Lobbying Bowser to call up the national guard

[Anonymous]

What is needed to convince Bowser to call up the national guard to confront the random violence (driven by very hard to solve/prosecute carjackings)? Can she just "do it"? Does fed gov need to sign off?

[Anonymous]

The teen girls killed the Uber Eats driver literally at the feet of National Guard troops. Do people not recall that?

Without effective prosecution, which is not a NG operating task, and without cultural changes, would be ineffective.

How would NG have stopped the shooting of a driver in Dupont yesterday or the man outside City Center on Monday? Knee jerk feel good solutions rarely accomplish much.

[Anonymous]

Elections have consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teen girls killed the Uber Eats driver literally at the feet of National Guard troops. Do people not recall that?

Without effective prosecution, which is not a NG operating task, and without cultural changes, would be ineffective.

How would NG have stopped the shooting of a driver in Dupont yesterday or the man outside City Center on Monday? Knee jerk feel good solutions rarely accomplish much.

NP. Is this the same uber driver as the Afghan interpreter that was murdered last year? Did they finally catch his kid killers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elections have consequences.

+100
Funny how some voters forget this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The teen girls killed the Uber Eats driver literally at the feet of National Guard troops. Do people not recall that?

Without effective prosecution, which is not a NG operating task, and without cultural changes, would be ineffective.

How would NG have stopped the shooting of a driver in Dupont yesterday or the man outside City Center on Monday? Knee jerk feel good solutions rarely accomplish much.

They weren't in that role at the time. National guard, roadblocks and random checks would be fantastic.

[Anonymous]

Yawn

[Anonymous]

Mr. Yawn is back. Loves it.

Totally agree on police state.

[Anonymous]

Bring on the police state please

[Anonymous]

People who advocate for Leopards Eating People's Faces policies never expect the leopards to eat their faces.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elections have consequences.

D.C. voters chose progressives to lead our city.

You did not know how progressives view crime before you voted??

[Anonymous]

National Guard isn't going to change things.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Elections have consequences.

+1000

The voters of DC want this. They overwhelmingly support it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The teen girls killed the Uber Eats driver literally at the feet of National Guard troops. Do people not recall that?

Without effective prosecution, which is not a NG operating task, and without cultural changes, would be ineffective.

How would NG have stopped the shooting of a driver in Dupont yesterday or the man outside City Center on Monday? Knee jerk feel good solutions rarely accomplish much.

NP. Is this the same uber driver as the Afghan interpreter that was murdered last year? Did they finally catch his kid killers?

If the city had UBI, the Afghan interpreter would not have had any reason to be out working as an Uber driver.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is needed to convince Bowser to call up the national guard to confront the random violence (driven by very hard to solve/prosecute carjackings)? Can she just "do it"? Does fed gov need to sign off?

How would this work, exactly? Soldiers would just patrol around the city? They'd, what, go shoot up a car after it got carjacked? Personally, I don't think living under armed military occupation would be particularly effective, and I know it wouldn't make me feel safer.