What's Really Happening to D.C.?

How bad is D.C.'s crime really? And should Trump be bringing the city under federal control in an attempt to solve its crime and disorder problems?

"What's interesting about crime in DC is that there's three very distinct problems," writes Reason's Robby Soave, who lives there. "One is semi-professional gang crime, mostly confined to sketchy neighborhoods, that usually targets other gang members. This is the kind of crime every large city has, and is counteracted by spending more money on homicide detectives and then aggressively prosecuting illegal firearms violators."

"Then there's mentally ill and drug addicted homeless people setting up tent cities," he continues, noting that the most egregiously large and disorderly encampments were cleaned up. "Lastly, there are large groups of tee