We need massively stepped up criminal enforcement and convictions in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Instances like that video of the attack on a congresswoman at her DC apartment building earlier this year, really made me contemplate how we address both mental health issues and violent crime. would argue that we need to bring back institutionalized mental health centers, just more in a holistic, community setting and without the raping/abuse and better oversight.

Agree. The daycare casher/masturbator is still at PIW per CM Parker, much longer than prior stays due to media and political attention. Should have happened before women and children were attacked and traumatized by a serial criminal.

CA has changed the law to make involuntary commitment easier and Newsome recently signed it.

Baltimore, through classic enforcement and follow through is rapidly bringing down crime by taking violent perps out of the community.

What does DC do? Elevate a murderer to a position on a Sentencing Commision then try to hide having done so through procedural irregularities.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My kids ride metro. This actually does NOT make me feel better. The lawlessness in the system was directly fomented by the DC Council. It was silly when a teen was arrested for eating french fries but now we are at crack smoking on the red line during rush hour, many violent crimes and this

It wasn't silly when you got tickets for eating french fries..it kept metro clean. There was a reason for it. I grew up with that and it worked..metro has spiraled.

But she didn't get a ticket, she was arrested and put in handcuffs and that now seems quite silly in light of shootings in the system, stabbings, violence at major hubs during commuting hours no less, drug use on the trains (even heading to Bethesda, hard drugs smoked too) and the presence of many deadly weapons in the system. Maybe a broken windows approach used to keep a lid on the mayhem.

Again, the serious problems in the metro began with the actions of the DC Council who not only decriminalized fare evasion (despite kids getting free transit cards and cards being made available to the poor) but made even that not enforceable by not requiring ID and a name to be provided.

Now, DC Council members are finishing out the year by bestowing the honor of a seat on the Sentencing Commission on one of the most depraved of murderers.

We are FAR past having the luxury to worry about french fries, look at the weapons seized by metro police. Not only are DCMPD short staffed but they are pulled to work even more OT moonlighting in metro stations to supplement WMATA police and in grocery stores.

Not only are the trends not reversing, the brazenness and contempt of the Council's action toward victims and their loved ones, and the attempts to hide it, speak volumes.

I actually think it's indicative of the fact that a few anomalies/overreaches -as occasionally happen and obviously are well publicized and redressed--led to the overthrow of a lot of common sense rules, like not eating in metro or asking folks to pay fares. And now we have anarchy. I would personally prefer laws that most reasonable people can follow with the occasional law enforcement overreach and subsequent redress per case, than getting rid of all rules entirely for 'equity'. But here we are. And FWIW, I remember when Fawn Hall was cited in metro for eating a banana in metro and it made headlines, but not because people thought the rule was unfair--only because she was mixed up in Iran/Contra:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-21-mn-10146-story.html

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Anonymous wrote:Socialism works great, until you run out of other peoples money.

The poor in this country pay more in taxes than the wealthiest. I believe we learned that during the investigation into Trump's taxes. Taking care of people when they put into the system is not socialism, it's called advancement & effectiveness.

Your attempts to divert a conversation about serious violent crime issues in DC makes you an enabler. This is not a thread about taxes or the bronze dude. Try harder to stay on topic or start your own thread.

Poverty and over-taxing is directly related to crime. When you have a group of people continuously being oppressed, you can expect them to return the favor through crime.

-DC just started investing in rebuilding the schools and its curriculum in the past 20 years. Prior to that, District schools were underfunded and the buildings were falling apart, who can learn or be encouraged in such conditions? (Teachers were unqualified, inadequate textbooks and curriculum, understaffed schools) And no, I don't care what immigrants do in other countries.

-DC also took forever to rebuild communities after the riots. Many rioters were outsiders during the 60s and 70s.

-Prior to Marion Barry, DC routinely refused to hire African Americans into government jobs so that they could move up the economic ladder. You had to take a civil exam, but how could one pass if your school did not have resources for textbooks and an adequate curriculum?

