D.C.’s anti-crime bill inches closer to law, but lawmakers blink on tougher penalties
The “defund-the-police” movement in the nation’s capital lost some ground Tuesday after city leaders, shaken by a bloody year of carjackings, shootings and robberies, voted to approve a legislative crackdown on crime. The D.C. Council passed the massive Secure DC omnibus package by a 12-0 margin — though not without one significant, spur-of-the-moment amendment that […]