aka Another Example of Fox News Completely Giving Up On Journalism
Fox Baltimore recently ran a headline claiming Washington, D.C. went seven days without a homicide—thanks, they say, to the National Guard deployment ordered by President Trump. The implication is clear: send in the soldiers, and crime disappears. Look, everyone—we just needed a military presence to solve decades of complex, systemic issues. Easy.
Except—it didn’t happen.
There were, in fact, homicides that week. Fox just chose to ignore them.
And this isn’t lazy reporting. It’s political theatre.
It’s the soft launch of a police state dressed up like public safety. If the real numbers don’t match the story you’re selling? Change the story. Control the narrative. Recast fear as proof that we need more force, more boots, more guns.
Because when you’re not actually solving problems, the next best thing is to look like you are.
That’s what this headline was: propaganda masquerading as good news. A rebrand of authoritarianism as “safety.” And it works—if people aren’t looking too closely.
But we are.
And if this feels familiar, it should. DC is being rebranded as Gilead-light
It’s not exactly like The Handmaid’s Tale—yet. But the psychology is the same:
normalize fear, deploy force, sell it as protection. Reframe the erosion of rights as a reasonable response to chaos. And once that becomes the story people believe, you don’t need to declare authoritarian rule. They’ll ask for it.
This is how it starts.
Not with dramatic speeches or sudden rollbacks.
But with headlines that rewrite the facts, silence dissent, and make control look like peace.
Here’s What Actually Happened
According to official MPD homicide records and local reporting:
Week Before the National Guard Deployment (Aug 4–10):
- August 4: Cordarall Horne was killed in NW D.C.
- August 5: Devonta Bazemore was killed in SE D.C.
Week After the National Guard Deployment (Aug 12–18):
- August 13: Mignon Brown-Massey was killed.
- August 14: MPD investigated a fatal pedestrian crash as a possible homicide.
So: Two people were killed before the Guard arrived. Two more after.
The numbers didn’t change. The story just did.
The “Miracle” Headline That Wasn’t
Fox’s reporting didn’t cite MPD data, city officials, or independent confirmation.
Instead, it served up a political fantasy: that National Guard boots produced instant peace.
But here’s the ethical problem: claiming “zero homicides” in a week when people were actually murdered doesn’t just distort data—it erases lives. It turns victims into inconvenient details, swept aside so someone’s tough-on-crime cosplay can look heroic.
And what’s the real-world cost of that kind of fiction?
A Pattern, Not a Fluke
The Department of Justice is already investigating whether MPD has reclassified or misreported crime stats to make federal involvement seem more effective than it actually is.
Meanwhile, local leaders—including Mayor Bowser—have repeatedly emphasized a reality Fox didn’t bother mentioning: D.C. crime was already dropping long before the Guard ever showed up.
Let’s break that down:
- Homicides fell 32% in 2024 compared to 2023
- Another 12% drop year-to-date in 2025—before the Guard deployment
- Overall violent crime is at a 30-year low
So, no: this wasn’t a sudden miracle.
It was a long-term trend—co-opted by a convenient headline.
Why This Should Scare You More Than It Reassures You
Headlines like this train people to associate “peace” with military occupation.
To equate civil rights rollbacks with “safety.”
To accept armed force as the natural solution to public health crises, economic instability, or—God forbid—political dissent.
This is how fascism packages itself: calm streets, controlled narratives, and empty promises of protection.
And the second we stop checking those promises against reality?
We’re halfway to handing over our rights in exchange for a feeling.
No, we’re not in Gilead yet.
But stories like this are the warm-up act.
And if we don’t start calling them out, we’re going to wake up in chapter one wondering when it all began.
PS: If You’re Wondering What Martial Law Should Be For…
There’s a bitter kind of comedy in watching military force praised for creating a “crime-free” week that never existed—while real harm, committed by powerful men in high places, is quietly ignored.
Which brings us to this:
BREAKING: The National Guard’s office phones are reportedly ringing off the hook from hundreds of citizens requesting they use their martial law in Washington D.C. to arrest the rapist pedophile who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
If that sentiment resonates, you’re not alone. And if you’d like to make that call yourself, here’s the number:
📞 National Guard Public Affairs Office: 1-202-685-8881
Say it exactly like that.
Loud, clear, and unflinching.
Because if they’re going to normalize martial law, the least we can do is ask them to point it in the right damn direction.
