Karen Bass claims fighting crime in DC is racist

LA Mayor Karen Bass has a problem with how the Trump administration is handling crime in Washington, DC. According to Bass, imposing curfews that protect youth and taking a hardline approach to dealing with violence is racist.

"I'm concerned about the way he is rolling that out in Washington, DC," Bass said, "which is essentially calling, essentially going after young black and brown youth in Washington, DC, imposing a curfew, saying that if they violate the curfew the parents could be charged $500. Saying that the kids could be detained and arrested.

"We've tried those policies before," she said, "they do not work. And it's my understanding that crime was going down in Washington, DC, so what is the purpose of this?" Bass has a network in LA to disrupt federal law enforcement.

The DC Police Union said that since the federal takeover, robbery is down 46 percent versus the previous week. Assault with a dangerous weapon is down 6 percent. Carjacking, 83 percent, car theft, 21 percent, violent crime 22 percent, property crimes, 6 percent, and crime overall is down 8 percent.