Criminal Activity in DC

There is criminal activity in Washington DC.

Now wait. Before you go off all half-cocked with your assumptions, read the rest of this.

A veteran has become a local landmark for passing out Buddy Poppies. Those are memorial flowers that are bright red, and the vet hopes that people will pause and remember the sacrifices of veterans when seeing them. Anyone who asks for one is welcome to have one for no charge. Many people have been moved to give a donation to help him purchase more poppies, and the vet doesn't turn them down.

Enter the police, who have threatened the vet with arrest for violation of the law banning agressively soliciting money. So, while panhandlers that were the object of the statute roam free, this veteran is facing jail time.

Sometimes I wonder where all the common sense has gone.