Bowser praises falling crime while fighting Trump's D.C. police takeover

Mayor Muriel Bowser held a press conference presenting DC crime statistics showing a sustained 29% violent crime reduction, making the case that federal police takeover was unjustified and harmful to effective policing. Bowser announced plans to file an additional legal challenge and called on Congress to amend the DC Home Rule Act to remove presidential override authority. The event drew national attention as an explicit data-based rebuttal to the administration's stated rationale.