DC's crime problem

 NY Post:

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The Metro stations that once filled us with civic pride now fill us with unease. City streets feel less predictable, less policed.

And worst of all, none of it feels like an accident.

Since the pandemic and the 2020 protests, Washington, DC has been spiraling.

Police were demoralized. Prosecutions declined. Repeat offenders walked free.

The result? Growing lawlessness and a population that no longer feels protected.

Just this week, a former DOGE employee risked his life to save a woman from being assaulted by a group of a dozen teens in the city. He was beaten so severely that he suffered a concussion, but he prevented what could have been a much more tragic outcome.

Elon Musk shared the story on X and added his own conclusion: “It is time to federalize DC.”

He’s not the only one who feels that way.

President Donald Trump posted a blistering statement on Truth Social, declaring that “Crime in Washington, DC is totally out of control.”

He pointed to youth gangs, violent assaults and the lack of consequences for offenders.

“If DC doesn’t get its act together, and quickly,” Trump warned, “we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City . . . and put criminals on notice that they’re not going to get away with it anymore.”

Critics will call this authoritarian.

But for parents like me, people trying to raise independent, confident children in this area, the idea is simply a relief.

And this isn’t just about families and tourists.

Leo Terrell, chair of the Justice Department’s task force to combat antisemitism, sent a letter to Mayor Muriel Bowser this week blasting the city’s failure to protect the Israel on Campus Coalition’s recent student conference.
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DC has long had a crime problem.  I lived in the area back in the 2060's and crime was a problem then too.  The city seems incapable of controlling the crooks.  It has a lot of them.  It probably needs more police officers.  They need more officers to control more of the space within the city.   Policing can become a force to space problem.

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