'We're Not Experiencing A Spike In Crime': Muriel Bowser Pushes Back Against High Crime Rate Claims

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During a press briefing on Monday, Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser answered a question about whether or not a national guard takeover was 'inevitable' in D.C.

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00:00Questions, and I'm joined by members of my public safety team, including Deputy Mayor Appiah and Chief John Donnelly.

00:07Yes, please identify yourself.

00:09Mayor Bowser, it's Campbell Roberts from the New York Times.

00:12Do you think this was inevitable, or do you think there are things that the city could have done with the council to prevent the state of COVID?

00:21This is, I don't know.

00:25I can't answer that question, and I think that's a question that we, you're familiar with the rhetoric about the city and how long it goes back.

00:36And we also know that we're not experiencing a spike in crime, but a decrease in crime.

00:43Yep.

00:44Mayor, Tom Sherwood, Tavia, you and the chief are talking about partnerships to the federal partners who are coming in.

00:52And the president is talking about a takeover of the city's police department.

00:58Where did the chief fit in with Terry Cole, who is the new federal commissioner of the D.C. Police Department?

01:07Nothing about our organizational chart has changed, and nothing in the executive order would indicate otherwise.

01:17So, the chief of police reports through the deputy mayor to the mayor of the District of Columbia.

01:25And the two people, I think, that were identified in the presser report to Attorney General Bondi.

01:32The executive order makes clear that all requests for MPD services, the president dedicates to Attorney General Bondi.

01:42So, Terry Cole?

01:43I don't recall the names.

01:46Yes.

01:46The Metropolitan Police Department?

01:49Where does he fit in that?

01:50That's a question for the attorney general, I think.

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