No issue brings out demagoguery more than crime. And crime issues in big cities with many residents of color are particularly intoxicating for the right. So when the City Council of the District of Columbia decided to revise a criminal code that had been written in 1901, there was much grist for the conservative mill. Anthony looks at the truth and context behind headlines about reducing penalties for carjackers. He also looks at the failure of Democrats to take up the fight and what it means for the battles to come.

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