Congressman carjacked at gunpoint in Washington DC

[Anonymous]

Police and courts needs to be tough on crime. This is not a joke.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:DC is desperate for tourism dollars, so incredibly short sighted in everything they do.

This is the same calendar year the Council passed such a weak on crime bill that it had to be stopped by Congress and a Democratic president.

We need another control board. With the looming CRE implosion and a tax base that is dwindling, we need help with both finances and crime and adults who understand the link between the 2.

You want a Congress that can't tie its own shoes to be in charge of DC? Have you been paying any attention at all to the Hill? If you think Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and James Comer are the adults, you are in for a rude awakening.

[Anonymous]

Paris or London or LA are no different but that's not an excuse. DC proper is small.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ahhh look. It’s headline news on the Today show. Maybe people will care now.

Really? A few congressman have been shot in the past few years, some severely wounded, and Rs still didn't do a dam! thing about the easy access to gun control. Rather, some R states have made carrying guns easier.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Paris or London or LA are no different but that's not an excuse. DC proper is small.

Really? Do you want to compare crime rates in Paris and London to DC?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is desperate for tourism dollars, so incredibly short sighted in everything they do.

This is the same calendar year the Council passed such a weak on crime bill that it had to be stopped by Congress and a Democratic president.

We need another control board. With the looming CRE implosion and a tax base that is dwindling, we need help with both finances and crime and adults who understand the link between the 2.

I live and work in DC and am as invested in you in this issue if not more so, but this is total nonsense courtesy of Tucker Carlson. No serious observer who actually cares enough about crime and justice in DC to understand the facts would write such a thing. For those with the integrity to acknowledge that they may not be as well educated about what actually happened as they would like to be, this is about as good a summary as I’ve seen:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-crime/the-war-on-cities

And if you sneer at that article because it’s in The New Yorker, you are exactly the type of person who should be reading it.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Of course there are. Absolutely nothing could possibly be her fault because that would mean she would have to accept a smidgen of responsibility.

[Anonymous]

Meanwhile Reddit’s Washington DC thread locked this topic, lol. Bury your heads! Our policies are working! Progressive criminal justice is a success story! Don’t talk about it! Don’t believe your eyes or ears! If we lessen penalties, don’t prosecute, let dangerous criminals out in the community, it will all work! Right, Charles Allen and city council???? Great job!!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They need to call in the national guard

Sorry but dumb, knee jerk, platitude. The teen girls murdered the Uber Eats driver basically at the feet of National Guard, did not help him a bit. They come, they go, then what has changed?

What needs to happen imo is a control board 2.0, and vigorous prosecution of both adults and juveniles. Key is repealing some of the recent legislation by the Council written by DC Justice Lab. Also, put vice back in in the neighborhoods and go back to proactive not just reactive work. https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/08/26/why-did-dc-shut-down-its-vice-squads-crime-rate-cathy-lanier/ Congress needs to exercise ongoing oversight of USAO/DOJ to ensure they are actually prosecuting, benchmarks and metrics need to be public. Career staff may need to be bolstered by those who value public safety, not ideology. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/politics/black-prosecutors-dc-gun-cases/index.html

Every month MPD gets smaller. They cannot recruit enough to even match the number leaving or retiring. I am aware of several effective and experienced cops in my district who will be retiring over the next few months.

The 1993 Carjacking Bill is still on the books. If juvenile carve outs were done away with and it was actually charged, for perps of all ages, would be effective immediately, as it was then. https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/10-26

Having a USAO's office from 2017-now that increasingly did not prosecute adults (and yes, Bowser and Council knew) is a big part of how we got here, the other is Nadeau, Allen and the soft on crime juvenile crowd. Terrible for public safety and for the kids who jack all day rather than go to school, are likely to be shot and killed at soaring levels and who may not even have basic literacy or any other options for income. The slap on the wrist revolving door is like a eugenics program given how many black kids are shot and killed, ignore the DC Justice Lab talking points and feel good rhetoric and look at the results!

This will be a watershed moment where a floor is put in the situation or DC spirals at an ever more rapid pace.

This is pretty much all spot on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Rep. Craig beaten in an elevator.The Rand Paul staffer. Now this.

No one is safe.

It was so much more acceptable when certain people were safe than other people weren’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is desperate for tourism dollars, so incredibly short sighted in everything they do.

This is the same calendar year the Council passed such a weak on crime bill that it had to be stopped by Congress and a Democratic president.

We need another control board. With the looming CRE implosion and a tax base that is dwindling, we need help with both finances and crime and adults who understand the link between the 2.

I live and work in DC and am as invested in you in this issue if not more so, but this is total nonsense courtesy of Tucker Carlson. No serious observer who actually cares enough about crime and justice in DC to understand the facts would write such a thing. For those with the integrity to acknowledge that they may not be as well educated about what actually happened as they would like to be, this is about as good a summary as I’ve seen:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-crime/the-war-on-cities

And if you sneer at that article because it’s in The New Yorker, you are exactly the type of person who should be reading it.

What we need is to ignore the loud contingent of SJWs and non-incarceration policy pushing non-profits who yell loudly at council meetings and lobby to foist these lax policies on the city. It’s not fking working. Stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is desperate for tourism dollars, so incredibly short sighted in everything they do.

This is the same calendar year the Council passed such a weak on crime bill that it had to be stopped by Congress and a Democratic president.

We need another control board. With the looming CRE implosion and a tax base that is dwindling, we need help with both finances and crime and adults who understand the link between the 2.

I live and work in DC and am as invested in you in this issue if not more so, but this is total nonsense courtesy of Tucker Carlson. No serious observer who actually cares enough about crime and justice in DC to understand the facts would write such a thing. For those with the integrity to acknowledge that they may not be as well educated about what actually happened as they would like to be, this is about as good a summary as I’ve seen:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-crime/the-war-on-cities

And if you sneer at that article because it’s in The New Yorker, you are exactly the type of person who should be reading it.

That article is slanted. Bottom line is the bill would have resulted in more crime and less penalties. I like New Yorker. I’m not a fox new idiot. But bottom line is the bill, for example, would have ensured jury trials for all misdemeanors on an already overburden court system. Even if they did hire more staff, it would still be a catalyst for the court to basically ignore quality of life crimes. I get social justice, but really, lowering penalties for crime detracts from social equity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ahhh look. It’s headline news on the Today show. Maybe people will care now.

Really? A few congressman have been shot in the past few years, some severely wounded, and Rs still didn't do a dam! thing about the easy access to gun control. Rather, some R states have made carrying guns easier.

republicans? As far as I know Washington DC is solidly Democrat.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC is desperate for tourism dollars, so incredibly short sighted in everything they do.

This is the same calendar year the Council passed such a weak on crime bill that it had to be stopped by Congress and a Democratic president.

We need another control board. With the looming CRE implosion and a tax base that is dwindling, we need help with both finances and crime and adults who understand the link between the 2.

You want a Congress that can't tie its own shoes to be in charge of DC? Have you been paying any attention at all to the Hill? If you think Matt Gaetz, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and James Comer are the adults, you are in for a rude awakening.

Were you here for the first control board?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_Financial_Control_Board

It was supported by Eleanor Holmes Norton and helped stabilize the city and set the stage for a comeback, including getting the city needed financial resources from feds. Member of a board would be appointed, it would not be those members of Congress.