The Lowest Crime Rate in 30 Years — And the Case for Martial Law

The president federalizes the DC police. Which city is next?

Detroit, 1967. The smoke rises in pillars. Paratroopers in combat gear march past burned-out shops, bayonets fixed. The president’s voice crackles over the radio: “By executive order, I have taken control of the Michigan National Guard.” The local police chief is no longer in charge of his own streets.

It was an emergency. People were dying. Fires were b…