RealClearPolitics has a transcript of NBC's Andrea Mitchell complaining about Trump's DC law enforcement takeover.
It's not clear what they're doing. They are performative. And you see humvees outside Union Station and the Washington Monument, but it seems like more for show. The arrest statistics are not up. They're in fact lower than the normal police arrests on an average night. (emphasis added)
I can't believe she is dumb enough to say this. Crime normally happens where the authorities are not present. A heavier law enforcement presence on the streets depresses criminal behavior.
Criminals, while not the brightest, can figure out to not do crime when police of some sort are watching or likely to notice. Less crime => lower arrest numbers is exactly what you would predict to happen when extra officers are on patrol.
Forgive the wordplay in the title, I grew up not far from the infamous San Andreas Fault in CA.
