Official statistics revealed an increase in homicides to 40%, in addition to an increase in sex crimes which almost doubled, in addition to an increase in the crime of arson to four cases per month, from one case per month during the last years.
In this regard, Congress held a hearing to address the causes of the high crime rate in Washington, as the city’s municipality decided to put in place new measures to reduce crime.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said: “As the crime rate increases in Washington, we are seeing more and more perpetrators of violent crimes, auto thefts and weapons proliferation on the streets of our city, and this we will not accept…so we have drawn up a firm plan which will soon be implemented.”
For his part, Washington Attorney General Hon Graves said, “Since March 2020, the charges against the Washington Public Prosecutor’s Office have increased, but despite this, more than 1,300 criminal indictments have been obtained, so we have decided to increase the number of prosecutors by 10 percent next year.” “.
Authorities say weak federal financial support for the city is one of the reasons high-crime approaches have failed.
Experts also point to another reason, which is the lack of a new mechanism to control arms proliferation in Washington, which is described as “the greatest political city in the world”.
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