- Lead poisoning has been found in DC water and places where lower-income people reside affecting brain development.

-The minimum wage in the 90s was about $4 or $5, who can survive from basic wage theft by largely a capitalistic system?

- Prior to the summer youth employment program and other such programs, many poor were left without hope. Desperate people, take desperate measures.

CrT iS oNly TauGhT iN LaW sChOoL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:My kids ride metro. This actually does NOT make me feel better. The lawlessness in the system was directly fomented by the DC Council. It was silly when a teen was arrested for eating french fries but now we are at crack smoking on the red line during rush hour, many violent crimes and this

It wasn't silly when you got tickets for eating french fries..it kept metro clean. There was a reason for it. I grew up with that and it worked..metro has spiraled.

But she didn't get a ticket, she was arrested and put in handcuffs and that now seems quite silly in light of shootings in the system, stabbings, violence at major hubs during commuting hours no less, drug use on the trains (even heading to Bethesda, hard drugs smoked too) and the presence of many deadly weapons in the system. Maybe a broken windows approach used to keep a lid on the mayhem.

Again, the serious problems in the metro began with the actions of the DC Council who not only decriminalized fare evasion (despite kids getting free transit cards and cards being made available to the poor) but made even that not enforceable by not requiring ID and a name to be provided.

Now, DC Council members are finishing out the year by bestowing the honor of a seat on the Sentencing Commission on one of the most depraved of murderers.

We are FAR past having the luxury to worry about french fries, look at the weapons seized by metro police. Not only are DCMPD short staffed but they are pulled to work even more OT moonlighting in metro stations to supplement WMATA police and in grocery stores.

Not only are the trends not reversing, the brazenness and contempt of the Council's action toward victims and their loved ones, and the attempts to hide it, speak volumes.

I actually think it's indicative of the fact that a few anomalies/overreaches -as occasionally happen and obviously are well publicized and redressed--led to the overthrow of a lot of common sense rules, like not eating in metro or asking folks to pay fares. And now we have anarchy. I would personally prefer laws that most reasonable people can follow with the occasional law enforcement overreach and subsequent redress per case, than getting rid of all rules entirely for 'equity'. But here we are. And FWIW, I remember when Fawn Hall was cited in metro for eating a banana in metro and it made headlines, but not because people thought the rule was unfair--only because she was mixed up in Iran/Contra:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-21-mn-10146-story.html

So over “defund the police.” Excuses for crime. “Anti-colonialism” and “marginalised peoples.” DEI excesses like Claudine Gay being held to the lower standard of her own “truths.”

Enough of “equity.” Let’s double down on equality: of opportunity, before the law.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids ride metro. This actually does NOT make me feel better. The lawlessness in the system was directly fomented by the DC Council. It was silly when a teen was arrested for eating french fries but now we are at crack smoking on the red line during rush hour, many violent crimes and this

It wasn't silly when you got tickets for eating french fries..it kept metro clean. There was a reason for it. I grew up with that and it worked..metro has spiraled.

But she didn't get a ticket, she was arrested and put in handcuffs and that now seems quite silly in light of shootings in the system, stabbings, violence at major hubs during commuting hours no less, drug use on the trains (even heading to Bethesda, hard drugs smoked too) and the presence of many deadly weapons in the system. Maybe a broken windows approach used to keep a lid on the mayhem.

Again, the serious problems in the metro began with the actions of the DC Council who not only decriminalized fare evasion (despite kids getting free transit cards and cards being made available to the poor) but made even that not enforceable by not requiring ID and a name to be provided.

Now, DC Council members are finishing out the year by bestowing the honor of a seat on the Sentencing Commission on one of the most depraved of murderers.

We are FAR past having the luxury to worry about french fries, look at the weapons seized by metro police. Not only are DCMPD short staffed but they are pulled to work even more OT moonlighting in metro stations to supplement WMATA police and in grocery stores.

