It’s a disgrace to the United States, and it’s a choice. Repeal DC home rule.
How would giving DC residents less control over their own government help, exactly?
Maybe that would happen. Much more likely, they appoint one of their cronies who doesn’t care about keeping DC safe, since he isn’t accountable to any voters, and DC becomes even worse.
We need two things:
1. Congress and the President in charge of DC governance
2. Members of Congress forced to live in DC most of the year so they can’t ignore the problem
This would solve the crime issue in DC.