On Friday, the Twitter account for the Washington, D.C. police union posted statistics on a recent upswing in crime rates in the area — trying to imply that police accountability reforms in the wake of the George Floyd killing are preventing officers from doing their jobs.
There was just one problem: D.C. hasn't actually implemented any policing changes yet — so, as many commenters on social media swiftly pointed out, all these numbers meant were that police officers in D.C. were doing a poor job.