Not only are the trends not reversing, the brazenness and contempt of the Council's action toward victims and their loved ones, and the attempts to hide it, speak volumes.

I actually think it's indicative of the fact that a few anomalies/overreaches -as occasionally happen and obviously are well publicized and redressed--led to the overthrow of a lot of common sense rules, like not eating in metro or asking folks to pay fares. And now we have anarchy. I would personally prefer laws that most reasonable people can follow with the occasional law enforcement overreach and subsequent redress per case, than getting rid of all rules entirely for 'equity'. But here we are. And FWIW, I remember when Fawn Hall was cited in metro for eating a banana in metro and it made headlines, but not because people thought the rule was unfair--only because she was mixed up in Iran/Contra:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-21-mn-10146-story.html

So over “defund the police.” Excuses for crime. “Anti-colonialism” and “marginalised peoples.” DEI excesses like Claudine Gay being held to the lower standard of her own “truths.”

Enough of “equity.” Let’s double down on equality: of opportunity, before the law.

"Not discriminating against groups we deem ahead is racist." -Progressives

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My kids ride metro. This actually does NOT make me feel better. The lawlessness in the system was directly fomented by the DC Council. It was silly when a teen was arrested for eating french fries but now we are at crack smoking on the red line during rush hour, many violent crimes and this

It wasn't silly when you got tickets for eating french fries..it kept metro clean. There was a reason for it. I grew up with that and it worked..metro has spiraled.

But she didn't get a ticket, she was arrested and put in handcuffs and that now seems quite silly in light of shootings in the system, stabbings, violence at major hubs during commuting hours no less, drug use on the trains (even heading to Bethesda, hard drugs smoked too) and the presence of many deadly weapons in the system. Maybe a broken windows approach used to keep a lid on the mayhem.

Again, the serious problems in the metro began with the actions of the DC Council who not only decriminalized fare evasion (despite kids getting free transit cards and cards being made available to the poor) but made even that not enforceable by not requiring ID and a name to be provided.

Now, DC Council members are finishing out the year by bestowing the honor of a seat on the Sentencing Commission on one of the most depraved of murderers.

We are FAR past having the luxury to worry about french fries, look at the weapons seized by metro police. Not only are DCMPD short staffed but they are pulled to work even more OT moonlighting in metro stations to supplement WMATA police and in grocery stores.

Not only are the trends not reversing, the brazenness and contempt of the Council's action toward victims and their loved ones, and the attempts to hide it, speak volumes.

I actually think it's indicative of the fact that a few anomalies/overreaches -as occasionally happen and obviously are well publicized and redressed--led to the overthrow of a lot of common sense rules, like not eating in metro or asking folks to pay fares. And now we have anarchy. I would personally prefer laws that most reasonable people can follow with the occasional law enforcement overreach and subsequent redress per case, than getting rid of all rules entirely for 'equity'. But here we are. And FWIW, I remember when Fawn Hall was cited in metro for eating a banana in metro and it made headlines, but not because people thought the rule was unfair--only because she was mixed up in Iran/Contra:https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-21-mn-10146-story.html

Same.

[Anonymous]

After arrest, not one part of the DC system seems to truly value public safety.

Look what the COA, again out of step with most jurisdictions and SC precedent, has been up to lately. COA judges are federally appointed.

[Anonymous]

MPD is such a joke. The NBC piece on carjackings show that the vast majority of criminals who do so are not even caught. What is the point of MPD if they have an 18% chance of actually catching a criminal?

Even DOJ points out that longer sentences aren't going to help without better custodial rates.

[Anonymous]

Maybe if USAO and AG actually prosecuted more than 33 and 47% of arrests, respectively, the closure rates would benefit. And if judges actually held violent criminals when warranted, esp when USAO begs, would benefit public safety.

MPD is only the first hurdle and the one that works the best at the moment. Everything upstream including the 1,000 unserved warrants, just in DC, many more unserved in NoVA and MoCo, is a disaster.

