The assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, Harmeet Dhillon, said she was nearly robbed by a “malodorous” individual in Washington, D.C.
“A malodorous homeless person attempted to swipe my phone today while I was walking in DC back to the DOJ from an appointment — but he was not in his right mind and I artfully dodged the attempt,” she declared on social media. “It’ll be a while till things feel safe in this city, so everyone stay alert!”
“For those asking, I’m ok, nothing happened. I was faster than the homeless guy,” she wrote in a subsequent post. “It was next to the NY Ave Presbyterian Church. Several other homeless and mentally fragile people around. Close to the WH and tourist stuff.”
This week, President Trump issued an executive order to crack down on crime in Washington, D.C.
“Washington, District of Columbia, is our Nation’s capital and home to the central institutions of American governance. Yet rising violence in the capital now urgently endangers public servants, citizens, and tourists, disrupts safe and secure transportation and the proper functioning of the Federal Government, and forces the diversion of critical public resources toward emergency response and security measures,” the Monday order read.
“These conditions cannot persist,” Trump’s order added. “We will make the District of Columbia one of the safest cities in the world, not the most dangerous.”
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was robbed in Washington, D.C., earlier this year while dining at a restaurant. The suspect was later identified as an illegal immigrant.
