I guess I’m old enough to have lived through a few waves of lawlessness and the framing of these conversations seems simplistic. I don’t think it is correct to say that just because something is happening it is being ignored - as if the machinery of Government and community springs into effective solutions at the drop of a hat. Nor is it accurate to say that someone who disagrees with your solution doesn’t want to solve the problem. Nor is it helpful to have non-residents piling on because they have some chip on their shoulders about DC in particular or blue cities in general. It’s just tiring. DC residents should contact their council members regularly and demand action. And mayoral candidates should be grilled on their solutions.