The US capital, Washington, which is demanding that Congress obtain a state title, is facing a sharp rise in the number of crimes of all kinds.
Official statistics revealed an increase in homicides to 40 percent, in addition to an increase in sexual crimes by nearly doubling, in addition to an increase in the crime of arson to four cases per month, compared to one case per month during the past years.
In this regard, Congress held a hearing to address the causes of the high crime rate in Washington, at a time when the city’s municipality decided to put in place new measures to reduce crime.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said: “With the increase in the crime rate in Washington, we see more perpetrators of violent crimes, car thefts and the proliferation of weapons in the streets of our city, and this we will not accept … so we have developed a firm plan that will be implemented soon.”
For his part, Washington Attorney General Hon Graves stated: “Since March 2020, the burdens on the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Washington have been increasing, but despite this, more than 1,300 criminal indictments have been secured, so we decided to increase the number of prosecutors by 10 percent next year.” “.
Authorities say weak federal financial support for the city is one reason approaches to combating high crime have failed.
Experts also point to another reason, which is the absence of a new mechanism to control the proliferation of weapons in Washington, which is described as “the largest political city in the world.”
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2023-05-19 10:43:40
