DC most murders now since 2002

[Anonymous]

Already a thread on this:

https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1169273.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How do we turn it around. Is it just more police, more arrests, more prosecutions? I'm on board for all of those, by they way. If someone says "violence interruptors" to me, I'll scream.

But I'd love to know in a practical sense how we address this. It's not acceptable. I get there are multiple factors playing into this (homelessness, mental health issues, and substance abuse are all major ones from where I sit). What specifically did DC do last time to make it so much better? What do other cities do?

To me the biggest issues seems to be the apathy of people in positions of power about the problems we face. People have been excusing the violence for years now and arguing it's "not that bad" or that virtually any enforcement mechanism is racist. Well, we somehow managed to reduce violence by a lot in the last two decades, so what did it? And what changed? And how do we get back on track? If we've done it before, we can do it again.

DC Crime Facts (https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/ and https://twitter.com/dccrimefacts) shares a lot of data that suggests lack of prosecution and enforcement of parole violations is a huge problem.

Yup. There is a systematic work stoppage by a bunch of government employees that are allowing criminals to run loose on DC. It's a combination of apathy, bad incentives, ideology run-a-muck, and a bit of sociopathy. And none of these people were voted into their jobs, so there's very little we the citizens can do to change the situation.

[Anonymous]

I agree with all the ideas proposed, except more bike lanes! Hahaha. Definitely hold the prosecutor accountable— but how? Need to turn over the Council and elect more independents. Need more cops on the street. Need to hone in on repeat offenders- no more catch and release. Need to get a crime lab.

Dont turn off the outrage switch or look away and feel helpless.

DC Democrat, 20 year resident of Shaw/U street.

[Anonymous]

Janeese Lewis George is the face of soft-on-crime policies in Washington D.C. She's up for reelection next year. Throw her out and send a message.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Janeese Lewis George is the face of soft-on-crime policies in Washington D.C. She's up for reelection next year. Throw her out and send a message.

But if you review the data, the entire point is that getting rid of JLG won't do anything to reverse the worrying trend. DC's crime problem stops and starts with the prosecution and the courts, plus some element of MPD not getting "good enough" evidence to satisfy prosecutors and certain judges.

Read this: https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/the-rhetoric-and-reality-of-dcs-prosecutors

Changing the composition of the Council won't really do much except assuage some feelings for about 5 minutes. And then you're still stuck with a broken USAO.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Janeese Lewis George is the face of soft-on-crime policies in Washington D.C. She's up for reelection next year. Throw her out and send a message.

But if you review the data, the entire point is that getting rid of JLG won't do anything to reverse the worrying trend. DC's crime problem stops and starts with the prosecution and the courts, plus some element of MPD not getting "good enough" evidence to satisfy prosecutors and certain judges.

Read this: https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/the-rhetoric-and-reality-of-dcs-prosecutors

Changing the composition of the Council won't really do much except assuage some feelings for about 5 minutes. And then you're still stuck with a broken USAO.

Sending a message sends a message. Other members of the council will see the benefit of raising hell about this crime wave, instead of pretending it doesn’t exist.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Janeese Lewis George is the face of soft-on-crime policies in Washington D.C. She's up for reelection next year. Throw her out and send a message.

But if you review the data, the entire point is that getting rid of JLG won't do anything to reverse the worrying trend. DC's crime problem stops and starts with the prosecution and the courts, plus some element of MPD not getting "good enough" evidence to satisfy prosecutors and certain judges.

Read this: https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/the-rhetoric-and-reality-of-dcs-prosecutors

Changing the composition of the Council won't really do much except assuage some feelings for about 5 minutes. And then you're still stuck with a broken USAO.

Except that's all BS.

The mayor and the city council have all the power they need to crack down on crime. We don't need to blame our problems on some unaccountable bogeyman behind the curtain.

Bower and the police department have offered a million proposals, only to see them shot down by the city council.

JLG knows her pro-crime policies are wildly unpopular and she's in danger of losing her primary next year, so now her office is pretending the city council is actually powerless when it comes to crime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Janeese Lewis George is the face of soft-on-crime policies in Washington D.C. She's up for reelection next year. Throw her out and send a message.

