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Reader Matthew Yglesias responds to a recent piece we posted on crime in the city. Want to add your own voice to this debate? Email Opinionist. Should the District respond to its high crime rates and current purported “crime emergency” by hiring more cops as several City Council members are proposing? Calm heads like DCist’s Martin Austermuhle say no and they have the numbers to prove it. He points out that DC has traditionally had…