President Donald Trump has ordered Washington, D.C.’s police department to be placed under federal control and has deployed National Guard troops to the city.

The move comes after years of worsening violent crime that has made the nation’s capital one of the most dangerous large cities in America.

Almost immediately, the legacy media launched a counteroffensive. They sought to convince the public that the problem is being overstated.

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