{"id":2274,"date":"2026-08-02T15:37:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=2274"},"modified":"2026-08-02T15:37:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T15:37:16","slug":"trump-sounds-off-after-39-shot-multiple-killed-in-blue-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/?p=2274","title":{"rendered":"Trump Sounds Off After 39 Shot, Multiple Killed In Blue City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>President Donald Trump criticized Chicago\u2019s response to a violent weekend that left six dead and 39 wounded, while separately, over a dozen Washington, D.C. police officials faced termination for allegedly manipulating crime statistics.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"2006183\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A series of shootings across Chicago over the weekend, including a mass drive-by shooting in the Princeton Park neighborhood Friday night, resulted in multiple casualties. Chicago police confirmed that 13 people were shot in the Princeton Park incident alone when two suspects fired from an SUV into a crowd.<\/p>\n<h2>Trump\u2019s Statement<\/h2>\n<p>In a post to Truth Social, Trump referenced the Chicago violence and questioned Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker\u2019s response. \u201cLots of Killing going on in Chicago. 22 people shot, at least 4 Dead. Why isn\u2019t Governor Pritzker calling me for help. I could make Chicago a safe City in ONE MONTH,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"2006187\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Trump pointed to his administration\u2019s work in Washington, D.C., where he previously deployed National Guard troops as part of a crime reduction initiative.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"X Post\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=true&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=e30%3D&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=2051776091879072242&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Flitusdailyfreshnews.com%2Fadmin%2F9797&amp;sessionId=acae5f3a1066d4cbf40c794235b92e8eabe055a8&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"2051776091879072242\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>DC Police Crime Data Scandal<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, at least 13 officials within Washington, D.C.\u2019s Metropolitan Police Department faced termination or discipline following an internal investigation into crime statistics manipulation. Senior police officials allegedly downgraded serious offenses into lesser categories in official reporting systems to artificially lower violent crime figures.<\/p>\n<p>Second District Commander Tatjana Savoy and former Third District Commander Michael Pulliam received termination notices, along with at least one police captain and numerous supervisory officials. Cmdr. Pulliam had previously been suspended after allegations emerged that violent crimes were intentionally reclassified.<\/p>\n<p>According to a House Oversight Committee report, district commanders told investigators they felt pressure from leadership to \u201cfix\u201d crime numbers and create \u201cthe perception of low crime in the District.\u201d The alleged manipulation focused on reclassifying serious assaults, robberies, and firearms offenses.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thephdailynews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Trump-1-1-735x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Political Fallout<\/h2>\n<p>The scandal became politically significant because city officials and national Democrats had repeatedly cited improving Washington crime statistics as evidence of effective public safety policies. Federal prosecutors reviewing cases from the department subsequently upgraded certain assault and firearms charges, suggesting suspects had been undercharged by local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue that manipulated crime data distorts public understanding of crime trends and affects policy decisions, resource allocations, and public trust in law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p><em>This story has been updated. CNN\u2019s Washington and Chicago bureaus contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump criticized Chicago\u2019s response to a violent weekend that left six dead and 39 wounded, while separately, over a dozen Washington, D.C. police officials faced termination for allegedly &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2275,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2276,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2274\/revisions\/2276"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/watchthenews.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}