DC ended 2019 with the highest number of homicides recorded in a decade, yet we cannot prosecute felon-in-possession because racism? What about the victims who are overwhelmingly black? They do not matter. This policy makes me sick.
https://wtop.com/dc/2020/04/dc-atto...secution-of-local-gun-cases-in-federal-court/
DC also has more felons released onto the the streets every year for five years now.
When DC incarceration rates rose, violent crime and homicide fell. Now that incarceration rates are falling homicide has been going up for several years now.
And it is not just a correlation, but clearly causal. Prior criminals are about 85% of homicide victims, and about 90% of homicide perps.