Over 50 Cars Broken Into in Woodley Park

[Anonymous]

There’s no point trying to convince ideologues. Better go back the 90s when we had private cops sitting on our streets. Rent-a-cop and taking care of our own is the only way until things change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There’s no point trying to convince ideologues. Better go back the 90s when we had private cops sitting on our streets. Rent-a-cop and taking care of our own is the only way until things change.

That and concealed carry. I don't think we're capable of voting our way out of this.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The only way to get a handle on this is “mass incarceration” of “juvenile offenders”—here meaning up to age 26 evidently—and this will never, ever happen. DC government has no interest in protecting crime victims, those in positions of authority on such matters care only about the offenders. This is not going to change anytime soon.

This is stupid. First, a mass incarceration of juvenile offenders until the age of 26 would be wickedly expensive and DC taxpayers would foot the bill. Second, it would do nothing to change criminal behavior and likely worsen an already bad situation. Numerous studies cite negative long-term effects of incarcertaion that include depression, substance use, homelessness, and loss of economic productivity. These have both direct financial and societal costs to DC and other communities.

Well, let’s just think about this 50 car incident. If you assume an average $500 repair bill for each window, that’s $25k, and then each car owner is looking at at least a few hours of wasted time to get the car fixed, the insurance companies have administrative costs, etc. This incident imposed significant economic losses on the community that could have been avoided if the offender had been locked up. Now imagine the massive economic losses associated with our ongoing crime wave. And spare me the pro-criminal “negative effects of incarceration” “studies” performed by decarceration advocates, which attribute impacts to incarceration things that really arise from the offender’s dysfunction in the first place. Many of these criminals on net impose vastly more costs on society than the costs of incarcerating them. We, as a society, should not have to tolerate this level of crime.

You should thrown in the rise in insuring your car in DC for everyone. if everyone's insurance doubles this year, that's a stunning amount.

Get rid of your car. DC has public transportation that you already pay for. Use it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wrap around services are great to prevent crime, but carjackers, thieves, and those who commit gun crimes need to be prosecuted and imprisoned. How can you justify putting these people back on tbe streets?

+100

Do you like having a gun held in your face? What is wrong with these people who don’t want any consequences for anything?

How did you learn not to commit crime? Was it by being repeatedly incarcerated? Why are you treating these people differently than how you were treated? Society failed these people and you want to punish them because society failed them?

From discipline in the home and discipline in the school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Truth. I know a LOT of S African expats. They love S Africa. It's beautiful. But they don't want to live in a beautiful prison. DC is beautiful. Beautiful tree canopy, memorials etc. Except the criminals roam free and law abiding citizens are prisoners. This is wrong.

PP, you clearly are delusional to think that you live in a prison. Have you ever seen documentaries around the world concerning prison conditions? FFS, most people on average are not victims of crime. But whether living in an American city, European city, Canadian city or Australian city, you must be self aware. It's not even cold enough to be walking around with a $1,000 Canada Goose or other material goods. If being robbed, remember you have insurance, give up the materials and walk away.

This is easy to say. During one of the recent car jackings a young African American father of two children gave up his keys but was still shot to death. Also, no one has insurance for a Canadian Goose jacket.

[Anonymous]

The solution is “both/and”. We mete out punishments for criminal activity and we invest in evidence-based services that reduce criminal behavior.

Sadly, we’re currently failing on both fronts.

[Anonymous]

Did you think people who never had a stable family or went to school regularly would be magically law abiding citizens? They clearly are desperate people who should know better but aren't able to because they gave nothing. Shooting them or jailing them doesn't resolve the problem. It's a societal thing where the gap between rich and poor are too great. Unless you put in community and neighborhood programs just strict law enforcement will drive crime to another part of the city but doesn't rid crime. People who have nothing have nothing to lose.

[Anonymous]

But what does letting them go do for society? These people are not stealing because they need a car or laundry detergent — it’s sport!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:But what does letting them go do for society? These people are not stealing because they need a car or laundry detergent — it’s sport!

Society is better off if they are not allowed to play their sports.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Truth. I know a LOT of S African expats. They love S Africa. It's beautiful. But they don't want to live in a beautiful prison. DC is beautiful. Beautiful tree canopy, memorials etc. Except the criminals roam free and law abiding citizens are prisoners. This is wrong.

