In just the last few months, we've covered an endless string of crimes in our nation's extremely dangerous capital city, some of which have directly impacted members of Congress and their staffs. There was the horrible incident in which one of Sen. Rand Paul's aides was brutally stabbed in broad daylight in Washington, DC. There was the Democratic Congresswoman who was assaulted in an elevator in her own apartment building. There was the Democratic Congressman who was carjacked at gunpoint. And now there's this, involving an aide to Alabama freshman Senator Katie Britt:
Senate staffer robbed last night on 12th St NE & Maryland Ave NE at 8:20pm. The victim works a scheduler in the office of U.S. Senator Katie Britt. She told police that she parked her car & as she was walking to her building, the suspect pointed a black handgun to her face. #MPD pic.twitter.com/8mPFBsOZpX
— Allison Papson (@AllisonPapson) October 20, 2023
The criminal pointed a gun at her head, then stole her car and all of her belongings. It's an outrageous crime, of course, but it's also disturbingly normal in DC these days. Carjackings are so common that the Senate, following the lead of the Washington Post, has issued official guidance on how to mitigate the serious threat. Safety bulletin:
The Senate is worried about DC's carjacking epidemic. https://t.co/NedaneanWI
— Byron York (@ByronYork) October 21, 2023
Earlier this month, there were five DC carjackings in a single night, which isn't even a shocking development. That form of violent crime has absolutely skyrocketed since 2020, hitting an astonishing milestone over the weekend. There are still more than two full months left in the year:
At 9:30 this morning we hit 800 carjackings to date in DC. Please thank the DC Council (@ChmnMendelson and @charlesallen) for helping us achieve this milestone. They authored the laws decreasing accountability for committing carjackings. @alanhenney https://t.co/G7ZB2Xm2Ov pic.twitter.com/yRVuGofDxu
— ANC6B10 (@Anc6B10) October 22, 2023
Eight hundred carjackings, and counting. As a reminder, the DC city council passed "criminal justice reform," in the name of "equity" and "progress," that reduced criminal penalties for a host of serious crimes, including carjacking. The vast majority of Congressional Democrats voted to uphold this insanity before President Biden flipped on the issue and announced he's sign a GOP bill to override DC home rule on the measure. The council -- whose leader asserted earlier this year that there is no crime crisis in the district -- clearly needed adult supervision, but most House Democrats fought it. Criminals feel historically emboldened and act with impunity in this exclusively Democrat-run city, striking brazenly, even in 'nice' areas:
#NOW @DCPoliceDept also release dramatic surveillance VID showing 4 suspected gunmen rushing toward @philippechowdc customers just before 11PM MON night. This is at the Wharf. MPD looking for 5 suspects total in this armed robbery. This VID went viral on another account earlier. pic.twitter.com/kLR4Fclsov
— Stephanie Ramirez (@RamirezReports) October 18, 2023
And on and on it goes:
DC OUC has been often overwhelmed these days with crime reports. If a major incident is underway in a district, the calls stack up. https://t.co/us67abqifR
— Alan Henney (@alanhenney) October 22, 2023
I'll leave you with two crime crisis stories from the opposite side of the country, also from cities dominated by left-wing Democrats. I thought the San Francisco example surely had to be an exaggeration of some sort. Then I watched the clip. The summary provided, incredibly, is accurate. Speechless:
This might be the most San Francisco story I’ve ever heard in my entire life
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) October 20, 2023
A convicted child molester set up a tent across from a SF school offering “free fentanyl for new users”
He has been doing this for 2 years
SFPD Captain Chris Canning: "I was told he is in compliance… pic.twitter.com/MbQQussSSu
"Where is the city council representative who represents this district?"
— Jeremy Harris (@JeremyHarrisTV) October 20, 2023
I found her. @cmkshama answered my questions about calls from the Central District to add police resources after a daytime shooting sent bullets into a daycare. STORY: https://t.co/HG149vk32F @komonews pic.twitter.com/UyNZj6l5kK
Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant said the city should not add police resources to the Central District neighborhood after a day-time shooting sent bullets into a day care this week. The owner of the day care called out Sawant after the drive-by shooting on Oct. 16, which involved 24 children crawling to the bathroom for safety. “Show your face because your presence is needed to support us. Who is [Sawant]? I’ve reached out to [her office] for two years. Nothing, they never support anything that people of color do in this community,” said Appollonia Washington, the co-owner of A 4 Apple Learning. Washington and other Central District advocates have asked for additional police resources to be brought to the area in response to the shooting and long-standing safety concerns. "We need police presence,” Washington said.
Sawant -- seen in the video wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh, days after Hamas' massacre of Jews -- isn't merely opposed to increasing the police presence in her district, you see. She is "a vocal proponent of defunding the police," and told concerned residents that their support for more police is a failed idea, adding that it's "unfortunate" that the police have not been entirely defunded. Seattle PD has experienced a massive exodus in recent years, under the 'leadership' of dangerous radicals like Sawant.
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