But if you review the data, the entire point is that getting rid of JLG won't do anything to reverse the worrying trend. DC's crime problem stops and starts with the prosecution and the courts, plus some element of MPD not getting "good enough" evidence to satisfy prosecutors and certain judges.

Read this: https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/the-rhetoric-and-reality-of-dcs-prosecutors

Changing the composition of the Council won't really do much except assuage some feelings for about 5 minutes. And then you're still stuck with a broken USAO.

Except that's all BS.

The mayor and the city council have all the power they need to crack down on crime. We don't need to blame our problems on some unaccountable bogeyman behind the curtain.

Bower and the police department have offered a million proposals, only to see them shot down by the city council.

JLG knows her pro-crime policies are wildly unpopular and she's in danger of losing her primary next year, so now her office is pretending the city council is actually powerless when it comes to crime.

Dealing with crime is one of our elected leaders' most basic responsibilities.

[Anonymous]

Anyone with the means to escape DC should do so. Stay and deal with the consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Janeese Lewis George is the face of soft-on-crime policies in Washington D.C. She's up for reelection next year. Throw her out and send a message.

But if you review the data, the entire point is that getting rid of JLG won't do anything to reverse the worrying trend. DC's crime problem stops and starts with the prosecution and the courts, plus some element of MPD not getting "good enough" evidence to satisfy prosecutors and certain judges.

Read this: https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/the-rhetoric-and-reality-of-dcs-prosecutors

Changing the composition of the Council won't really do much except assuage some feelings for about 5 minutes. And then you're still stuck with a broken USAO.

Except that's all BS.

The mayor and the city council have all the power they need to crack down on crime. We don't need to blame our problems on some unaccountable bogeyman behind the curtain.

Bower and the police department have offered a million proposals, only to see them shot down by the city council.

JLG knows her pro-crime policies are wildly unpopular and she's in danger of losing her primary next year, so now her office is pretending the city council is actually powerless when it comes to crime.

Your talking points are too obvious. Try masking them a little so it seems more like an average person. It's like listening to someone on Facebook whine about demonrats. Just not a serious conversation.

[Anonymous]

Thanks Charles Allen!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Janeese Lewis George is the face of soft-on-crime policies in Washington D.C. She's up for reelection next year. Throw her out and send a message.

But if you review the data, the entire point is that getting rid of JLG won't do anything to reverse the worrying trend. DC's crime problem stops and starts with the prosecution and the courts, plus some element of MPD not getting "good enough" evidence to satisfy prosecutors and certain judges.

Read this: https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/the-rhetoric-and-reality-of-dcs-prosecutors

Changing the composition of the Council won't really do much except assuage some feelings for about 5 minutes. And then you're still stuck with a broken USAO.

Except that's all BS.

The mayor and the city council have all the power they need to crack down on crime. We don't need to blame our problems on some unaccountable bogeyman behind the curtain.

Bower and the police department have offered a million proposals, only to see them shot down by the city council.

JLG knows her pro-crime policies are wildly unpopular and she's in danger of losing her primary next year, so now her office is pretending the city council is actually powerless when it comes to crime.

Everything these criminals are doing is already against the law. You’re talking about feelings, not facts.

The courts and prosecutors are failing us miserably.

I do hold Bowser accountable for the crime lab issue. Wtf? Get it accredited.

[Anonymous]

The obvious solution is to keep voting for democrats. Next time will be different!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Janeese Lewis George is the face of soft-on-crime policies in Washington D.C. She's up for reelection next year. Throw her out and send a message.

And Charles Allen, too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Janeese Lewis George is the face of soft-on-crime policies in Washington D.C. She's up for reelection next year. Throw her out and send a message.

But if you review the data, the entire point is that getting rid of JLG won't do anything to reverse the worrying trend. DC's crime problem stops and starts with the prosecution and the courts, plus some element of MPD not getting "good enough" evidence to satisfy prosecutors and certain judges.

Read this: https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/the-rhetoric-and-reality-of-dcs-prosecutors

Changing the composition of the Council won't really do much except assuage some feelings for about 5 minutes. And then you're still stuck with a broken USAO.

So do nothing? Anything would be better than the status quo.