As More Demand the D.C. Football Team Change Its Racist Name, Here’s True Story of Why the Bullets Became the Wizards
by Jesse Spector from Deadspin > Sports News Without Fear, Favor or Compromise on (#554CY)
In 1995, there were 361 homicides in Washington, D.C., and that death toll, more than double last year's tragic tally of 166, represented a five-year low. The violence of the drug wars of the early '90s ravaged The District, earning the city the nickname, the Murder Capital" of America.