pjmedia.com Washington, D.C.’s 12-day streak without a murder ended at about 12:20 a.m. Tuesday, after local residents heard a gunshot on the 300 block of Anacostia Road SE. Police quickly arrived to find the victim, but he soon succumbed at a nearby hospital.
The victim’s name and other details have yet to be released, but the 12-day streak is a near record for recent years. WUSA-9 News reported that the District enjoyed a “16-day streak without homicides from Feb. 25 through March 12.” Not bad, but let’s see if the Guard can help the city go for 17 days starting… NOW.
There were also two one-week-long stretches back in April and May — not that a week without a homicide is anything to brag about, particularly in the capital city of a great nation.
But the city has earned some crime-related bragging rights since President Donald Trump ordered in the National Guard on August 7 to restore some order to a city grown increasingly lawless since the martyrdom of St. George Floyd of Minneapolis in 2020.
In addition to the unusual 12 days without a murder, the overall crime rate dropped 11%. That includes a 22% drop in violent crimes, with robberies down a whopping 42% and carjackings down an even more impressive 85%.
Did I say the city? No, Trump earned those bragging rights.
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