D.C., not Baghdad.
Last weekend was one of the most violent in D.C. history: Seven people were killed and three wounded in nine hours. For the first time this year, the number of homicides surpassed last year's number at the same point in the year -- and that's before the start of summer and its traditional surge in violence.
With more than half of the year left to unfold, 22 people had been killed as of Wednesday, compared with 21 for all of 2007. The effect on everyday lives is unimaginable, as evidenced by The Post's account of a 61-year-old man who, for fear of walking a few blocks from a parking spot to his home after dark, spends the night in his car parked at the police station if he leaves work late. |