Trump pushes for more federal law enforcement in DC

First trip to DC since this started. Went into Union station. There were 6 armored vehicles sitting outside the station with a bunch of bored looking soldiers hanging around them. They couldn't move the vehicles as they had wheel stoppers. Never saw another military person throughout the rest of the city. Whole thing seems made for the TV visual (shocking given that reality TV show people are running it).

 

Doesn’t sound like you saw any crime so mission accomplished

 

There's so much crime at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave yet the Guard isn't doing anything about it

 

Haha, don't think I've seen a crime in DC since like 2013.

Edit: Although I did jaywalk in front of them, so...

 

Sure, because crime stats are usually real-time like that and don't lag at all...

 

Speaking only for myself I've been to DC hundreds of times since we moved to Northern Virginia from Gainesville and have never personally witnessed any crime. Does that mean it never really existed? Interestingly my son was the victim of an attempted carjacking in the parking lot of an apartment complex several years ago where he was accosted by two perps at gunpoint. The only reason they didn't actually take his car, a Honda Accord coupe, was probably because neither one of them could drive a car with a manual transmission.

 

Apparently that is supposed to be the best anti-theft device on a vehicle these days.

 

I’ve never witnessed a crime in DC or Baltimore but I’m sure they happen. And I also don’t know how to drive a stick shift

 

People leaving their homes in DC to go out is also down. Reservations on Open Table are down 16% YoY in the District. The only major city that showed a decline during this same time period. Police states may be "safe," but when you trade for freedom for security you often end up with neither. Or as a local business owner put it:

Khalid Pitts, co-owner of Cork Wine Bar in Northwest D.C., said that with the "firing of federal workers" and the "uneasiness in the city," his business has seen numbers go down in recent weeks. ​

"Hospitality is about welcoming people," he said. "I can't welcome people through my doors if (they're) afraid to go out of (their) doors." ​

He says his guests feel like they're "living in a police state."

"That is what we are hearing from guests," he said. ​