It was Marion Barry, back when D.C. truly was the country’s murder capital, who uttered the immortal defense of the District, when he told reporters: “This is not Dodge City.”

The year was 1989. The nation’s capital recorded 434 homicides. Barry’s defense fell on streets drenched in blood.

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