<![CDATA[As I pointed out here the media has been pretty uniform, almost uncannily so, in responding to President Trump's decision to take over the DC police and crack down on crime. Every news outlet is eager to point out that crime stats show crime in the city is down and no one (with the exception of Megan McArdle) is willing to admit that even with that decline crime in DC is much higher than in other major cities. ]]>