What is your point? I'm well aware that DC is a city. Its crime stats are horrific as a city, compared to other cities. The cities that rank higher than DC are

What is your point? I'm well aware that DC is a city. Its crime stats are horrific as a city, compared to other cities. The cities that rank higher than DC are even more horrific. I'm dismayed that policymakers in all of these places favor the rights of multiply-convicted violent criminals over those of the law-abiding. It's illustrative to compare against famously poorly-run countries. What are you trying to illustrate here by pointing out that DC is a city?