Archive: crime
A New Threat to Victims of Domestic Violence
By Kenneth E. Noyes and Rebecca W. O’Connor Washington Victims of domestic violence and their children should not be pawns in the city’s budgeting process. D.C. Mayor Adrian M. Fenty’s revised budget proposes a 10 percent additional cut to the...
By Vince Rinehart | July 31, 2009; 09:06 PM ET | Comments (3)
Three Years and Still Asking: Who Killed Robert Wone?
By Craig Brownstein and David Greer Washington D.C. residents have been told that murder rates are down. So far in 2009, there have been 33 unsolved homicides out of the 79 committed in the District, according to the Metropolitan Police...
By Stephen Stromberg | July 28, 2009; 02:15 PM ET | Comments (1)
What Will Make a Better Adams Morgan
By Kristen Barden and Pat Patrick Washington Adams Morgan, like any other diverse and active commercial sector in a major city, isn’t immune to violence. But two recent opinion pieces that address the issue of crime in Adams Morgan missed...
By Vince Rinehart | June 25, 2009; 08:49 PM ET | Comments (2)
A Too-Blunt Instrument for Fighting D.C. Crime
By Benjamin Todd Jealous and Lorraine C. Miller Washington When Mayor Adrian M. Fenty and D.C. Council member Jack Evans look across the D.C. neighborhoods where thousands of young residents are struggling to find jobs, get good educations, and grow...
By Gina Acosta | June 12, 2009; 05:42 PM ET | Comments (3)
Thoughts on the Holocaust Museum
By Andrew Hiller Silver Spring The first time I entered the U.S. Holocaust Museum, I remember losing it ..... all because of a pile of shoes. The stories didn’t get to me. The pictures didn’t get to me. I was...
By Gina Acosta | June 11, 2009; 02:40 PM ET | Comments (0)
Adams Morgan Is Helping Itself
By Denis James Washington Terry Lynch [“A Better Balance in Adams Morgan,”] should stick to the Downtown Cluster of Congregations. Those of us who live here and are deeply involved in our community fully understand the tragic effects that an...
By Vince Rinehart | June 4, 2009; 01:11 PM ET | Comments (0)
Needed: A Better Balance in Adams Morgan
By Terry Lynch Washington It was late on a weekend night in Adams Morgan. The bars and restaurants let out, and what happened? Who knows exactly? Words were exchanged or tempers flared, but shots were fired for whatever reason [“Fatal...
By Vince Rinehart | June 1, 2009; 02:07 PM ET | Comments (1)
Wrong Way to Fight Gang Crime
By Tracy Velazquez Washington This Memorial Day, the District is starting the summer with a decline in crime. Homicides are down 22.6 percent from the same point a year ago, according to the D.C. police department, and violent crime in...
By Marisa Katz | May 24, 2009; 12:00 AM ET | Comments (2)
Making Vandalism Pay
By Dick Bray Springfield Last night, I took two clients to dinner at Clyde's near Verizon Center. I was lucky to find a parking space only five spots past the restaurant, and I was pleased to find a new parking...
By Marisa Katz | May 17, 2009; 12:00 AM ET | Comments (1)
No Recession for Domestic Violence
Peg Hacskaylo Washington In the past month, two families have been murdered in the Washington area by patriarchs who then committed suicide. Investigations revealed that the fathers appeared to have been suffering from the catastrophic effects of the economic downturn....
By Marisa Katz | May 8, 2009; 08:05 PM ET | Comments (0)
Ruining a Protest
By Kathy Murdock-Helms Montclair, Va. I was disgusted to read about the violence and vandalism perpetrated in the District over the IMF-World Bank meetings last weekend ["A Day of Vandalism, Violence," Metro, April 26]. Yes, we are fortunate to live...
By Marisa Katz | May 3, 2009; 12:00 AM ET | Comments (0)
Does PG County Feel Safer?
Editorial: Taking Back Prince George's CRIMINALS SEEMED to have hijacked Prince George's County three years ago. There were two carjackings a day and more than three murders a week. Rapes and burglaries were out of hand. The police chief at...
By Marisa Katz | February 4, 2009; 11:07 AM ET | Comments (1)
