D.C. news crew robbed while reporting on app that identifies ‘sketchy’ neighborhoods

D.C. news crew robbed while reporting on app that identifies ‘sketchy’ neighborhoods. “A District of Columbia news crew reporting on an app that identifies ‘sketchy’ neighborhoods had their van burglarized while they were interviewing individuals who lived in a neighborhood the app identified as ‘sketchy’.” So the app works…

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  • You don't suppose their was a reason that neighborhood was considered "sketchy" do you?
    But then liberals want the whole world to be one big ghetto it seems.

    • Except for where they live. In those enclaves private security with guns, fences, and walls abound. Those areas are also whiter than the driven snow.

  • From the interview its clear they learned NOTHING.
    Refusing to state the name of the area because it would imply race...
    What they didn't say speaks volumes.

  • Years ago there was a race riot in Minneapolis over some damn grievance or another. Of course the media was all over it, exactly where anyone with a brain wouldn't have been. In one crew the camera man and talking head chick got the shit beat out of them. (Another crew filmed it) I thought that was hilarious and think this DC incident is hilarious. Maybe these arrogant morons will think twice about the "free pass" being media gives them.

  • This happens to news people in Oakland frequently. I haven't looked, but I'd assume the whole city is on the sketchy list.

  • Hell why is this news? We are all getting robbed by those in DC.

    If you are stupid enough to be in parts of the District that everyone tells you it's not safe. You deserve to get robbed.