Some Thoughts On Crime In Cities

(And yes, on the National Guard in Washington, D.C.)

It seems like I should have some thoughts on Donald Trump’s takeover of D.C. police and deployment of the National Guard in Washington, D.C. I have a couple of thoughts: one is that it seems that what Trump is doing is what a lot of “tough on crime” people have always wished a president would do. Second, I hope this great stretch of what it means to fig…