Violent crime in DC lowest in 30 years - watch it soar under Trump

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Violent crime isn't down just because you stopped counting it. That isn't how any of this works.

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Anonymous wrote:My impression is that crime in DC is driven by a combination of how youth feel (do they have hope) as well as how strictly the law is enforced. “Return to the office” should provide more employment opportunities in DC for youth. It is unclear to me how aggressively the new AUSA will prosecute crime.

I'm pretty confident that the youth that are responsible for the vast majority of murder and mayhem in DC are unlikely to apply to office internships now that the federal government is back to RTO. I think crime in DC is driven by consequences, not feelings. And when there are no consequences, crime increases exponentially. And when there are harsh consequences, crime will quickly decline. For an extreme example, just look at El Salvador. In 2014, there were 6656 murders in El Salvador. In 2024, there were 114. The government decided to get tough on violent crime, and crime plummeted. Hopefully DC will do the same.

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Anonymous wrote:Violent crime isn't down just because you stopped counting it. That isn't how any of this works.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Trump is a felon who belongs behind bars, and his administration is off to a corrupt start. But why would we expect local crime in D.C. to soar under his administration? That's just not something the president usually has any effect on one way or the other.

Is this a joke? The president appoints the U.S. attorney who oversees prosecution of nearly all violent crime in DC. The last two (one appointed by Trump, one by Biden) have been catastrophes in terms of going after violent criminals. So yes, the president has a massive effect on crime in DC.

Why would it soar above where it was under Trump in his first term or under Biden, though?

Crime in DC started to rise during Trump's first term, and it's directly tied to the USAO's rising declination rate. That rise continued under Biden. Seriously, go look at arrest records that are publicly available online. The number of criminals who tell police something along the lines of "just no-paper me so I can go back to what I was doing" is pretty amazing. They know that in most cases, they'll face zero punishment.

The uptick in crime during Trump 1 was more driven by Karl Racine and how he chose to handle juveniles being charged with serious, violent crime. So much of DCs violence is driven by people under 18 and Racine sent the message loud and clear that there would be no meaningful accountability for juvenile criminals.

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Anonymous wrote:For an extreme example, just look at El Salvador. In 2014, there were 6656 murders in El Salvador. In 2024, there were 114. The government decided to get tough on violent crime, and crime plummeted. Hopefully DC will do the same.

Hopefully DC will not emulate, of all countries, El f4cking Salvador, which literally wiped its ass with its constitution and indefinitely incarcerated suspects without trial for years. DC shall not serve at the whims of racist, cowardly suburbanites.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Trump is a felon who belongs behind bars, and his administration is off to a corrupt start. But why would we expect local crime in D.C. to soar under his administration? That's just not something the president usually has any effect on one way or the other.

Is this a joke? The president appoints the U.S. attorney who oversees prosecution of nearly all violent crime in DC. The last two (one appointed by Trump, one by Biden) have been catastrophes in terms of going after violent criminals. So yes, the president has a massive effect on crime in DC.

Why would it soar above where it was under Trump in his first term or under Biden, though?

Crime in DC started to rise during Trump's first term, and it's directly tied to the USAO's rising declination rate. That rise continued under Biden. Seriously, go look at arrest records that are publicly available online. The number of criminals who tell police something along the lines of "just no-paper me so I can go back to what I was doing" is pretty amazing. They know that in most cases, they'll face zero punishment.

The uptick in crime during Trump 1 was more driven by Karl Racine and how he chose to handle juveniles being charged with serious, violent crime. So much of DCs violence is driven by people under 18 and Racine sent the message loud and clear that there would be no meaningful accountability for juvenile criminals.

The vast majority of violent crimes in DC are committed by adults. Those types of crimes are under the purview of the USAO. You have no clue what you're talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:I think Trump is a felon who belongs behind bars, and his administration is off to a corrupt start. But why would we expect local crime in D.C. to soar under his administration? That's just not something the president usually has any effect on one way or the other.

Is this a joke? The president appoints the U.S. attorney who oversees prosecution of nearly all violent crime in DC. The last two (one appointed by Trump, one by Biden) have been catastrophes in terms of going after violent criminals. So yes, the president has a massive effect on crime in DC.

Why would it soar above where it was under Trump in his first term or under Biden, though?

Crime in DC started to rise during Trump's first term, and it's directly tied to the USAO's rising declination rate. That rise continued under Biden. Seriously, go look at arrest records that are publicly available online. The number of criminals who tell police something along the lines of "just no-paper me so I can go back to what I was doing" is pretty amazing. They know that in most cases, they'll face zero punishment.

The uptick in crime during Trump 1 was more driven by Karl Racine and how he chose to handle juveniles being charged with serious, violent crime. So much of DCs violence is driven by people under 18 and Racine sent the message loud and clear that there would be no meaningful accountability for juvenile criminals.

Nearly 80 percent of homicides and non-fatal shootings 2023-24 were committed by people 21 and older, and in most years it's an even higher percentage. Racine or whoever the DC attorney general is has no say in how people 18 and older are prosecuted. Your statement is laughably untrue, because the vast majority of crime in DC is committed by adults and prosecuted by USAO.

https://dcwitness.org/everyone-thinks-youth-crime-is-increasing-d-c-witness-data-shows-why/

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Anonymous wrote:I think Trump is a felon who belongs behind bars, and his administration is off to a corrupt start. But why would we expect local crime in D.C. to soar under his administration? That's just not something the president usually has any effect on one way or the other.

Is this a joke? The president appoints the U.S. attorney who oversees prosecution of nearly all violent crime in DC. The last two (one appointed by Trump, one by Biden) have been catastrophes in terms of going after violent criminals. So yes, the president has a massive effect on crime in DC.

Why would it soar above where it was under Trump in his first term or under Biden, though?

Crime in DC started to rise during Trump's first term, and it's directly tied to the USAO's rising declination rate. That rise continued under Biden. Seriously, go look at arrest records that are publicly available online. The number of criminals who tell police something along the lines of "just no-paper me so I can go back to what I was doing" is pretty amazing. They know that in most cases, they'll face zero punishment.

The uptick in crime during Trump 1 was more driven by Karl Racine and how he chose to handle juveniles being charged with serious, violent crime. So much of DCs violence is driven by people under 18 and Racine sent the message loud and clear that there would be no meaningful accountability for juvenile criminals.

Nearly 80 percent of homicides and non-fatal shootings 2023-24 were committed by people 21 and older, and in most years it's an even higher percentage. Racine or whoever the DC attorney general is has no say in how people 18 and older are prosecuted. Your statement is laughably untrue, because the vast majority of crime in DC is committed by adults and prosecuted by USAO.

https://dcwitness.org/everyone-thinks-youth-crime-is-increasing-d-c-witness-data-shows-why/

Did I miss the part where 2023-2024 was Trump 1? I would invite you to expand out to 2016 and look at the trends. It also doesn’t account for the people over 18 who had already been through the juvenile justice system and sent home, reinforcing the mindset that there are no meaningful consequences for criminal behavior. That 19 year old that kills someone, they didn’t magically turn 18 and then start committing crimes. They were a criminal long before that but were not held accountable.

[Anonymous]

6 people shot in DC today.

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Anonymous wrote:6 people shot in DC today.

Five shootings. Six shot. Four dead.

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Anonymous wrote:6 people shot in DC today.

Five shootings. Six shot. Four dead.

And another shooting in Friendship Heights. Technically Maryland though.

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We need more bike lanes.

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Anonymous wrote:Murder is up 44 percent YoY in DC so far in 2025. Where are the "crime is way down" posters?

The same place we have always been, in reality where we understand that numbers this early in the year can be swayed by single-instance anomalies and are in no way indicative of a yearlong trend.

Since we, unlike the pearl-clutchers, inhabit reality, we will be happy to acknowledge that these early numbers mean anything if the trend continues as we always have. However this early in the year anyone who tells you they know how things will look in December, good or bad, is lying or an idiot.

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Anonymous wrote:Murder is up 44 percent YoY in DC so far in 2025. Where are the "crime is way down" posters?

The same place we have always been, in reality where we understand that numbers this early in the year can be swayed by single-instance anomalies and are in no way indicative of a yearlong trend.

Since we, unlike the pearl-clutchers, inhabit reality, we will be happy to acknowledge that these early numbers mean anything if the trend continues as we always have. However this early in the year anyone who tells you they know how things will look in December, good or bad, is lying or an idiot.

Your reality is a privileged white bubble. It's really quite sad that you don't have the self-awareness to recognize that just because crime doesn't happen to you, it has a debilitating effect on the rest of the city. You really need to work on that.

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Anonymous wrote:Murder is up 44 percent YoY in DC so far in 2025. Where are the "crime is way down" posters?

The same place we have always been, in reality where we understand that numbers this early in the year can be swayed by single-instance anomalies and are in no way indicative of a yearlong trend.

Since we, unlike the pearl-clutchers, inhabit reality, we will be happy to acknowledge that these early numbers mean anything if the trend continues as we always have. However this early in the year anyone who tells you they know how things will look in December, good or bad, is lying or an idiot.

Your reality is a privileged white bubble. It's really quite sad that you don't have the self-awareness to recognize that just because crime doesn't happen to you, it has a debilitating effect on the rest of the city. You really need to work on that.

PP is a pizza chit and most likely a racist.