D.C.'s ward 8 council member has called on the mayor to join him in requesting the national guard come help fight crime. This is an interesting (🥴) solution considering the [lack of] data supporting "tough on crime" solutions like this. So let's talk about it.
For context: crime in D.C. has gotten bad. Like up 25% since last year bad. And the offenders are increasingly younger - police have arrested kids as young as 11 (ELEVEN) for violent car jackings. Anyone in education knew there would be an uptick in youth crime as a result of COVID school closures with zero planning for kids living in poverty without access to internet (in D.C.'s poorest wards only 45% of families have access to broadband), food, or safe spaces. And to be clear this isn't on teachers or sch
Let's talk about this in three parts: