LinkLinksOpinion Colbert I. King in The Post: In answering rising crime, D.C. avoids the missteps of the ’90s By Editor On Jul 14, 2023 Last updated Jul 14, 2023 21 Share Remember “Operation Clean Sweep?” That was D.C. Mayor Marion Barry’s 1986 effort to pulverize the highly visible street-level drug trade and reduce the killings linked to drug trafficking. The D.C. police deployed a force of more than 100 officers led by program architect Isaac Fulwood, an assistant chief, to target neighborhood drug markets by bringing in police trailers, conducting roadblocks, raiding apartments, seizing cars and executing reverse buys in which undercover officers made sales to drug dealers. 21 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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