This proliferation of crime is not happening in most other American cities.
Three police officers were shot:
Listen: A resident’s surveillance camera captured the sound of gunfire in Southeast DC in a shooting that left three officers shot on Wednesday. https://t.co/CqdMSLHNA5 pic.twitter.com/IQzTTBt8A1
— NBC4 Washington (@nbcwashington) February 14, 2024
Children at a nearby school had to be escorted into the building by police to begin their day:
Police are escorting kids into school after a suspect shot three D.C. officers in Southeast D.C. on Valentine’s Day. https://t.co/flZcXoLsKC pic.twitter.com/XCpkpZ7eLp
— NBC4 Washington (@nbcwashington) February 14, 2024
Climate activists vandalized the case holding the Constitution at the National Archives:
Just now: the Rotunda of the National Archives in Washington DC was evacuated after two climate activists dumped red powder on themselves and the case holding the United States Constitution.
Both were arrested in minutes. pic.twitter.com/opeTJcs7GH
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) February 14, 2024
Just across the Potomac in Arlington, Va., someone stole a FedEx truck off the street in broad daylight:
STOLEN FEDEX TRUCK— 1700 blk N. Pierce St off Clarendon Blvd. Man stole a white FedEx box truck while driver was making deliveries. @ARLnowDOTcom #DMVCrime pic.twitter.com/wt1mw60FwF
— Alan Henney (@alanhenney) February 14, 2024
Two armed men robbed someone just outside the city’s main arena. They were about a block away from the National Portrait Gallery on one side and the federal courthouse on the other side:
ARMED STREET ROBBERY— in the area of Capital One Arena and the firehouse, 6th St and F St NW DC. Man was robbed of his wallet and a large amount of $$ by a man with a gun and another with a knife. #PennQuarterDC pic.twitter.com/wh9odX1D6w
— Alan Henney (@alanhenney) February 14, 2024
Three people were found shot dead in an apartment:
SUSPICIOUS DEATHS: 5000 block of Jay St NE in Deanwood DC — an adult male and two adult females were found dead inside of an apartment after police responded for a welfare check. They all appear to have been shot. MPD Homicide detectives investigating. h/t @alanhenney pic.twitter.com/rB5XwidIhg
— DMV News Live (@DCNewsLive) February 15, 2024
Three more people were shot on the street:
DOUBLE CRITICAL SHOOTING: North Capitol St & R St NW — 2 men were shot unconscious, one is in cardiac arrest. A 3rd victim arrived at a hospital having been shot, not sure from where yet. *6th person found shot in DC within an hour* #EckingtonDC #TruxtonCircleDC #BloomingdaleDC pic.twitter.com/IrTtnffAl8
— DMV News Live (@DCNewsLive) February 15, 2024
Again, all of that happened yesterday.
This proliferation of crime is not happening in most other American cities. This is a local problem with a local solution: more police, more arrests, and more prosecutions.