A Street Corner Analysis of D.C. Crime- July 23, 2008 Driving through the District's Trinidad neighborhood the other night, I stopped to chat with three young men who were hanging out not far from where 13-year-old Alonzo Robinson was shot to death early Saturday.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/22/AR2008072202795.html?nav=r... Killer Ideas For Selling Guns in D.C.- July 9, 2008 Now that District residents can legally keep handguns, prospective gun dealers will need creative ways to target them. Based on my survey of gun shops nationwide, I suggest they start with a catchy name.http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/08/AR2008070802907.html?nav=r... Black Leaders, Too, Should Be Accountable in Jail Death- July 2, 2008 A young black man suspected in the death of a white police officer turns up dead in his jail cell, an apparent victim of strangulation. Echoes of racism and revenge killing reverberate through Prince George's County, which has a history of tension between black residents and white law enforcement officials. The suspicion among many blacks -- based on historical precedent -- is that a white jail guard killed Ronnie White, 19, to avenge the death of Prince George's Cpl. Richard S. Findley, 39,...http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/07/01/AR2008070102584.html?nav=r... |