At the core of the District's bloodiest year this century is what local leaders have bemoaned for months: minor disputes that rapidly escalate into fatal encounters.
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“This bill does not say that crime is OK,” Washington, D.C., Councilman Vincent Gray said in 2019 as he voted to decriminalize turnstile jumping in the Metro system. “This bill does not advocate lawlessness,” he insisted. “Rather, it advocates for fairness.”
23-year-old Keith Williams was arrested in connection with last month’s deadly shooting of 17-year-old Brendan Ofori inside a Metro railcar, D.C. police said.