Harmeet Dhillon, assistant attorney general for civil rights at the Justice Department, told Newsmax on Monday that Washington, D.C., residents are thankful to have the increased police presence.
Dhillon told “Newsline” about the time a homeless person tried to steal her phone and another incident where 30 homeless people tried to grab her water bottle.
“This is the type of thing that people experience in D.C. on a daily basis,” Dhillon said. “And I’ve seen crime tape one block away from my house and my neighborhood in Capitol Hill because of a murder that occurred just a block away from my home.”
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