Lockdown

Back in my hometown, the Imperial City, they’ve instituted military checkpoints around one violence-ravaged neighborhood. Upon approaching the area, you’re stopped, asked your reason for needing to be in the area, and turned around if they don’t like your answer.

Brilliant. Has no one heard of root causes? We need jobs and economic alternatives to deal with crime and violence, not police intimidation, people.

See Wash Post coverage here.

Thanks to my schoolmate Ebony, still a DC resident, for alerting me to this situation.