Jeff Sessions Calls Rise In Crime A ‘Dangerous Permanent Trend’ (It’s Not)

President Donald Trump watches as Vice President Mike Pence administers the oath of office to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accompanied by his wife Mary, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
President Donald Trump watches as Vice President Mike Pence administers the oath of office to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accompanied by his wife Mary, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White Hous... President Donald Trump watches as Vice President Mike Pence administers the oath of office to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, accompanied by his wife Mary, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2017, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) MORE LESS
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Newly sworn-in Attorney General Jeff Sessions said Thursday that he thinks a rise in crime is a “dangerous permanent trend,” contradicting FBI data that indicates an overall downward trend.

“We have a crime problem,” Sessions said, speaking from the Oval Office after being sworn in as President Donald Trump’s attorney general. “I wish the rise that we are seeing in crime in America today were some sort of aberration or a blip.”

Instead, Sessions said that he judged it to be a “dangerous permanent trend” and that “there are a lot of things” that need to be done at the Justice Department, per the pool report.

The number of violent crimes in the United States rose nearly 4 percent in 2015 compared to the year before, according to the FBI’s annual data report released in 2016. The total was still lower than levels in 2011 and 2006, however, indicating an overall longterm decrease in crime rates.

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  1. Avatar for j.dave j.dave says:

    Crime? You think he was talking about crime being a dangerous permanent trend?

    Everyone knows “crime” means “global warming.”

  2. Shorter Sessions: We want it to be a permanent trend. Helps us retain power, commit voter fraud and blame the colored for everything wrong with a white person’s life.

  3. Not permanent, just until Trump is out of office.

  4. Why Jefferson Beauregard Sessions, you rabscallion you, you said the exact same thing the other night at the cross burning, but you said “black people” instead of “crime.”

  5. Avatar for drgary drgary says:

    Already lying. I keep thinking, Okay, maybe it will start to get better. Nope. Looks like it ain’t gonna happen. Oh, and “there are a lot of things” than need to be done. I can’t wait.

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