Anna Giaritelli, a reporter, described a sexual assault in 2020 by a homeless man in Washington, D.C. She alleges that D.C. police have covered up her case, failing to include it in official crime statistics. Giaritelli fought back during the daylight attack just blocks from her home. Despite the sentencing of her attacker, she accused police of misleading the public by underreporting sexual assaults. This claim follows ongoing concerns about the accuracy of D.C.'s crime data and criticism regarding official statistics reporting a decline in violent crime.
D.C. police covered up the unspeakable wrong that the stranger did to me. Even though a judge sentenced my attacker to hard time in prison, D.C. police leadership would rather deceive the public and appear less dangerous than list mine and countless other sexual assaults on their website.
Just one block from my apartment building's entrance, I was attacked by a large man well over six feet tall. He charged at me for a reason that I still do not understand.
Critics of President Donald Trump deploying National Guard troops to D.C. as part of a crime crackdown have noted that official data shows a significant reduction in violent crime this year.
An NBC News affiliate confirmed an MPD police commander was placed on administrative leave in May after being accused of falsifying stats.
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