DC Police Chief Contee calls For YRA (that C. Allen expanded) to exclude gun crimes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I encourage everyone who is fed up with Allen and fed up with the crime spike to attend Tuesday's Zoom meeting. Allen will be there. He needs to be sent a message because he simply does not get it:

https://anc6b.org/meetings/virtual-gun-violence-prevention-panel-on-tuesday-october-19-at-700-pm/

Thank for posting this. I'll be there. I would like to ask him how many more My'onnas will it take for him to realize it is time to try something new.

Did anyone call in to this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I encourage everyone who is fed up with Allen and fed up with the crime spike to attend Tuesday's Zoom meeting. Allen will be there. He needs to be sent a message because he simply does not get it:

https://anc6b.org/meetings/virtual-gun-violence-prevention-panel-on-tuesday-october-19-at-700-pm/

Thank for posting this. I'll be there. I would like to ask him how many more My'onnas will it take for him to realize it is time to try something new.

Did anyone call in to this?

Wondering the same and what Charles Allen had to say for himself.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I encourage everyone who is fed up with Allen and fed up with the crime spike to attend Tuesday's Zoom meeting. Allen will be there. He needs to be sent a message because he simply does not get it:

https://anc6b.org/meetings/virtual-gun-violence-prevention-panel-on-tuesday-october-19-at-700-pm/

Thank for posting this. I'll be there. I would like to ask him how many more My'onnas will it take for him to realize it is time to try something new.

Did anyone call in to this?

Wondering the same and what Charles Allen had to say for himself.

WTOP has a short writeup. Allen is now blaming the prosecutors instead of societal factors for the spike in gun crimes, saying (without a shred of evidence) that 30 percent of all gun arrests in DC are no-papered (a rep for the USAO pushed back on his claim).

He's passing the buck and denying any responsibility, as usual:

https://wtop.com/dc/2021/10/what-happens-if-youre-arrested-for-an-illegal-gun-in-dc-sometimes-not-much/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Drug crimes should be decriminalized.

Gun crimes should be ultra-criminalized.

I cannot believe Charles Allen sides with criminals who use guns to harm people. It's just baffling.

I believe Charles Allen's attitude stems from the fact that as a financially secure, cis, hetero man he is lucky and entitled.

He is lucky to be financially secure enough that he does not live in a dangerous housing project where he has to fear gunfire will affect him and his loved ones. If things get bad on public transportation, he can always afford a car payment or Uber. Ditto if his walk home gets too dangerous: he can afford alternatives. He is not a woman, so he does not understand the real fear we feel when we are walking around alone at night. He probably does not understand why as a woman I park and rush from my car door to my front door as quickly as possible. He is not LGBT, so he does not understand the fear that many of us still feel that even in our hyper blue city we could be victims of a hate crime.

Maybe if he were not so entitled he would understand why most people in the city want rehabilitation for criminals, second chances when deserved, and police reform. But we also want the same energy to be applied to addressing crime.

Beautiful points, all.