Rachel Schilke is a breaking news reporter at the Washington Examiner. Originally from Frankfort, Illinois, she graduated from the University of Iowa in May 2022 and served as a managing editor at the Daily Iowan with a focus on crime and courts and local government. Follow her on X: @rachel_schilke.
The deadly crime wave that has subsided in several cities across the United States has settled in one prominent city: Washington, D.C. In the nation's capital, anything from violent crime to motor vehicle theft is substantially increasing, with no apparent end in sight.
D.C. breaks its crime reports into two sections: Violent crime and property crime. Violent crimes include homicide, sex abuse, assault with a deadly weapon, and robbery. In all four of these areas, crime has increased — most significantly in homicide and robbery, at 35% and 70%, respectively. Violent crime in total has increased by 40%.
The Metropolitan Police Department reported that 376 juveniles were charged with violent crimes for all of 2022. In the first six months of 2023, 363 juveniles were charged with the same thing — a 47% increase, per D.C. WUSA9. Juveniles who are released after committing a crime often become repeat offenders. Schwalb dropped charges against an 11-year-old boy related to assault and robbery, but the child was arrested again for armed robbery less than two weeks later.
The D.C. delegate, who can vote in committee but cannot vote on the House floor, has brought forward a bill to give D.C. statehood in the last two Congresses, with the measures passing the House each time thanks to a Democratic majority. With a GOP majority in the current Congress, however, Norton has been unable to bring a statehood bill to the floor for a vote this year."When Congress has control over that system, it needs to take responsibility for what's happened to crime.
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