Shooting at 14th and V NW

[Anonymous]

DC does not enforce laws, so nothing will change. Lawlessness, from the bad driving to selling drugs in broad daylight to shootings outside of elementary schools, is now accepted.

[Anonymous]

Has there been word from Nadeau on this? Or is this Ward 2?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Has there been word from Nadeau on this? Or is this Ward 2?

This is Ward 1. U Street is the border.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC does not enforce laws, so nothing will change. Lawlessness, from the bad driving to selling drugs in broad daylight to shootings outside of elementary schools, is now accepted.

+1

The police don’t enforce anything

[Anonymous]

It’s still poor people of color buying and selling. There are huge public housing developments right around 14th and Florida.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC does not enforce laws, so nothing will change. Lawlessness, from the bad driving to selling drugs in broad daylight to shootings outside of elementary schools, is now accepted.

+1

The police don’t enforce anything

and rampant car theft and break ins.

[Anonymous]

I just checked and DC is on track to have an even higher crime rate this year than last year, which was already a record in a decade.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC does not enforce laws, so nothing will change. Lawlessness, from the bad driving to selling drugs in broad daylight to shootings outside of elementary schools, is now accepted.

+1

The police don’t enforce anything

My experience with drug transactions and MPD in DC has been mixed. It appears that if they know that a particular territory is leading to violence, they’ll watch it. It helps if the local business community complains that customers are being frightened away. MPD will be willing to park a cruiser and/or a mobile camera nearby.

Arrests are harder. They are usually pickier about getting people off the street. Loitering at a known drug dealing corner is not sufficient cause for arrest and can lead to countersuits for civil rights violations (freedom of association, assembly). It’s really hard to get high quality evidence of specific people in active transactions. You need witness testimony and/or high quality photographic images of the drug/money handoffs in order for a prosecution to be successful. Dealers are brazen but not stupid. They often duck into alleys and convenience stores to complete their sales. If cops tail them, it certainly discourages sales for a time, but, like squeezing a tube of toothpaste, it tends to just temporarily displace activity to another location.

So, while it can look like MPD is leaving drug dealers alone, they are often observing and trying to find creative ways to gather prosecutable evidence.

[Anonymous]

There was another shooting just yesterday at this same intersection.

https://www.popville.com/2020/03/shooting-dc-14th-and-v-street-nw-again/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I just checked and DC is on track to have an even higher crime rate this year than last year, which was already a record in a decade.

That’s definitely troubling but also important to remember that was a decade with a really low crime rate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I just checked and DC is on track to have an even higher crime rate this year than last year, which was already a record in a decade.

That’s definitely troubling but also important to remember that was a decade with a really low crime rate.

But it's also the decade where non-poor people finally considered living outside of just 3-4 neighborhoods. Now many of these areas have been "gentrified" (ie white people blew 1 million on 2 bedroom condos) and there are shootings outside their condo like it's 2002. I know in 2002 I didn't even want to DRIVE through those areas to get to work. SWAT vehicles out parked in residential neighborhoods frequently. I guess at least that shows the city was trying to do some policing back then, unlike now.

[Anonymous]

Most o y’all don’t even live in DC but yet you get off on chiming in about the violence. Some’n seriously wrong with y’all. Can’t sit back and appreciate your bullet-free existence, no you need something to bitch about and as usual it’s the evil low-income coloreds who inspire your outrage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most o y’all don’t even live in DC but yet you get off on chiming in about the violence. Some’n seriously wrong with y’all. Can’t sit back and appreciate your bullet-free existence, no you need something to bitch about and as usual it’s the evil low-income coloreds who inspire your outrage.

We still live in the area, and go into DC frequently. You an bet I won't be going into any U Street area restaurants anytime soon, where we used to go weekly. I've probably dropped $20k in U street over the last few years. So the crime has real effects not just on the economy, but on the way of life of all people in the area - YES, even us racist suburb dwellers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most o y’all don’t even live in DC but yet you get off on chiming in about the violence. Some’n seriously wrong with y’all. Can’t sit back and appreciate your bullet-free existence, no you need something to bitch about and as usual it’s the evil low-income coloreds who inspire your outrage.

Black DC homeowner here. Please stop with the fake jive talk and the term “coloreds.” It undermines your message.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most o y’all don’t even live in DC but yet you get off on chiming in about the violence. Some’n seriously wrong with y’all. Can’t sit back and appreciate your bullet-free existence, no you need something to bitch about and as usual it’s the evil low-income coloreds who inspire your outrage.

Black DC homeowner here. Please stop with the fake jive talk and the term “coloreds.” It undermines your message.

Haha I only now noticed "some'n" after you quoted PPs message. Why yall gotta be trippin, nom sayin