The murder there of George Floyd by a white officer last year sparked worldwide protests against racial injustice as well as calls to defund the police.
It is impossible to ignore that these terrible trends are coming precisely as so-called progressives have decided it's time to denounce and defund local law enforcement.
House Speaker John Boehner claimed over the weekend there aren't enough votes to pass the Senate spending bill, which neither defunds nor delays the Affordable Care Act.
It did not cut the size of the police force. The city has seen a rise in crime amid calls to defund the police, after the police killing of George Floyd in May.
And suddenly, it became a political lightning rod, with many politicians looking to either defund it and tear the buildings down all together, or at least to limit the number of buildings and the scope of HUD.