Victim: Matthew Yglesias, Center for American Progress blogger

Crime: Assault

Media Upshot: Soon after being punched and kicked by a pair of strangers on a desolate stretch of North Capitol Street on Saturday night, Yglesias had blogged about the incident.

Policy Argument: Dense urban development makes it harder for random dudes to sock people. “All else being equal a denser city will be a better policed city,” Yglesias wrote shortly before midnight.

Victim: Marc Fisher, Washington Post senior editor

Crime: Burglary

Media Upshot: The perp later posted a photo of himself and his loot on Fisher’s son’s Facebook page, giving the Postie an irresistible story.

Policy Argument: Cops should take property crime more seriously. “When the system treats such cases as nuisances, it breeds the cynicism that too many of us have about justice in this country,” Fisher wrote last Sunday.

Victim: Mika Brzezinski, Morning Joe co-host

Crime: Mugging

Media Upshot: Brzezinski was hit right in front of the bell stand outside a D.C. hotel—and just before then-Mayor Adrian Fenty’s previously scheduled appearance on her show. Co-host Joe Scarborough brought it up on camera.

Policy Argument: Hotels should watch nearby streets more carefully. “I’m angry at a hotel this morning,” Scarborough told Fenty. “Not you, ‘cause your cops can’t be everywhere.”

WTOP reports that Mika Brzezinski, the coolest thing about MSNBC's "Morning Joe," was mugged this morning outside a D.C. hotel. She was heading to interview Mayor Fenty about the inauguration:

"Without naming the hotel, her co-host Joe Scarborough blasted D.C. on the show the two co-host, 'Morning Joe.'

The mugging, Brzezinski says, happened as she waited for a car to pick her up for the 6 a.m. broadcast. She says she was embarrassed by what happened and complained the bell desk should have been paying attention.

Brzezinski gave the mugger the $6 in cash she had on her, although he asked for $20.

Fenty, who was on the show to talk about the inauguration, assured her the matter would be investigated."

There's tons more details on Huffington Post. Poor Fenty! He goes on a morning chat show and gets blasted. Embarrassing.

*photo courtesy of Huffington Post.