DC homicide count at its highest in 20 years

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This is what we vote, this is what we get.

Instead of posting the exact same meaningless pablum in every thread about crime, consider that your time would be better spent ranting on a street corner. At least then you'd get some fresh air.

What? Do you think hard-left politicians like Janeese Lewis George and Charles Allen are in the business of cracking down on crime? They most certainly are not.

I don't think any reasonable person would look at DC and conclude that everything is peachy keen. However, repeatedly bleating into the void "HURR DURR YOU GET WHAT YOU VOTE FOR" ignores the fact that much of the problems with DC's criminal justice system stem from entities unaccountable to the voting public. Unless Janeese Lewis George has taken up a position at the USAO and Charles Allen is moonlighting for CSOSA, tilting against those windmills accomplishes precisely nothing.

The "get what you vote for" PP should seek her catharsis elsewhere.

Oh look Janeese Lewis George is here. I’m sorry you’re going to lose next year (not sorry).

Instead of being a snarky jerk with nothing to add to the conversation, maybe next time consider not posting and instead reading https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/

It's our elected leaders who've adopted pillow soft policies on crime. Remember what JLG and others wanted to do with the criminal code was so incredibly criminal-friendly that even Joe Biden and other Democrats in Congress said it needed to be overturned. It's not some random coincidence that crime is skyrocketing in DC even as it plummets in virtually every other major city in this country.

So you just post opinion as fact and ignore data? It's not criminal code impacting max sentences, it's that DC courts are not even holding people accountable at all under the current code. Catch and release, abysmal prosecution rates relative to other cities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:
This is what we vote, this is what we get.

Instead of posting the exact same meaningless pablum in every thread about crime, consider that your time would be better spent ranting on a street corner. At least then you'd get some fresh air.

What? Do you think hard-left politicians like Janeese Lewis George and Charles Allen are in the business of cracking down on crime? They most certainly are not.

I don't think any reasonable person would look at DC and conclude that everything is peachy keen. However, repeatedly bleating into the void "HURR DURR YOU GET WHAT YOU VOTE FOR" ignores the fact that much of the problems with DC's criminal justice system stem from entities unaccountable to the voting public. Unless Janeese Lewis George has taken up a position at the USAO and Charles Allen is moonlighting for CSOSA, tilting against those windmills accomplishes precisely nothing.

The "get what you vote for" PP should seek her catharsis elsewhere.

Oh look Janeese Lewis George is here. I’m sorry you’re going to lose next year (not sorry).

Instead of being a snarky jerk with nothing to add to the conversation, maybe next time consider not posting and instead reading https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/

It's our elected leaders who've adopted pillow soft policies on crime. Remember what JLG and others wanted to do with the criminal code was so incredibly criminal-friendly that even Joe Biden and other Democrats in Congress said it needed to be overturned. It's not some random coincidence that crime is skyrocketing in DC even as it plummets in virtually every other major city in this country.

Yes, I remember that. I also remember that the new criminal code never went into effect - do you? What is your hypothesis here, exactly?

[Anonymous]

USAO is purposely sandbagging DC. There’s something rotten in that office.

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Perhaps an actually decent investigative reporter would follow up on this data with a more useful, data driven article than a hit piece on the H St NE corridor considering crime is an issue all over the city. Our ongoing lack of Put the Mayor and the DC Council and the OAG and DCPS (truancy issue) and more to the fire with actual data.

There is reporting on the bits and pieces, but nobody has put anything on the big picture of the collective dysfunction leading to the current status quo in our city.

-Catch and release
-Very few arrests actually leading to convictions
-High declination rate to charge vs other cities
-Rising juvenile violent crime coupled with minimal follow up on school truancy, budget cuts to truancy follow up
-Ongoing lack of a DC crime lab
-Cuts to police patrol budget

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps an actually decent investigative reporter would follow up on this data with a more useful, data driven article than a hit piece on the H St NE corridor considering crime is an issue all over the city. Our ongoing lack of Put the Mayor and the DC Council and the OAG and DCPS (truancy issue) and more to the fire with actual data.

There is reporting on the bits and pieces, but nobody has put anything on the big picture of the collective dysfunction leading to the current status quo in our city.

-Catch and release
-Very few arrests actually leading to convictions
-High declination rate to charge vs other cities
-Rising juvenile violent crime coupled with minimal follow up on school truancy, budget cuts to truancy follow up
-Ongoing lack of a DC crime lab
-Cuts to police patrol budget

Quoting H Street business owners is a “hit piece?”

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Additional links that didn't take with the prior post.

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps an actually decent investigative reporter would follow up on this data with a more useful, data driven article than a hit piece on the H St NE corridor considering crime is an issue all over the city. Our ongoing lack of Put the Mayor and the DC Council and the OAG and DCPS (truancy issue) and more to the fire with actual data.

There is reporting on the bits and pieces, but nobody has put anything on the big picture of the collective dysfunction leading to the current status quo in our city.

-Catch and release
-Very few arrests actually leading to convictions
-High declination rate to charge vs other cities
-Rising juvenile violent crime coupled with minimal follow up on school truancy, budget cuts to truancy follow up
-Ongoing lack of a DC crime lab
-Cuts to police patrol budget

Quoting H Street business owners is a “hit piece?”

