Two D.C. police officers have accused their MPD superiors of rigging crime stats to make them look better. Now, WUSA9 has obtained internal documents the whistleblowers say proves their case. On a hot summer afternoon in August 2019, a woman standing outside a liquor store in Petworth asked a man to buy her some water, according to one of the police reports reviewed by investigative reporter Eric Flack. What happened next, according to that police report, was unimaginable. The man allegedly slashed the woman's face and neck with an unknown object, sending her to the hospital. That might sound like an “assault with a dangerous weapon,” a felony charge that can get you 10 years in prison. But that’s not the way D.C. Police reported it; instead classifying the alleged crime as a “simple assault" – a misdemeanor that only carries a maximum of 6-months in jail. #DCPolice #WhistleBlower #WashingtonDC