For Nasia Israel, President Donald Trump’s vow to crack down on D.C. crime in the wake of an alleged attack on a former DOGE employee stirs mixed emotions.

“It comes at their front door, and now you wanna do something about it?” she asked.

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Two years ago, her brother Reggie Brown was brutally beaten to death on Georgia Avenue NW by five girls , ages 12 to 15. Brown was battling cancer and weighed just 110 pounds.

“Where were you politicians, where were you? Where was the president. Where were you people at when all these people here in D.C., all these mothers’ children been killed in the streets by juveniles, being carjacked by juveniles?” Israel asked.

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