No the statistics were not from the Trump admin. The statistics are there. Anyone can take credit for them. Or as the various Governors did, argue why even so the deployment of the National Guard is not a good idea. PS> I am opposed, but not afraid of statistics or hard questions.
These were statistics that cover 18 days, and compare those 18 days to an average of the past 5 years. Violent crime was already down over 20%, so to some degree these stats are just showing that trend. Restaurants have seen a 30% drop in patronage because people don't like the militarization.
Of course! But for some folks they matter bigly.
As CBS - the source of the stats- said: "Identifying the specific causes of changes in criminal activity is complex because it can be driven by many factors – and local police data was already showing that reported crimes were trending downward in Washington prior to the president's action."
So essentially the statistics were essentially meaningless.
To some they are, to some they are not. And so the world goes. It all depends on one's angle of view.
Two uses of "essentialy" for the price of one!
Economy of speech.