D.C. Council Set To Vote on Public Safety Bill as Homicide, Carjackings Surge

The district’s leaders are desperate to address its 39 percent spike in violent crime, but the proposal is facing opposition from criminal justice reform advocates.

AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file
Washington Metropolitan Police investigate near the Supreme Court and the Capitol. AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file

“Unacceptable” is what a D.C. council member is calling the district’s stunning 39 percent increase in violent crime last year, as she pushes for a legislative package that she says will “turn the tide on crime trends” that have overwhelmed the nation’s capital. 

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