A reporter with The Epoch Times’ sister media outlet was robbed at gunpoint in DC on Jan. 28 right outside her apartment complex, raising concerns about the rising crime rate in the area as well as questions about whether it’s more than a random act of robbery.
“Give me your phone,” was the first thing that Iris Tao, a White House reporter for NTD, heard right as she stepped outside the apartment complex while chewing on a corn dog.
In front of Tao was a slim black man about 6-foot tall, wearing black from head to toe: a black ski mask, black hat, coat, and black pants with white stripes, the reporter recalled. He pointed a handgun at her, which was about two feet away….