Crime on the hill - Charles Allen has got to go

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MPD needs to be treating these carjackings as a bigger picture item. Most of the criminals are just random run-of-the-mill thugs, many of them are teens. They individually wouldn't have the wherewithal to chop the car and resell for parts, or to spirit it out of the country or anything else.

Who asked them to get the car? Who are all of these carjackers planning on delivering the cars to?

There is no doubt more going on than just a stupid, short, dangerous joy ride that's likely to end up with a criminal record.

Most car theft/jacking are for joy riding. There’s no big criminal king pin pulling the strings. They do it because they can and it’s “fun”.

[Anonymous]

Charles Allen said they often do it to "get warm". It's cold out! ^

[Anonymous]

Not sure if anyone has seen this Reddit thread, but it is absolutely appalling. It appears to be written by a woman who recently moved from another city to NOMA and is having a hard time comprehending the amount of street harassment she receives in DC. Hundreds of other women chimed in saying the same thing. Why is DC like this? https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/s6kufa/just_moved_to_dc_and_have_already_been_harassed_4/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has seen this Reddit thread, but it is absolutely appalling. It appears to be written by a woman who recently moved from another city to NOMA and is having a hard time comprehending the amount of street harassment she receives in DC. Hundreds of other women chimed in saying the same thing. Why is DC like this? https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/s6kufa/just_moved_to_dc_and_have_already_been_harassed_4/

People that post in the DC Reddit are a little too special for my tastes. That post is too vague to adequately understand what happened to her and it’s probably intentionally vague. Her chief complaint is that a male, presumably homeless, was sexually harassing her in front of a police officer and the cop did nothing. First, since she doesn’t share what was said it’s hard to understand what she views as harassment. Second, since the police officer didn’t intervene then most likely a crime is was not committed. But third, did she ask the man to leave her alone or request assistance from the police officer on scene?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has seen this Reddit thread, but it is absolutely appalling. It appears to be written by a woman who recently moved from another city to NOMA and is having a hard time comprehending the amount of street harassment she receives in DC. Hundreds of other women chimed in saying the same thing. Why is DC like this? https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/s6kufa/just_moved_to_dc_and_have_already_been_harassed_4/

People that post in the DC Reddit are a little too special for my tastes. That post is too vague to adequately understand what happened to her and it’s probably intentionally vague. Her chief complaint is that a male, presumably homeless, was sexually harassing her in front of a police officer and the cop did nothing. First, since she doesn’t share what was said it’s hard to understand what she views as harassment. Second, since the police officer didn’t intervene then most likely a crime is was not committed. But third, did she ask the man to leave her alone or request assistance from the police officer on scene?

It's not just the OP . . . there are hundreds of other posts from women reporting the same thing all over this city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has seen this Reddit thread, but it is absolutely appalling. It appears to be written by a woman who recently moved from another city to NOMA and is having a hard time comprehending the amount of street harassment she receives in DC. Hundreds of other women chimed in saying the same thing. Why is DC like this? https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/s6kufa/just_moved_to_dc_and_have_already_been_harassed_4/

People that post in the DC Reddit are a little too special for my tastes. That post is too vague to adequately understand what happened to her and it’s probably intentionally vague. Her chief complaint is that a male, presumably homeless, was sexually harassing her in front of a police officer and the cop did nothing. First, since she doesn’t share what was said it’s hard to understand what she views as harassment. Second, since the police officer didn’t intervene then most likely a crime is was not committed. But third, did she ask the man to leave her alone or request assistance from the police officer on scene?

It's not just the OP . . . there are hundreds of other posts from women reporting the same thing all over this city.

All similarly vague accounts of Reddit users who post on r/DC and seem to have a penchant for over reaction. Reddit is a lot different than DCUM, the “communities” are very insular, which is abetted by the up vote/down vote feature.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure if anyone has seen this Reddit thread, but it is absolutely appalling. It appears to be written by a woman who recently moved from another city to NOMA and is having a hard time comprehending the amount of street harassment she receives in DC. Hundreds of other women chimed in saying the same thing. Why is DC like this? https://old.reddit.com/r/washingtondc/comments/s6kufa/just_moved_to_dc_and_have_already_been_harassed_4/

People that post in the DC Reddit are a little too special for my tastes. That post is too vague to adequately understand what happened to her and it’s probably intentionally vague. Her chief complaint is that a male, presumably homeless, was sexually harassing her in front of a police officer and the cop did nothing. First, since she doesn’t share what was said it’s hard to understand what she views as harassment. Second, since the police officer didn’t intervene then most likely a crime is was not committed. But third, did she ask the man to leave her alone or request assistance from the police officer on scene?

It's not just the OP . . . there are hundreds of other posts from women reporting the same thing all over this city.

All similarly vague accounts of Reddit users who post on r/DC and seem to have a penchant for over reaction. Reddit is a lot different than DCUM, the “communities” are very insular, which is abetted by the up vote/down vote feature.

Reddit is horrible. Sorry.

[Anonymous]

DC culture these days is about victim blaming anytime a crime is brought up. A lot of the new arrivals are moving in based on the pre-pandemic glory days of DC when there was actually something enjoyable about the city.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC culture these days is about victim blaming anytime a crime is brought up. A lot of the new arrivals are moving in based on the pre-pandemic glory days of DC when there was actually something enjoyable about the city.

