Is DC a "City Under Siege" as crime levels rise?

Name: Is DC a "City Under Siege" as crime levels rise?
Uploaded: 2023-12-06T12:49:00Z
Duration: 15 min 8 s
Description: In the 80s as drugs, guns and crime rocked the District, FOX 5 DC had a recurring segment called "City Under Siege." With numbers rising again across D.C., FOX 5 has resurrected "City Under Siege" -- but is crime in D.C. back to the same level we saw decades ago? FOX 5's Maureen Umeh looks at archival reports and talks to leaders today to answer the question - is D.C. a "City Under Siege"?

In the 80s as drugs, guns and crime rocked the District, FOX 5 DC had a recurring segment called "City Under Siege." With numbers rising again across D.C., FOX 5 has resurrected "City Under Siege" -- but is crime in D.C. back to the same level we saw decades ago? FOX 5's Maureen Umeh looks at archival reports and talks to leaders today to answer the question - is D.C. a "City Under Siege"?

Posted December 6, 2023 7:49am EST