Fact-checking Trump’s claims about homicides in D.C. | NYGazet

President Donald Trump stretched an outdated homicide rate into an inaccurate blanket statement.

“The murder rate in Washington today is higher than that of Bogotá, Colombia, Mexico City, some of the places that you hear about as being the worst places on Earth,” Trump said. At an Aug. 11 press conference announcing a federal government takeover... [4771 chars]