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D.C. Council member desperate to contain the 'cancer' of violent crime in the city
“We have young men wandering through the community with AK-47s, letting off 60, 90, up to 100 rounds — daily.”
Amember of the Washington, D.C., city council called this week for the mayor of D.C. to join him in calling out the D.C. National Guard to help regain control of the streets overrun by violent crime.
Trayon White, 39, made his case at a press conference very close to where three people were shot and killed just days before. He described Ward 8, which he represents on the council, having become a “cancer,” which is spreading to other parts of the city.
“Desperate times call for desperate measures,” Mr. White said. “We have young men wandering through the community with AK-47s, letting off 60, 90, up to 100 rounds — daily.”
White said he reached out to Mayor Muriel Bowser about his proposal to call up of the National Guard, which would require coordination and cooperation with the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice and the White House, as the president has authority over the local guard units.
“The District has seen 13 slayings in just the first nine days of August. The 161 homicides recorded so far this year represent a 28% increase from 2022, and violent crime is up 37%, with sexual assaults, robberies, assaults with a dangerous weapon and carjackings all seeing year-over-year increases,” according to The Washington Times.
https://justthenews.com/nation/crime/dc-council-member-desperate-contain-cancer-violent-crime-city
Trump Spars with Reporter in Iowa: “We Don’t Take Plea Deals Because I Did Nothing Wrong!” (VIDEO)
President Trump sparred with a reporter on the tarmac in Iowa on Saturday.
Trump attended the Iowa State Fair on Saturday to address Iowans.
He received a rockstar welcome as supporters chanted “Four more years!”
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/08/trump-spars-reporter-iowa-we-dont-take-plea/
Ukrainians won’t fly F-16s until summer 2024 – WaPo
Pilots have yet to complete the necessary English language lessons and will only start combat training in January
The first batch of Ukrainian pilots are not expected to complete training on US-made F-16 fighter jets before next summer, the Washington Post reported on Friday, citing senior government and military officials in Kiev.
According to the outlet, only six pilots are set to go through the first round of training, with two other pilots being reserved as backup candidates. Although they are all fluent in English, officials insist the pilots attend four months of English lessons in Britain, to learn specific terminology associated with the sophisticated jets.
Only after they have completed these language courses will the pilots be able to start combat training. Ukrainian officials told the Washington Post that this will likely happen no sooner than January and that the F-16 training program itself will take six months.
A second group of about the same size is expected to be prepared to fly the jets by the end of 2024, the officials added, expressing their dismay at the sluggishness of the process. “This is called dragging it out,” one of the sources told the outlet, noting that he was reluctant to be too critical of US and European benefactors out of fear of appearing ungrateful.
US officials have also told the Washington Post that another 20 Ukrainian pilots are ready to start English courses, with most of the country’s best pilots expected to remain in Ukraine during their language training as they continue to fly sorties in Soviet-era planes.
Last week, Politico also reported that, according to US sources, out of the 32 pilots Ukraine had hoped to train on the F-16s, only eight had sufficient English skills to take part in the instruction program.
https://www.rt.com/russia/581165-ukraine-f16-summer-2024/
There are on the other hand, men and women that don't want too see it burn.
Anon wants to correct these problems!
Who else wants that?