President Donald Trump on Monday announced he is taking over the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Police Department to combat crime in the nation's capital.

"Our capital city has been overtaken by violent gangs and bloodthirsty criminals, roving mobs of wild youth, drugged-out maniacs and homeless people," Trump said in his announcement. "And we're not gonna let it happen anymore. We're not gonna take it."

That claim, however, doesn't align with the Justice Department's statistics that show violent crime in the city is actually at a 30-year low.

"Absolutely not," said Paul Strauss, a longtime shadow Senator who has been in office since 1997. "It's a beautiful city, it's a safe city."

"The problem is that we have a two-tiered system here and the federal government controls a lot of our ju

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