bonuses will help MPD recruit and hire more officers to keep our city safe.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The plan will take place on an \u201cexpedited\u201d schedule, The Washington Examiner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/restoring-america\/courage-strength-optimism\/dc-mayor-unveils-20-000-hiring-bonus-to-recruit-more-police-amid-rise-in-crime\">noted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sent the budget to the council in March, and that budget will be available on Oct. 1. But the chief came to me, and he said, \u2018Mayor, it is my job to tell you what we need. And what we need is to be able to put those bonuses in place right now so that we are competitive,\u2019\u201d Bowser said. \u201cWe have a lot going for us, and I want everybody to understand that this government won\u2019t stop until we drive down violent crime.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The city of Washington, D.C., just tallied its 100th homicide of the year \u2014 a threshold typically not crossed until October. June is the earliest month that tragic record has been broken since 2003, according to a local CBS affiliate. D.C. Police Union Chairman Gregg Pemberton recently claimed that the city\u2019s recent \u201cpolice reform\u201d is &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1529992,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1529903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1529903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1529903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1529992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1529903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1529903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1529903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}