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Crime in the US is complicated, involving the intersection of, among other factors, poverty, drugs, guns, gangs and race.

Crime in the US is complicated, involving the intersection of, among other factors, poverty, drugs, guns, gangs and race.

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WASHINGTON - It is the kind of Twitter alert that is almost par for the course on daily basis in any city in the US.

“ARMED CARJACKING W/G-WAGON TAKEN... (Police Department) on scene investigating an armed carjacking with an individual having their Mercedes G-Wagon taken by two individuals armed with a gun.”

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