Alabama’s big cities need a Trump-style D.C. crime crackdown

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Washington, D.C., is allegedly under attack by terrible people who want residents in the city to have the right to live a peaceful life.

Other cities around the country have taken similar steps to address out-of-control crime; they simply tried.

In Montgomery and Huntsville, local leaders sent law enforcement into areas that were having crime issues; now those problems have decreased.

This is not hard; they just had to try to fix the problem.

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

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Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN