Is there a solution for ending crime, homelessness & mental health crisis in DC?

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Anonymous wrote:Violence interrupters

My local violence interruptors have helped us immensely. They interrupted five violences in the past year

The police have helped us immensely also. They interrupted three violences in the past year. I'd we increase their budget by $5,000,000,000,000,000 then they will interrupt two more next year.

See how that one is not actually funny. The police did actually help interrupt violences back when we used to have the cops

WTF are you talking about? DC did not defund police.

In effect it did. Massive understaffing

The budget has grown every year

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Anonymous wrote:The council just voted to declare homelessness a “protected class”. San Francisco here we come.

What are you talking about? No it hasn't.

You apparently do not follow the news. Enjoy the descent.

I'm hoping my unhoused personal injury clients still have my business card. Now I can sue business owners for refusing entrance/service to the unhoused as well as property owners refusing to consider renting to them.

This is the future folks. It is now illegal in DC to deny a person who is caked in feces, erratically yelling and scaring off your paying customers from entering your establishment. You will also not be able to call the police to remove unruly homeless people from your establishment as trespassing.

Does anyone have any details on this!

Someone literally spewed their poorly imaginative 💩 on DCUM and now you're asking for details of their poorly imaginative 💩? I sure hope it's a Friday

One purpose of adding homelessness as a protected class is to protect the rights of the homeless to public accommodation. That includes commercial establishments such as hotels, restaurants, department stores, etc.

Some may think that’s a good thing. Others may not. But that is indeed the thing that’s happened.

Commercial establishments are for commerce. They only exist to serve PAYING customers. No pay, plus you harm revenue, GTFO. Period.

Does our City Council not understand this? I think it's funny that instead of building and managing day sheletrs, the Council has vans drop the homeless off at libraries every day and for the rest of the spillover is content to let Starbucks and Whole Foods provide the "services" they won't.

And it shouldn't be the job of DCPL to babysit the homeless either. Face it, many of the homeless don't just have a lack-of-housing issue, they have drug issues, mental health issues, etc. To deal with that, many of DC's homeless need 24h wraparound services. And, DC should start taking legal action against those who ship their homeless here. DC should not be the dumping grounds of the nation. And if I had my way, they shouldn't be given the choice, if they absolutely refuse drug treatment and rehab to be functional member of society again, bust them for those drugs and give them 3 hots and a cot in prison and mandatory program to get cleaned up of the illegal drug habit, either that or take them to a bus station and pay the fare to vacate themselves back home to where they came from or to a jurisdiction more amenable to their way of life.

All libraries in DC are stocked with methadone and librarians basically have reviving addicts in their job description. You can't make libraries a public shelter and then change your mind later, especially when the homeless are a protected class.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Violence interrupters

My local violence interruptors have helped us immensely. They interrupted five violences in the past year

The police have helped us immensely also. They interrupted three violences in the past year. I'd we increase their budget by $5,000,000,000,000,000 then they will interrupt two more next year.

See how that one is not actually funny. The police did actually help interrupt violences back when we used to have the cops

WTF are you talking about? DC did not defund police.

In effect it did. Massive understaffing

The budget has grown every year

For other programs maybe, but not the actual policing. 75% voters want to fund the actual police in DC and we also must empower them

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/dc-police-chief-says-staffing-shortages-are-causing-emergency-response-delays/3012697/

If we are really paying fees for violence prevention to a wife beater founder, that’s rich. Look up violence interrupters…

[Anonymous]

Police shortage in DC is nearly 300 cops since before the pandemic

[Anonymous]

Bus tickets have been shown to dramatically reduce homelessness and crime. Many other cities do it to great success.

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Like one way? To Mar-a-Lago? Not even joking, I’ll find it

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Fund

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Anonymous wrote:The council just voted to declare homelessness a “protected class”. San Francisco here we come.

What are you talking about? No it hasn't.

You apparently do not follow the news. Enjoy the descent.

I'm hoping my unhoused personal injury clients still have my business card. Now I can sue business owners for refusing entrance/service to the unhoused as well as property owners refusing to consider renting to them.

This is the future folks. It is now illegal in DC to deny a person who is caked in feces, erratically yelling and scaring off your paying customers from entering your establishment. You will also not be able to call the police to remove unruly homeless people from your establishment as trespassing.

Does anyone have any details on this!

Someone literally spewed their poorly imaginative 💩 on DCUM and now you're asking for details of their poorly imaginative 💩? I sure hope it's a Friday

One purpose of adding homelessness as a protected class is to protect the rights of the homeless to public accommodation. That includes commercial establishments such as hotels, restaurants, department stores, etc.

Some may think that’s a good thing. Others may not. But that is indeed the thing that’s happened.

Commercial establishments are for commerce. They only exist to serve PAYING customers. No pay, plus you harm revenue, GTFO. Period.

Does our City Council not understand this? I think it's funny that instead of building and managing day sheletrs, the Council has vans drop the homeless off at libraries every day and for the rest of the spillover is content to let Starbucks and Whole Foods provide the "services" they won't.

And it shouldn't be the job of DCPL to babysit the homeless either. Face it, many of the homeless don't just have a lack-of-housing issue, they have drug issues, mental health issues, etc. To deal with that, many of DC's homeless need 24h wraparound services. And, DC should start taking legal action against those who ship their homeless here. DC should not be the dumping grounds of the nation. And if I had my way, they shouldn't be given the choice, if they absolutely refuse drug treatment and rehab to be functional member of society again, bust them for those drugs and give them 3 hots and a cot in prison and mandatory program to get cleaned up of the illegal drug habit, either that or take them to a bus station and pay the fare to vacate themselves back home to where they came from or to a jurisdiction more amenable to their way of life.

All libraries in DC are stocked with methadone and librarians basically have reviving addicts in their job description. You can't make libraries a public shelter and then change your mind later, especially when the homeless are a protected class.

Protected for what, specifically? They are above the law and can legally use drugs that are illegal for the rest of us? They can expose themselves, vandalize property, assault people and face no consequences? If that's the case then we need to start throwing out the officials who think that's OK.

[Anonymous]

Why doesn't DC have some group like League of Women Voters go around to all DC office holders and candidates with specific targeted questionnaires on their approach to solving these questions so that we can get apples-to-apples comparisons?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why doesn't DC have some group like League of Women Voters go around to all DC office holders and candidates with specific targeted questionnaires on their approach to solving these questions so that we can get apples-to-apples comparisons?

No one likes to get involved in politics anymore because there’s a organized bunch of a-holes that shout everyone down if they don’t 100% agree with them on zoning and make everything unpleasant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The council just voted to declare homelessness a “protected class”. San Francisco here we come.

What are you talking about? No it hasn't.

You apparently do not follow the news. Enjoy the descent.

I'm hoping my unhoused personal injury clients still have my business card. Now I can sue business owners for refusing entrance/service to the unhoused as well as property owners refusing to consider renting to them.

This is the future folks. It is now illegal in DC to deny a person who is caked in feces, erratically yelling and scaring off your paying customers from entering your establishment. You will also not be able to call the police to remove unruly homeless people from your establishment as trespassing.

Does anyone have any details on this!

Someone literally spewed their poorly imaginative 💩 on DCUM and now you're asking for details of their poorly imaginative 💩? I sure hope it's a Friday

One purpose of adding homelessness as a protected class is to protect the rights of the homeless to public accommodation. That includes commercial establishments such as hotels, restaurants, department stores, etc.

Some may think that’s a good thing. Others may not. But that is indeed the thing that’s happened.

Commercial establishments are for commerce. They only exist to serve PAYING customers. No pay, plus you harm revenue, GTFO. Period.

Does our City Council not understand this? I think it's funny that instead of building and managing day sheletrs, the Council has vans drop the homeless off at libraries every day and for the rest of the spillover is content to let Starbucks and Whole Foods provide the "services" they won't.

