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Colbert I. King in The Post: The National Guard isn’t the solution to crime in D.C.

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“We are clearly in a war zone.” Judging from media coverage, that declaration by D.C. Council member Trayon White Sr. (D) about his Ward 8 district has been heard across the country. A tad apocalyptic? Not to White and many of his constituents in crime-drenched Southeast Washington neighborhoods. White has called for the National Guard to be deployed, noting, “We don’t have enough officers. We don’t have enough resources” to deal with the wave of violence sweeping the District.

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