Can Anything Stop the D.C. Crime Wave

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From The Washington Post:

Last year saw the most homicides in Washington since 1997. Nineteen children, including a 10-year-old, were among the 274 slain, a sixfold increase in juvenile murders since 2012. Teens held up Uber and Lyft drivers at gunpoint and literally killed for cars. A congressman was carjacked in October.

Violent crime declined in nearly every major U.S. city last year. The District was a tragic outlier.

Many perpetrators apparently believed they could get away with breaking the law, and they were somewhat correct. The D.C. police force was the smallest in half a century.