- A member of the Washington, D.C., city council is asking the mayor to join him in calling for D.C. National Guard to help end a surge in killings.
- D.C.Council member Trayon White, a Democrat, says the ward that he presents has a “cancer” of violent crime that is spreading to other parts of the city.
- “Desperate times call for desperate measures,” Mr. White said. “We have young men wandering through the community with AK-47s, letting off 60, 90, up to 100 rounds — daily.”
- The District of Columbia had 13 slayings in just the first nine days of August and has had 161 homicides so far this year – a 28% increase from 2022.
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D.C. Lawmaker Asks For National Guard To Help End Killing Surge He Calls ‘Cancer’
D.C. Lawmaker Calls For National Guard To Help End Killing Surge
WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 08: Metro DC Police isolate and surround a boat left in the middle of the street by members of Extinction Rebellion Washington to block traffic as part of their campaign to get fossil fuels out of the nation's capital on July 08, 2022 in Washington, DC. Calling the protest action a "Regenerative Street Party and Climate Justice March," the demonstrators were eventually pushed away from the gas company's headquarters by Metro DC police. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