Maybe if more funds were shifted back to detective work, there would be a better closure rate. Maybe if the same adults and juveniles were not caught and released repeatedly, resources would be freed for additional closures? Maybe if Vice was put back in neighborhoods, would benefit closure rate?

https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/08/26/why-did-dc-shut-down-its-vice-squads-crime-rate-cathy-lanier/

Maybe if a higher closure rate was not seen as "ineguitable" by the Council, judges at DC SC and COA and the ACLU, DSA and activist crew, closure rates would increase?

Maybe now that there is a partially functioning lab after YEARS w/o, closure rates will increase?

[Anonymous]

DC is SUCH an outlier among other cities. In the region, now have higher homicides than Baltimore. I hope they reboot The Wire and base it here. With more attention and shame perhaps common sense could rein in cj, as it is in Baltimore.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rise-murders-during-pandemic-sharp-183030248.html

And some cities are bucking the positive trend, including Washington, D.C., where the murder toll continues a grim multiyear climb. The homicide tally this year is the highest in two decades, and there have been more than 900 carjacking incidents.

Washington is an exception this year even in the mid-Atlantic region. Baltimore is on track to report the fewest murders in nearly a decade and Philadelphia to post a homicide count more than 25% below its 2021 record of 562.

The randomness of crime in DC now is a big change, as is the brazenness of daytime crime and crime committed with LE nearby.

[Anonymous]

^ reign

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is SUCH an outlier among other cities. In the region, now have higher homicides than Baltimore. I hope they reboot The Wire and base it here. With more attention and shame perhaps common sense could rein in cj, as it is in Baltimore.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rise-murders-during-pandemic-sharp-183030248.html

And some cities are bucking the positive trend, including Washington, D.C., where the murder toll continues a grim multiyear climb. The homicide tally this year is the highest in two decades, and there have been more than 900 carjacking incidents.

Washington is an exception this year even in the mid-Atlantic region. Baltimore is on track to report the fewest murders in nearly a decade and Philadelphia to post a homicide count more than 25% below its 2021 record of 562.

The randomness of crime in DC now is a big change, as is the brazenness of daytime crime and crime committed[b] with LE nearby[/b.

Given that the union is delighted that police have no duty to intervene...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC is SUCH an outlier among other cities. In the region, now have higher homicides than Baltimore. I hope they reboot The Wire and base it here. With more attention and shame perhaps common sense could rein in cj, as it is in Baltimore.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/rise-murders-during-pandemic-sharp-183030248.html

And some cities are bucking the positive trend, including Washington, D.C., where the murder toll continues a grim multiyear climb. The homicide tally this year is the highest in two decades, and there have been more than 900 carjacking incidents.

Washington is an exception this year even in the mid-Atlantic region. Baltimore is on track to report the fewest murders in nearly a decade and Philadelphia to post a homicide count more than 25% below its 2021 record of 562.

The randomness of crime in DC now is a big change, as is the brazenness of daytime crime and crime committed with LE nearby.

The randomness and the daytime crime is what makes this crime wave different from the past. You could have been perfectly safe in DC 10 years ago avoiding the worst areas and avoiding walking alone late at night. Not even after dark, because it was still fine to get dinner and a drink. Just those late night hours where nothing good happens. Same precautions you’d take in any major US city. Now we have day care workers and toddlers being assaulted in broad daylight, members of Congress being assaulted in their own buildings, carjackings at all hours and in pretty much all neighborhoods … it’s totally different.

[Anonymous]

This afternoon, in broad daylight, a tourist, a woman with her husband, was sucker punched on the National Mall. Loads of people around. Not robbed. Just punched in the head.

Things have changed no matter how many naysayers try to shout down or deflect from reality.

[Anonymous]

Sunday, in broad daylight, there was an armed robbery (gun) outside Wegman's in City Ridge. Tell me again how family friendly it is.

The teens were chased across town, debatable if any that are captured will be prosecuted by AG or USAO, depending on age.