But Crime Is Down, Right? Secret Service Open Fire On Carjackers Outside Janet Yellen's D.C. Home

Posted • December 3, 2024: The Democrats -- from local mayors and governors, all the way up to the White House -- insisted crime was down thanks to the Biden-Harris administration. It's a lie, of course, but you gotta admire their persistent refusal to acknowledge reality. In D.C., carjackers stole a vehicle with an elderly woman inside and crashed it. That woman later died of her injuries, and the murder/kidnapping charges against the carjackers were dropped. In June, carjackers were shot by U.S. Marshals outside Justice Sotomayor's house. Now Secret Service agents opened fire on more carjackers outside the home of Janet Yellen: Secret Service agents fire on carjackers outside Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s home in DC. -- A Secret Service agent fired a shot outside Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s home in the early hours of Tuesday morning after an altercation with suspects trying to break into unoccupied parked cars.

No one was hit — but the suspects drove off in their sedan from the Cabinet official’s neighborhood in Northwest Washington shortly after 1:30 a.m. and have not yet been apprehended. “There was no threat to any protectees during this incident and no protectees were harmed,” Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement. The DC Metro Police Department is investigating the incident, he added, which will be overseen by the US Attorney Matthew Graves’ office. -- Seems like DC has turned into the wild-wild West full of criminals. But they have strict gun laws. That's not supposed to happen. -- Car jackings will be transitory. Use of that ammo will be inflationary. All will be discussed at the next Fed meeting. (…)

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https://twitchy.com/amy-curtis/2024/12/03/secret-service-shoots-at-carjacker-outside-janet-yellens-dc-home-n2404593
Fox News: Secret Service confirms agent opened fire on carjackers outside Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen's home
https://www.foxnews.com/us/secret-service-confirms-agent-opened-fire-carjackers-outside-treasury-secretary-janet-yellens-home
New York Post: Secret Service agent fires at suspects trying to break into cars outside Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s home in DC
https://nypost.com/2024/12/03/us-news/secret-service-agents-fire-on-carjackers-outside-janet-yellens-home/