DC Police dealing with string of robberies. Is the pandemic playing a factor in the uptick?

By Kolbie Satterfield

ANC Commissioner and Black Lives Matter DC core organizer Anthony Lorenzo Green said those numbers are concerning, and he believes it’s a direct correlation to the pandemic.

“We were already struggling before this pandemic with a lot of the issues that were affecting our community. All this does is put an extremely close spotlight on the disparities in our community…”

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