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Trump Claims FBI’s Report of Lower Violent Crime is a ‘Fraud’

The claim: During Tuesday's presidential debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Donald Trump claimed that an FBI report that violent crime is declining is a “fraud.” Verdict: It's true: The FBI report doesn't include the thousands of police departments that don't report crime data to the federal agency. On June 24, 2024, Breitbart […]

Trump, Harris trade barbs on crime during first presidential debate: ‘Through the roof’

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris had a heated exchange about America's crime problem during the first presidential debate, with Harris citing Trump's legal troubles to defend charges that immigrant crime had increased under his administration. “Yes, crime rates are way higher because of them,” Trump said at a debate in Philadelphia, […]

To tackle crime, spend less on prisons and more on people

With just two months to go until Election Day, crime and criminal justice have emerged as central issues in the campaign, with candidates on all sides of the political spectrum eager to demonstrate their tough-on-crime stances, especially in presidential elections. Last month, former President Donald Trump I swore While vowing to “make America safe again” […]

Police Warn of Venezuelan Gang Crime in Wisconsin

Wisconsin State Police reported that a man believed to be a gang member from Venezuela was arrested and charged with sexual assault and physical assault of a woman. Alejandro Jose Coronel Zarate, 26, was charged with two counts of domestic violence, two counts of second-degree sexual assault, child abuse, criminal mischief, domestic mischief and strangulation/suffocation, […]

Data Indicate Violent Crime Is Not Declining, It Is Just Not Being Reported

John Lott, president of the Crime Prevention Research Center, said the alarming trends, based on conflicting data from the Bureau of Justice Statistics and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, suggest violent crime isn't falling, but rather is increasing and going unreported. Lott detailed this trend at a Trump campaign press conference on Friday, hours before […]