💨 Abstract

President Donald Trump's federal takeover of D.C.'s police department and deployment of the National Guard is disputed due to incomplete data on improving crime rates. Journalist Mitchell Miller remembered harrowing experiences during D.C.'s crack epidemic in the '80s and '90s, reciting incidents of personal crime and violent episodes in the city. Several veterans recall that while crime has improved since that era, Washington D.C. remains a major city, prone to everyday criminal experiences. D.C.'s

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