T he scene around Washington’s Farragut Square on Wednesday afternoon seem to fit Donald Trump’s most lurid stereotypes of a crime-ridden capital in need of federal troops to bring a firm smack of law and order. Two national guard members in critical condition after being shot in Washington DC Read more

An area normally the preserve of professional office workers, coffee shops and lunch venues instead bore the hallmarks of a major crime scene as news spread that two national guard troops had been shot.

In the minutes following the shooting outside Farragut North metro station, squads of fellow guard troops, police officers and heavily armed Secret Service personnel descended on the usually placid area and quickly cordoned off neighboring streets.

Workers in nearby offices were barr

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