Imagine, for a few minutes, if the drive-by shooting that killed four young people and wounded others last week on South Capitol Street had taken place in another part of the nation’s capital.

Rather than the far eastern corner of the city by the Prince George’s County line, let’s say the carnage had taken place along South Capitol street a few blocks from the U.S. Capitol dome. Same street, different ‘hood.

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