I absolutely believe H St business owners have legitimate concerns, but I also don't think their concerns are that specific to H St NE vs. city wide trends. Perhaps city wide trends are slightly worse on H St, but still, we have city wide issues. I live near H St, I get all the crime alerts, there's also a ton of car jackings happening on Capitol Hill, it's freaking everywhere now.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps an actually decent investigative reporter would follow up on this data with a more useful, data driven article than a hit piece on the H St NE corridor considering crime is an issue all over the city. Our ongoing lack of Put the Mayor and the DC Council and the OAG and DCPS (truancy issue) and more to the fire with actual data.

There is reporting on the bits and pieces, but nobody has put anything on the big picture of the collective dysfunction leading to the current status quo in our city.

-Catch and release
-Very few arrests actually leading to convictions
-High declination rate to charge vs other cities
-Rising juvenile violent crime coupled with minimal follow up on school truancy, budget cuts to truancy follow up
-Ongoing lack of a DC crime lab
-Cuts to police patrol budget

Quoting H Street business owners is a “hit piece?”

I absolutely believe H St business owners have legitimate concerns, but I also don't think their concerns are that specific to H St NE vs. city wide trends. Perhaps city wide trends are slightly worse on H St, but still, we have city wide issues. I live near H St, I get all the crime alerts, there's also a ton of car jackings happening on Capitol Hill, it's freaking everywhere now.

For instance, the exact same concerns have been posted as well about Mt Pleasant (see Beau Thai thread)

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Perhaps an actually decent investigative reporter would follow up on this data with a more useful, data driven article than a hit piece on the H St NE corridor considering crime is an issue all over the city. Our ongoing lack of Put the Mayor and the DC Council and the OAG and DCPS (truancy issue) and more to the fire with actual data.

There is reporting on the bits and pieces, but nobody has put anything on the big picture of the collective dysfunction leading to the current status quo in our city.

-Catch and release
-Very few arrests actually leading to convictions
-High declination rate to charge vs other cities
-Rising juvenile violent crime coupled with minimal follow up on school truancy, budget cuts to truancy follow up
-Ongoing lack of a DC crime lab
-Cuts to police patrol budget

Quoting H Street business owners is a “hit piece?”

I absolutely believe H St business owners have legitimate concerns, but I also don't think their concerns are that specific to H St NE vs. city wide trends. Perhaps city wide trends are slightly worse on H St, but still, we have city wide issues. I live near H St, I get all the crime alerts, there's also a ton of car jackings happening on Capitol Hill, it's freaking everywhere now.

For instance, the exact same concerns have been posted as well about Mt Pleasant (see Beau Thai thread)

Sure, but I don’t see how that makes the H Street article in any way inaccurate?

Posters respond similarly to complaints about DC crime overall with, “But it’s bad in other cities, too!”

Um, okay?

[Anonymous]

Thanks Charles Allen for shrinking the police budget! Yay performative social justice stunts!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Perhaps an actually decent investigative reporter would follow up on this data with a more useful, data driven article than a hit piece on the H St NE corridor considering crime is an issue all over the city. Our ongoing lack of Put the Mayor and the DC Council and the OAG and DCPS (truancy issue) and more to the fire with actual data.

There is reporting on the bits and pieces, but nobody has put anything on the big picture of the collective dysfunction leading to the current status quo in our city.

-Catch and release
-Very few arrests actually leading to convictions
-High declination rate to charge vs other cities
-Rising juvenile violent crime coupled with minimal follow up on school truancy, budget cuts to truancy follow up
-Ongoing lack of a DC crime lab
-Cuts to police patrol budget

Quoting H Street business owners is a “hit piece?”

I absolutely believe H St business owners have legitimate concerns, but I also don't think their concerns are that specific to H St NE vs. city wide trends. Perhaps city wide trends are slightly worse on H St, but still, we have city wide issues. I live near H St, I get all the crime alerts, there's also a ton of car jackings happening on Capitol Hill, it's freaking everywhere now.

For instance, the exact same concerns have been posted as well about Mt Pleasant (see Beau Thai thread)

Sure, but I don’t see how that makes the H Street article in any way inaccurate?

Posters respond similarly to complaints about DC crime overall with, “But it’s bad in other cities, too!”

Um, okay?

That's not the same. Saying there are city wide issues (just look at the multiple threads in this forum that have popped up on various neighborhoods with the same concerns) is not the same as comparing DC to Chicago.

Also missing the point that DC is not, in fact, like other cities given that crime has risen considerably in DC whereas it has declined in other cities.

Honestly don't know why you're harping on one H St comment vs several other points about the overall dysfunction contributing to H St and elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Oh this makes me so happy to see. You morons deserve this and so much worse!

[Anonymous]

Ah, Anacostia. So mostly black people are being murdered and their assailants are getting off scott free? Sounds like restorative justice is benefiting the black population of DC! (I'm being sarcastic of course)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:USAO is purposely sandbagging DC. There’s something rotten in that office.

It really does seem like something deliberate is taking place. How many times has a murderer been caught only to see they have a long rap sheet of killing and abuse with zero consequences?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Until rates of prosecutions by USAO and AG improve and until judges start ordering those charged with felony murder to be held, rather than released to continue violent mayhem, will just continue to accelerate decline in quality of life and public safety.

Prime example here:

“The U.S. Attorney’s Office told FOX 5 Tuesday that they have repeatedly argued that Thomas should remain in jail but those requests were denied.”

https://fox5dc.com/news/man-awaiting-trial-for-2022-dc-murder-now-charged-with-shooting-into-2-homes-in-prince-georges-co