Democrats must address D.C.’s rising juvenile crime honestly rather than avoiding the issue, as federal overreach from Donald Trump threatens local autonomy.
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There aretwokindsofpeopleinWashington,D.C.–theoneswhocommuteinfromVirginiaorMaryland, andtheoneswho actuallylivehere.I’minthelattergroup, alongsidegenerationsof“originalWashingtonians”whosefamilies have calledthiscityhomefor a lifetime.
Now,I haven’tlivedhere a lifetime,butI’m almost at a decade andIconsiderthiscitymyhome. Soit’shard to takeseriouslythatPresidentDonaldTrumphassuddenlydecided D.C. crimeis a nationalcrisis.
Thetwohigh-profileincidentsinvolvingyoungWhitemen,onekilled andonebeatennearly to death, arereal andheartbreakingtragediesButthepeoplewholivehere have been talking aboutcrimeforyears:inneighborhoodmeetings,on D.C. Redditthreads,inthecommentsonInstagram andX(s/oWashingtonianProblems and AlanHenney).
Andin D.C.,themosttroublingtrendlatelyisyouthcrime.Unsurprising
