We can’t punish or police away crime

Do we care more about the 1 or the 99?

According to The New York Times, homicides soared 16% over the last year in a sampling of 20 large cities, including D.C. In fact, D.C.’s increase is a higher 24%. (The 2019 number was already a 10-year high.) In this month alone, 23 people have needlessly lost their lives to gun violence. Crime is ravaging (mostly black, low-income) communities and the…