DC Police Chief, Mayor, To Authorize Overtime to Combat Shootings, Homicides

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So the chief is putting more cops on the street in trouble areas and y’all are complaining about what, exactly?

That more policing doesn't solve root problems or reduce crime. I'm fact, it perpetuates some existing problems. Have you never read serious complaints about the police state?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Making it a more obvious police-state isn’t going to make your neighborhood safer.

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It doesn't matter if more police are on the streets. What's more important (and not happening) is changing the type of policing and restructuring how offenses are handled. MPD needs to bring back vice (which was disbanded in 2015) to crime hot spots like Shaw, Park View, and Columbia Heights. No more leniency, "no papering," and catch-and-release for the many offenders who know they can act with impunity because they'll be free to commit crime with minimal repercussions after release.

Lemme guess you wanna bring back the "good ol' days" when young offenders would get locked up for spitting on the sidewalk and shipped off to chain gangs down south for 10/15 years.

No. I’m referring to a common-sense, happy medium. I’m progressive, I pay my share of taxes, and I don’t think it’s unreasonable to want police to handle a well-known, recurrent issue to ensure public safety.

Your taxes aren’t nearly as high as they should be.

Yes, they are. I work part-time and my income ($60K on a good year) skews lower by DCUM standards. Not all of us are in biglaw or make $200K/year. There are plenty of other taxpayers making my income or less who also want their communities to have less crime and quality of life issues that beget it.

[Anonymous]

You need to join the Republican party of DC . There is not one Democrat councilmember who gives a whit about the impact of crime on low income people in DC (which at 60,000) you are not exactly living high on the hog with this cost of living.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Making it a more obvious police-state isn’t going to make your neighborhood safer.

+100

+101

It doesn't matter if more police are on the streets. What's more important (and not happening) is changing the type of policing and restructuring how offenses are handled. MPD needs to bring back vice (which was disbanded in 2015) to crime hot spots like Shaw, Park View, and Columbia Heights. No more leniency, "no papering," and catch-and-release for the many offenders who know they can act with impunity because they'll be free to commit crime with minimal repercussions after release.

Lemme guess you wanna bring back the "good ol' days" when young offenders would get locked up for spitting on the sidewalk and shipped off to chain gangs down south for 10/15 years.

How about bringing back the good old days when juveniles would actually get locked up violent offenses