PP, you clearly are delusional to think that you live in a prison. Have you ever seen documentaries around the world concerning prison conditions? FFS, most people on average are not victims of crime. But whether living in an American city, European city, Canadian city or Australian city, you must be self aware. It's not even cold enough to be walking around with a $1,000 Canada Goose or other material goods. If being robbed, remember you have insurance, give up the materials and walk away.

This is easy to say. During one of the recent car jackings a young African American father of two children gave up his keys but was still shot to death. Also, no one has insurance for a Canadian Goose jacket.

There's no reason to have more than a basic jacket. Your excess wealth should go back into the community to support the citizens that little or even nothing. Instead of being seen as a criminal target, you will be viewed as a fellow contributing member of society.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wrap around services are great to prevent crime, but carjackers, thieves, and those who commit gun crimes need to be prosecuted and imprisoned. How can you justify putting these people back on tbe streets?

+100

Do you like having a gun held in your face? What is wrong with these people who don’t want any consequences for anything?

How did you learn not to commit crime? Was it by being repeatedly incarcerated? Why are you treating these people differently than how you were treated? Society failed these people and you want to punish them because society failed them?

From discipline in the home and discipline in the school.

Time tested, as is removing violent people for greater public good.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Truth. I know a LOT of S African expats. They love S Africa. It's beautiful. But they don't want to live in a beautiful prison. DC is beautiful. Beautiful tree canopy, memorials etc. Except the criminals roam free and law abiding citizens are prisoners. This is wrong.

PP, you clearly are delusional to think that you live in a prison. Have you ever seen documentaries around the world concerning prison conditions? FFS, most people on average are not victims of crime. But whether living in an American city, European city, Canadian city or Australian city, you must be self aware. It's not even cold enough to be walking around with a $1,000 Canada Goose or other material goods. If being robbed, remember you have insurance, give up the materials and walk away.

This is easy to say. During one of the recent car jackings a young African American father of two children gave up his keys but was still shot to death. Also, no one has insurance for a Canadian Goose jacket.

There's no reason to have more than a basic jacket. Your excess wealth should go back into the community to support the citizens that little or even nothing. Instead of being seen as a criminal target, you will be viewed as a fellow contributing member of society.

DSA going down financially, can't happen soon enough.

[Anonymous]

The guy is right. Shame no one told BLM. How’s their mansion with the pool going? Still enjoying?

[Anonymous]

I can see how that was a necessity, a basic housing right

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The only way to get a handle on this is “mass incarceration” of “juvenile offenders”—here meaning up to age 26 evidently—and this will never, ever happen. DC government has no interest in protecting crime victims, those in positions of authority on such matters care only about the offenders. This is not going to change anytime soon.

This is stupid. First, a mass incarceration of juvenile offenders until the age of 26 would be wickedly expensive and DC taxpayers would foot the bill. Second, it would do nothing to change criminal behavior and likely worsen an already bad situation. Numerous studies cite negative long-term effects of incarcertaion that include depression, substance use, homelessness, and loss of economic productivity. These have both direct financial and societal costs to DC and other communities.

Well, let’s just think about this 50 car incident. If you assume an average $500 repair bill for each window, that’s $25k, and then each car owner is looking at at least a few hours of wasted time to get the car fixed, the insurance companies have administrative costs, etc. This incident imposed significant economic losses on the community that could have been avoided if the offender had been locked up. Now imagine the massive economic losses associated with our ongoing crime wave. And spare me the pro-criminal “negative effects of incarceration” “studies” performed by decarceration advocates, which attribute impacts to incarceration things that really arise from the offender’s dysfunction in the first place. Many of these criminals on net impose vastly more costs on society than the costs of incarcerating them. We, as a society, should not have to tolerate this level of crime.

You should thrown in the rise in insuring your car in DC for everyone. if everyone's insurance doubles this year, that's a stunning amount.

Get rid of your car. DC has public transportation that you already pay for. Use it.

My car insurance is less than friends of the same age who live in GA and have clean driving records. Maybe people here need to shop around for insurance better?

Also, keep your car if you want but use it less. I do less than 5,000 miles on mine a year and that gets me insurance breaks too.