In 2016, D.C. Mayor Bowser took the opportunity to reaffirm that it’s a “sanctuary city.”

“We are a sanctuary city because we know that our neighborhoods are safer and stronger,” Bowser falsely claimed.

In 2024, an illegal alien shot three D.C. police officers making the neighborhood stronger and safer.

A man accused of shooting three D.C. police officers who were trying to serve him a warrant on animal cruelty charges faced eviction after his dogs menaced a 2-year-old, according to his landlord’s account in court documents.

Stephen Claude Rattigan, 48, was arrested after a 13-hour standoff that began when he opened fire on officers at his home in the 5000 block of Hanna Place SE early Wednesday, police say. Authorities initially gave a different name for the suspect but on Thursday morning said that Rattigan had provided a fake name.

Why would he have needed a false name?

According to a report from Julio Rosas, “Stephen Claude Rattigan, also known as James Claude Julius, is in the US illegally. He has an active ICE deportation order.”

Good thing D.C. passed that Sanctuary Values Act protecting illegal alien criminals from deportation.

The District of Columbia Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a permanent version of the Sanctuary Values ​​Act, legislation that restricts cooperation between local agencies and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and strengthens the status of the U.S. capital as a “sanctuary city.”

The Sanctuary Values ​​Act prohibits jails, police and other city agencies from sharing information with ICE or giving them special access.

Now three officers have been shot. They were the ones who needed sanctuary.