I would argue that the “culture” such that I can see is actually people getting social credit for having “experiences” and as a result more and more people are turning ordinary city interactions into a story of their own victimhood.

Let’s be clear, crime is terrible and violent crime in particular undermines the social compact. There is too much crime and violent crime in DC. The people getting violently attacked is outrageous. However, what is also outrageous are these people competing for attention to me too these bad incidents. To piggy back on others misery to get attention and condolences from others for their own person sense of entitlement and victimhood.

The city absolutely needs to improve and halt this decline but also, absolutely no one should listen to these people whine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC culture these days is about victim blaming anytime a crime is brought up. A lot of the new arrivals are moving in based on the pre-pandemic glory days of DC when there was actually something enjoyable about the city.

I would argue that the “culture” such that I can see is actually people getting social credit for having “experiences” and as a result more and more people are turning ordinary city interactions into a story of their own victimhood.

Let’s be clear, crime is terrible and violent crime in particular undermines the social compact. There is too much crime and violent crime in DC. The people getting violently attacked is outrageous. However, what is also outrageous are these people competing for attention to me too these bad incidents. To piggy back on others misery to get attention and condolences from others for their own person sense of entitlement and victimhood.

The city absolutely needs to improve and halt this decline but also, absolutely no one should listen to these people whine.

People aren't whining to establish their own victimhood. They are shocked to find out that this supposedly fun, progressive city is reminiscent of the meth den rust belt cities they left. They also have to vent online anonymously because there is zero community support in DC for victims of crime, it's all about guessing the backstory of the criminal and throwing out some theories about how to get people to behave properly without arresting anyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC culture these days is about victim blaming anytime a crime is brought up. A lot of the new arrivals are moving in based on the pre-pandemic glory days of DC when there was actually something enjoyable about the city.

I would argue that the “culture” such that I can see is actually people getting social credit for having “experiences” and as a result more and more people are turning ordinary city interactions into a story of their own victimhood.

Let’s be clear, crime is terrible and violent crime in particular undermines the social compact. There is too much crime and violent crime in DC. The people getting violently attacked is outrageous. However, what is also outrageous are these people competing for attention to me too these bad incidents. To piggy back on others misery to get attention and condolences from others for their own person sense of entitlement and victimhood.

The city absolutely needs to improve and halt this decline but also, absolutely no one should listen to these people whine.

People aren't whining to establish their own victimhood. They are shocked to find out that this supposedly fun, progressive city is reminiscent of the meth den rust belt cities they left. They also have to vent online anonymously because there is zero community support in DC for victims of crime, it's all about guessing the backstory of the criminal and throwing out some theories about how to get people to behave properly without arresting anyone.

I think what they are shocked to discover in DC is that black people can bother them without fear of state violence. Just because black people bother you does not mean that you are the victim of a crime.

[Anonymous]

Obviously not directly related to the geography of this thread, but I still thought it was some good crime video, plus I got a good chuckle out of this quote.

“This happened in broad daylight. I’m angry this happened, we must do the work to eliminate the circumstances that led to this violent act”

https://wtop.com/dc/2022/01/video-show-carjacking-of-dc-council-candidate-at-ne-gas-station/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Obviously not directly related to the geography of this thread, but I still thought it was some good crime video, plus I got a good chuckle out of this quote.

“This happened in broad daylight. I’m angry this happened, we must do the work to eliminate the circumstances that led to this violent act”

https://wtop.com/dc/2022/01/video-show-carjacking-of-dc-council-candidate-at-ne-gas-station/

Shows true dedication to progressivism being able to spew that garbage after having a gun pointed in your face.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Obviously not directly related to the geography of this thread, but I still thought it was some good crime video, plus I got a good chuckle out of this quote.

“This happened in broad daylight. I’m angry this happened, we must do the work to eliminate the circumstances that led to this violent act”

https://wtop.com/dc/2022/01/video-show-carjacking-of-dc-council-candidate-at-ne-gas-station/

Shows true dedication to progressivism being able to spew that garbage after having a gun pointed in your face.

I’m not sure I understand your point. What did he say that you object to as inappropriate? What do you think he should have said instead?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC culture these days is about victim blaming anytime a crime is brought up. A lot of the new arrivals are moving in based on the pre-pandemic glory days of DC when there was actually something enjoyable about the city.

I would argue that the “culture” such that I can see is actually people getting social credit for having “experiences” and as a result more and more people are turning ordinary city interactions into a story of their own victimhood.

Let’s be clear, crime is terrible and violent crime in particular undermines the social compact. There is too much crime and violent crime in DC. The people getting violently attacked is outrageous. However, what is also outrageous are these people competing for attention to me too these bad incidents. To piggy back on others misery to get attention and condolences from others for their own person sense of entitlement and victimhood.

The city absolutely needs to improve and halt this decline but also, absolutely no one should listen to these people whine.

People aren't whining to establish their own victimhood. They are shocked to find out that this supposedly fun, progressive city is reminiscent of the meth den rust belt cities they left. They also have to vent online anonymously because there is zero community support in DC for victims of crime, it's all about guessing the backstory of the criminal and throwing out some theories about how to get people to behave properly without arresting anyone.

I think what they are shocked to discover in DC is that black people can bother them without fear of state violence. Just because black people bother you does not mean that you are the victim of a crime.

Getting robbed, stabbed, beaten and killed makes one a victim of a crime.