AP: Biden will not stop override of DC crime laws

[Anonymous]

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What fitting irony. DC=Dysfunctional City. And the criminals lobby (and yes, it's a political force in local politics here) says "Hands Off DC."

Is that "Hands Off" or "Hands Up DC!"??

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Until 1962, the law imposed a mandatory death penalty for first degree murder in the District of Columbia. Not saying that's a good or a bad thing, but just saying that the murder rate and absolute numbers of murders was a lot lower then. DC's population in the 1950s was as large, if not larger, than today's population is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_by_the_District_of_Columbia

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Just shows the hypocrisy of the right.

You are quoting a lobbying group for criminal defense lawyers ("DC justice") that is clealry mischaracterizing a think tank's ("Heritage") findings. That Heritage think tank finding was about reforming/removing non-violent victimless crime laws no one thinks should be a crime. That is not the same at all as reducing penalties for violent crimes with victims.

Ah and that advocacy group "DC Justice" is still trying, and you are joining them, to absurdly claim this is a right/left issue. The vote to block D councils attempt almost double the average number of violent felons on our streets was supported by President Biden, and the vote in the Senate was utterly bipartisan.

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Anonymous wrote:That's not what that stat says, though, that stat says 95 percent of the victims are black and says nothing about the race of the murderers. (It's possible that's also 95 percent black, but you're skipping a step.)

FBI UCR average last ten years of full reports shows in cleared DC intentional homicide 93% of victims are minorities and 97% of perps are. Our two mass murders in the last several decades, Savvopoulos family and naval yard, perps were African American. Nationally, 73% of mass shooters are minorities, in DC it is virtually 100%. African American pop of DC is 41%, Nationally 13.7%.

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Anonymous wrote:Janeese Lewis George wants 15 million for two sites for people to do drugs in. These CMs are absolutely costing DC statehood.

https://twitter.com/maustermuhle/status/1630218771875938304?s=46&t=4l8dxG1aS4tikvWj7e8VTw

Oh right, because D.C. was very close to getting statehood before the current D.C. Council was sworn in/before crime started rising, and now the only thing stopping it is who's on the Council, as opposed to, say, the fact that the House is under Republican control and won't vote for D.C. statehood no matter what?

What’s stopping it is that everyone knows what a sh*tshiw of government we have now. Also DC can’t fund the schools or a free bus, but claims it can pay the $2 billion per year to be a state?

Just do away with the taxation already, you bloody idiots

It's not like getting rid of federal taxes in D.C. is actually a choice anyone is presenting as a real option, though.

I’ll vote for anyone who did

If you live in D.C., you can't — it'd take an act of Congress.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:That's not what that stat says, though, that stat says 95 percent of the victims are black and says nothing about the race of the murderers. (It's possible that's also 95 percent black, but you're skipping a step.)

FBI UCR average last ten years of full reports shows in cleared DC intentional homicide 93% of victims are minorities and 97% of perps are. Our two mass murders in the last several decades, Savvopoulos family and naval yard, perps were African American. Nationally, 73% of mass shooters are minorities, in DC it is virtually 100%. African American pop of DC is 41%, Nationally 13.7%.

Why AA leaders don't address this issue? These criminals give bad name to whole community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Until 1962, the law imposed a mandatory death penalty for first degree murder in the District of Columbia. Not saying that's a good or a bad thing, but just saying that the murder rate and absolute numbers of murders was a lot lower then. DC's population in the 1950s was as large, if not larger, than today's population is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_by_the_District_of_Columbia

I myself support opposition of death penalty but if its saving perpetrators and harming innocents then we may need to review it. Most importantly enforce prevention so things don't escalate.

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Anonymous wrote:I know some will complain about DC Home Rule issues, but I do think the US Congress has a responsibility to protect citizens visiting from outside of DC to see the sights or to do a Capitol Hill visit. A safe environment is more important than woke progressive politics in Capitol city.

+1 Exactly--thank you!!

Explain the correlation between an updated criminal code that goes into place in three years and tourist safety. I'm very curious

The correlation is established -- and casual. The proposed soft on crime new code establishes shorter sentences for several violent crimes'. Most violent crime in DC, over 90%, is committed by persons who have committed prior crimes. Letting them out onto our streets sooner and in greater numbers, means 1) they are on the streets to commit crimes, 2) They are also less afraid of penalties when caught. That per se makes the city more dangerous for both residents and tourists, and creates more innocents victims among the >90% of people who war law abiding.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:That's not what that stat says, though, that stat says 95 percent of the victims are black and says nothing about the race of the murderers. (It's possible that's also 95 percent black, but you're skipping a step.)

FBI UCR average last ten years of full reports shows in cleared DC intentional homicide 93% of victims are minorities and 97% of perps are. Our two mass murders in the last several decades, Savvopoulos family and naval yard, perps were African American. Nationally, 73% of mass shooters are minorities, in DC it is virtually 100%. African American pop of DC is 41%, Nationally 13.7%.

Why AA leaders don't address this issue? These criminals give bad name to whole community.

If you think African American community leaders are not concerned about crime, you may not be paying very close attention. (Also you may only be listening to specific members of the D.C. Council?)

[Anonymous]

correct my typo: "casual" should be "causal"

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[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Janeese Lewis George wants 15 million for two sites for people to do drugs in. These CMs are absolutely costing DC statehood.

https://twitter.com/maustermuhle/status/1630218771875938304?s=46&t=4l8dxG1aS4tikvWj7e8VTw

Oh right, because D.C. was very close to getting statehood before the current D.C. Council was sworn in/before crime started rising, and now the only thing stopping it is who's on the Council, as opposed to, say, the fact that the House is under Republican control and won't vote for D.C. statehood no matter what?

What’s stopping it is that everyone knows what a sh*tshiw of government we have now. Also DC can’t fund the schools or a free bus, but claims it can pay the $2 billion per year to be a state?

Just do away with the taxation already, you bloody idiots

It's not like getting rid of federal taxes in D.C. is actually a choice anyone is presenting as a real option, though.

I’ll vote for anyone who did

If you live in D.C., you can't — it'd take an act of Congress.

That’s not true. I voted for your idiots and never will again.
I get plenty of voting I’d now like clean safe streets good school housings healthcare
Less taxation
And the next vote to get you spineless slugs out of the office (and no I don’t care who the alternative is)

[Anonymous]

DC Council is making another (deliberate?) miscalculation in saying that this was about the lowered maximums. Most of us are liberals who believe in rehabilitation and in fact would have gone for even lower maximums.

This is about deliberate ignoring of the residents, refusal to utter the words crime or murder or criminal outside of the bill, ideological behaviors, lack of minimums, and jury trials for misdemeanors.

It’s about the consulting $$$ flowing to the ill-equipped but politically acceptable consultants for the writing of this bill and programs like violence interrupters (founded by a wifebeater). It’s about the incompetence, tonedeafness, corruption.

This has nothing to do with the statehood. I supported it but I feel relieved that the Congress stepped in. People in my neighborhood whooped and celebrated last night.

People hate your incompetence and arrogance. Resign.

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It’s the Mendo defiance of Congress. It’s the Council vomiting incompetence all of over the Democrats, and the President in the run up to the next elections. It’s about Mendo’s twitter hand being the Chairman (oh, the arrogance). It’s about the stuff like below — you don’t care for the residents. You care to keep
your heavy train because you are (especially now) otherwise unemployable. Who’s going to give a job to Nadeau or Allen? For what competence and track record? You are DONE. You’ve anyway ruined the statehood prospects so there’s nothing to lose in opposing you at every step despite your lies to the contrary, you are a national embarrassment.

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“Gravy” train