And it shouldn't be the job of DCPL to babysit the homeless either. Face it, many of the homeless don't just have a lack-of-housing issue, they have drug issues, mental health issues, etc. To deal with that, many of DC's homeless need 24h wraparound services. And, DC should start taking legal action against those who ship their homeless here. DC should not be the dumping grounds of the nation. And if I had my way, they shouldn't be given the choice, if they absolutely refuse drug treatment and rehab to be functional member of society again, bust them for those drugs and give them 3 hots and a cot in prison and mandatory program to get cleaned up of the illegal drug habit, either that or take them to a bus station and pay the fare to vacate themselves back home to where they came from or to a jurisdiction more amenable to their way of life.

All libraries in DC are stocked with methadone and librarians basically have reviving addicts in their job description. You can't make libraries a public shelter and then change your mind later, especially when the homeless are a protected class.

Protected for what, specifically? They are above the law and can legally use drugs that are illegal for the rest of us? They can expose themselves, vandalize property, assault people and face no consequences? If that's the case then we need to start throwing out the officials who think that's OK.

Protected class as in equivalent to race, creed, gender, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The council just voted to declare homelessness a “protected class”. San Francisco here we come.

What are you talking about? No it hasn't.

You apparently do not follow the news. Enjoy the descent.

I'm hoping my unhoused personal injury clients still have my business card. Now I can sue business owners for refusing entrance/service to the unhoused as well as property owners refusing to consider renting to them.

This is the future folks. It is now illegal in DC to deny a person who is caked in feces, erratically yelling and scaring off your paying customers from entering your establishment. You will also not be able to call the police to remove unruly homeless people from your establishment as trespassing.

Does anyone have any details on this!

Someone literally spewed their poorly imaginative 💩 on DCUM and now you're asking for details of their poorly imaginative 💩? I sure hope it's a Friday

One purpose of adding homelessness as a protected class is to protect the rights of the homeless to public accommodation. That includes commercial establishments such as hotels, restaurants, department stores, etc.

Some may think that’s a good thing. Others may not. But that is indeed the thing that’s happened.

Commercial establishments are for commerce. They only exist to serve PAYING customers. No pay, plus you harm revenue, GTFO. Period.

Does our City Council not understand this? I think it's funny that instead of building and managing day sheletrs, the Council has vans drop the homeless off at libraries every day and for the rest of the spillover is content to let Starbucks and Whole Foods provide the "services" they won't.

And it shouldn't be the job of DCPL to babysit the homeless either. Face it, many of the homeless don't just have a lack-of-housing issue, they have drug issues, mental health issues, etc. To deal with that, many of DC's homeless need 24h wraparound services. And, DC should start taking legal action against those who ship their homeless here. DC should not be the dumping grounds of the nation. And if I had my way, they shouldn't be given the choice, if they absolutely refuse drug treatment and rehab to be functional member of society again, bust them for those drugs and give them 3 hots and a cot in prison and mandatory program to get cleaned up of the illegal drug habit, either that or take them to a bus station and pay the fare to vacate themselves back home to where they came from or to a jurisdiction more amenable to their way of life.

All libraries in DC are stocked with methadone and librarians basically have reviving addicts in their job description. You can't make libraries a public shelter and then change your mind later, especially when the homeless are a protected class.

Protected for what, specifically? They are above the law and can legally use drugs that are illegal for the rest of us? They can expose themselves, vandalize property, assault people and face no consequences? If that's the case then we need to start throwing out the officials who think that's OK.

Protected class as in equivalent to race, creed, gender, etc.

So basically when a homeless dude accosts you and exposes himself, you can't say anything or else it's discrimination. Got it.

[Anonymous]

If he’s white, I’m sure you’re good

[Anonymous]

Starbucks CEO -
We serve 100 million people at Starbucks,” Schultz said. “There is an issue of just safety in our stores in terms of people coming in who use our stores as a public bathroom.”

Providing safety for Starbucks employees and customers is also of importance to Schultz in making sure both groups are satisfied and protected, he said.

“We have to harden our stores and provide safety for our people,” he told the Times. “I don’t know if we can keep our bathrooms open.”

[Anonymous]

More will close now that there’s a protected class law on the books. Because the can’t just close the WC or the door; they must close the store