6-Year-Old Girl in Washington DC Is Fatally Shot While Riding Scooter

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Anonymous wrote:The community should start shunning. Works for the Amish. Don't glamorize people who kill your youngest and gentlest. Thug Life is a bad joke.

Or we could take some common sense steps to make the possession of guns more carefully controlled. But yes, do go on with your "shunning" idea as a relevant solution to those mourning a 6 yo.

Guns are already regulated. This is about more than that. This guy should have faced some more severe consequences for his previous crimes.

And, shocker.... Police say he was known to the police.
I am betting he has quite a lengthy rap sheet.
The police chief is right. When the courts have a revolving door, it is hard for them to do their jobs.

I checked in Maryland and DC and he doesn't have a lengthy rap sheet. He's actually got zero prior convictions. There's the open PG county case for something that's some combination of having a gun and stealing a car (the armed carjacking charge got dropped when it was moved to Circuit Court, but he still has wearing a loaded gun and transporting a gun on the highway, along with vehicle theft charges), but that's it other than some traffic tickets. Nothing in DC.

This is part of the problem. One shouldn’t be able to plead down or drop an armed carjacking charge. That’s some serious stuff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The community should start shunning. Works for the Amish. Don't glamorize people who kill your youngest and gentlest. Thug Life is a bad joke.

Or we could take some common sense steps to make the possession of guns more carefully controlled. But yes, do go on with your "shunning" idea as a relevant solution to those mourning a 6 yo.

Guns are already regulated. This is about more than that. This guy should have faced some more severe consequences for his previous crimes.

And, shocker.... Police say he was known to the police.
I am betting he has quite a lengthy rap sheet.
The police chief is right. When the courts have a revolving door, it is hard for them to do their jobs.

I checked in Maryland and DC and he doesn't have a lengthy rap sheet. He's actually got zero prior convictions. There's the open PG county case for something that's some combination of having a gun and stealing a car (the armed carjacking charge got dropped when it was moved to Circuit Court, but he still has wearing a loaded gun and transporting a gun on the highway, along with vehicle theft charges), but that's it other than some traffic tickets. Nothing in DC.

This is part of the problem. One shouldn’t be able to plead down or drop an armed carjacking charge. That’s some serious stuff.

He didn't plead it down. When the case was moved from the lower level court (District) to the higher level one (Circuit) the charges changed. My best guess (from working in criminal cases in Maryland) is that police overcharged and the prosecution only presented charges they actually think he's guilty of. That's really common.

"You shouldn't be able to drop or plead down serious charges" is an insane idea that no person should take seriously. Cops make mistakes when it comes to the law and often charge people with things that they're not remotely guilty of, prosecutors can and should step in and rectify their mistakes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The community should start shunning. Works for the Amish. Don't glamorize people who kill your youngest and gentlest. Thug Life is a bad joke.

Or we could take some common sense steps to make the possession of guns more carefully controlled. But yes, do go on with your "shunning" idea as a relevant solution to those mourning a 6 yo.

Guns are already regulated. This is about more than that. This guy should have faced some more severe consequences for his previous crimes.

And, shocker.... Police say he was known to the police.
I am betting he has quite a lengthy rap sheet.
The police chief is right. When the courts have a revolving door, it is hard for them to do their jobs.

I checked in Maryland and DC and he doesn't have a lengthy rap sheet. He's actually got zero prior convictions. There's the open PG county case for something that's some combination of having a gun and stealing a car (the armed carjacking charge got dropped when it was moved to Circuit Court, but he still has wearing a loaded gun and transporting a gun on the highway, along with vehicle theft charges), but that's it other than some traffic tickets. Nothing in DC.

This is part of the problem. One shouldn’t be able to plead down or drop an armed carjacking charge. That’s some serious stuff.

He didn't plead it down. When the case was moved from the lower level court (District) to the higher level one (Circuit) the charges changed. My best guess (from working in criminal cases in Maryland) is that police overcharged and the prosecution only presented charges they actually think he's guilty of. That's really common.

"You shouldn't be able to drop or plead down serious charges" is an insane idea that no person should take seriously. Cops make mistakes when it comes to the law and often charge people with things that they're not remotely guilty of, prosecutors can and should step in and rectify their mistakes.

PP, I realize this is a Moco case, but the issue for us in DC where Nyah was murdered, is our city takes guns seriously. We went to the Supreme Court to challenge legal gun ownership. Hwoever, with illegal gun USE it, or legal guns USED CRIMINALLY, is really difficult for police to build a case in DC (witnesses seem to vanish) and when they finally put one together, it does seem like gun charges evanesce and car theft and other heinous deeds are treated like everyday property crime. Much less murder. That's what we are used to, which is why people may assume the police brought a solid case that went up in smoke once it reached the courts.