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An former FBI special agent said Washington, DC policies leave behind the policies around the crime, forcing President Donald Trump to make the Metropolitan Police Department federal.
In December 2016, the DC Council passed the Comprehensive Youth Justice Amendment Act, which banned life without parole, eliminated the mandatory minimum for adolescents, which was tried as adults, for those persons, for those who have served for the “sentence review” for those who have served at least 20 years, which have served for at least 20 years as a minor and more.
The Act also encouraged counseling for young criminals contrary to the jail sentence and offered the victim-adventure arbitration program instead of prosecution for some crimes.
In 2018, the DC Council updated the Youth Rehabilitation Act, which raised the age of the “young criminal” to 22 to 24, disqualified some crimes and allowed some individuals to request their culprits. The Act pronounces the judges in some crimes with conscience where the defendant is less than 24.
American Attorney Piro says that the administration will not tolerate crime ‘out of control’ in the country’s capital
The DC Metropolitan Police detains a person in Washington, DC, US, August 14, 2025 after a change between public members. (Reuters/Nathan Howard)
Despite the efforts to bring down the teenage crime, Washington, DCs created incidents to include minors.
NBC Washington It is reported that the number of teenagers arrested in Washington, DC has increased annually from 2020, with more than 2,000 arrested in 2023 and 2024.
According to the police, in 2024, with 51.8%, adolescent girls also made most of the robbery arrests. In 2025, about 60% of Karjacking suspects were also teenagers.
According to dating back in August 2023 New York PostWashington, DC 56% of Karjacking suspects were less than 18.
Former FBI special agent Jonathan Gilium told Fox News Digital that the Juvenile Crime was a major factor in Trump’s decision to make the Metropolitan Police Department federal, and said that light punishment only leads to repeat criminals.
Gillium said, “The same criminals are repeatedly doing things and are not being punished for it, and this is what happens when you have a teenager.” “All this has to be done with politics, but the reality is that, at the age of 15, if someone is deciding on murder, the person is committing an adult crime, and they should be accused in this way.”
Gillium stated that Washington, DC, became more dangerous when politicians started “cut” in law enforcement.
DC US Attorney says that ‘is enough’ as ​​the young crime puts the spotlight in the capital of the country.
In Washington, DC, the Metropolitan Police Department is accused of changing crime statistics. (Getty image)
Gillium said, “The way things started becoming more dangerous and many of those things have to be gradually chopped with the city councils and mayors.”
In some cases, the Comprehensive Youth Justice Amendment Act became a law in Washington, DC, some criminal sentences have raised eyebrows.
According to the Department of Justice, 19 -year -old Jewel Pix shot a stranger inside the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority bus on 8 March. The prosecutors said that the peaks boarded the bus at 9:30 pm and started talking to someone. The prosecutors said the victim was shot in the chest after attempting to push the peak.
Under the Youth Rehabilitation Act, DC Superior Court judge Raini Brant suspended the four -year prison sentence of peaks, followed by three years of monitoring, and only the peaks were probation, According to Wusa9,
Columbia district was not pleased with the US Attorney Judge’s decision for Genin Piro.
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FBI and border petrol officials arrested a person, when he allegedly attacked law enforcement with a sandwich, along with the U Street Corridor, during a federal law enforcement, in the country’s capital on August 10, 2025 in Washington, DCUS President Donald Trump ordered a growing attendance of federal law. (Andrew Leden/Getty Images)
Piro said, “This violent teenager rode in public transport with an illegal gun and shot the victim in the chest.” “Their actions are condemnable and dangerous, and it is only by the grace of God that the victim did not die and others were not harmed that day.”
He said, “DC will not be safe until the judges put them in jail and blamed violent criminals. To make DC safe again, these heinous crimes should have serious consequences.”
Mayor Muril Boussar refused to comment. Fox News arrived at Digital DC Council.
