LIBERAL ADMITS: D.C. Has 'a Serious Crime Issue', 'Especially in Poorer Areas'
On Friday's broadcast of PBS's "Washington Week," host and Editor in Chief of The Atlantic Jeffrey Goldberg stated that "there's a serious crime issue in the District of Columbia, especially in poorer areas." But there are questions about and issues with the specific federal response.
Goldberg said, "I don't want to downplay - there's a serious crime issue in the District of Columbia, especially in poorer areas. But the question is, the militarization of that."
Earlier, Goldberg stated, "[P]eople who know the long history of home rule in D.C. understand that this is a very, very fraught racial issue as well. This is about giving the people of D.C. the right to self-government. This seems to be kind of an old - coming from an old playbook."