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President Donald Trumpâs federalization of Washington, D.C.âwhich was initially met with mixed reactionsâhas yielded massive results on an issue that has long been hidden in plain view. Kyra Phillips, the anchor for ABC News, revealed on-air that she was âjumpedâ just two blocks from her Washington, D.C. studio, âduring the past two years.â
Violent crime in the nationâs capital has reportedly dropped since 2023, according to data from the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Still, Phillips pointed out that multiple alleged incidents have taken place near ABC Newsâ Washington, D.C., bureauâincluding two network employees who were reportedly among the victims.
âWeâve been talking so much about the numbers and yeah, usually thatâs how you play devilâs advocate, is you talk about, âOh, well stats say crime is down.â However, I can tell you firsthand here in downtown D.C. where we work right here around our bureau just in the past six months, you know, there were two people shot,â Phillips said. âOne person died literally two blocks down here from the bureau.â
âIt was within the last two years that I actually was jumped walking just two blocks down from here. And then just this morning one of my coworkers said her car was stolen a block away from the bureau,â she continued.
âSo we can talk about the numbers going down, but crime is happening every single day because weâre all experiencing it firsthand while working and living down here,â Phillips continued.
While violent crime in Washington, D.C., is reportedly down 26% compared to 2024, the MPDâs crime tracker shows there have still been 99 homicides in the city so far in 2025.
Meanwhile, D.C. Police Commander Michael Pulliam is under investigation over allegations that he manipulated crime statistics, NBC4 Washington reported in July. The department suspended him, but Pulliam has denied any wrongdoing.
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