If you’re wondering how bad things have gotten in Washington, D.C., just watch the outgoing police chief’s farewell meltdown. Pamela Smith, the city’s first “DEI” police chief, exited stage left this week with a fiery sermon-style rant that left jaws on the floor and eyebrows permanently raised.
Smith is resigning under a dark cloud—an explosive House Oversight Committee report just dropped, accusing her department of cooking the books on crime stats. According to the report, Smith and her top brass pressured commanders to downgrade serious crimes into lesser charges to make the city look safer than it really is. Translation: the people of D.C. were being lied to, all so the woke elite could pretend their policies weren’t failing.
And how did Smith respond? With a bizarre, preacher-like performance that had more drama than a reality TV reunion special. “I’m going to the Bible when I say this to my haters: F you,” she shouted, before pausing for dramatic effect and clumsily pivoting to, “I forgive you.” She invoked Jesus, heaven, and basically everything but the actual crime wave she helped bury.
Let’s be clear: this person should’ve never been in any position of power. While D.C. residents were getting carjacked, robbed, and worse, Smith was allegedly leading a department more focused on saving face than saving lives. And when she finally gets called out, she plays the victim.
Meanwhile, President Trump saw this mess coming a mile away. Back in August, he federalized the D.C. police to clean up what the Democrats couldn’t—or wouldn’t—handle. Now we know just how deep the rot went.
Smith says she wants an investigation into her accusers. Here’s a better idea: investigate everyone who knew this was happening and said nothing.