India, Aug. 12 -- Violent crime keeps falling in biggest U.S. cities, according to a new mid-year crime report.
According to the Major Cities Chiefs Association, homicides in the nation's largest cities are down 17.2 percent from the first half of last year - alongside sharp declines in robberies, rapes, aggravated assaults, and overall violent crime. That translates to nearly 14,200 fewer reported violent crimes in just six months. The results are especially striking in Democrat-run cities where the Trump Administration has aggressively surged federal resources and National Guard support after years of soft-on-crime failure, the White House says. Homicides are down 43.9 percent in Washington, D.C., 43.7 percent down in Memphis, and nearly...