https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R70HCsH-cPA Trump: "Just today, it was announced by the Department of Justice that last year we had over 100,000 fewer rapes, 170,000 fewer robberies, half a million fewer burglaries, and almost 700,000 fewer violent crimes than when I...
Murders vary a lot over the course of a year. Before Trump intervened, Memphis had the nation’s fourth-highest murder rate among cities with more than 100,000 residents, while D.C. ranked 11th. Trump took federal control of D.C.’s policing on August 11, 2025....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9Atx8cZ5eI Transcript: Reporter: Have you been briefed on the school shooting in Oregon? Trump: I was. I was. Well, I'll tell you what, there was a great hero. And it could have been, as bad as it was, we had a great hero that went in...
Here is an article from Reuters. This is a big change in the commitment to protect the civil rights of Americans. Not surprisingly some don't agree. As one former Civil Rights Division attorney claims, this is "moving us even further away from our nation's commitment...
As with most Democrats, Memphis Mayor Paul Young was not happy with President Trump's decision to put the National Guard into Memphis to fight crime. Memphis Mayor Paul Young: “I’m certainly not happy about the National Guard.” Avery Lotz, "Memphis mayor: "Certainly...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed at the New York Post on the incredibly large, very statistically significant drop in D.C.'s homicide rate since President Trump federalized D.C.'s law enforcement. It is the lead op-ed in today's New York Post. Democrats are still in...
The Trump administration has done a tremendous amount to protect people's ability to defend themselves and their families. . Registered rifle and shotgun owners may no longer face felony charges for carrying their weapons in Washington, DC due to concerns the...
Dr. John Lott has a new piece at The Federalist about the Trump administration undoing Biden's DEI push in police and fire departments. . The Trump administration has dropped the Biden administration’s pushes for onerous consent decrees on police and fire...
Trump's numbers and the timing of when the data was released might not be exactly right, but the general point is definitely correct (see here and here). Other times where Trump has relied on our research are here and here.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcJfMTYC320 Joe Rogan and Donald Trump discussed the Crime Prevention Research Center's work in the October 25, 2024, interview (though the center's work was not mentioned by name). Specifically, they discussed the FBI's revised...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKs69OEpzqQ Trump: "And we had a couple of instances last night where things were mentioned. So I got it. Did crime rise under Trump and fall under Biden? They said it rose under Trump and and they go, No, the opposite is true. Take a...
Dr. John Lott has a new op-ed piece at the New York Post. See also Real Clear Policy. . “Make no mistake, violent crime was up under Donald Trump,” Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz warned in his first speech as Kamala Harris’ running mate. . “If you look this up at...