Fire in upper NW?

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ABC7 website:
WATCH LIVE AT NOON: Police to update public on their investigation into D.C. quadruple homicide

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Anonymous wrote:All during this rampant speculation, I have been hoping that the suspect would NOT be an African American male with dreadlocks, with a police record, from PG county. But, here we are again. So awful. There are a lot of fine, upstanding young AA men, their mothers, and fathers who must be sick about this today.
And, for whatever it's worth, I am a white, middle-aged woman with kids who went to the same schools as the Savopoulos children.

Thanks for saying; same here.

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Anonymous wrote:If anything could matter in a case like this, it may be the element of surprise. I guess you lose that early on in a home invasion.
I am a woman and a runner - my group has had several speakers talk to us about the dangers of running alone and what we should do if confronted - the common theme is "surprise your attacker by aggressively defending yourself - scream, kick, punch, go for vulnerable physical places". But this assumes you are alone, not in your home where your child is potentially being used as a pawn.
I also think most of us aren't like our attackers - we think that we can talk through the situation and bring some "reason" to a truly unreasonable, sociopath.

I remember something similar from college about confronting rapists; the idea was to make the encounter as unpleasant and horrible for the attacker as possible even if you can't possibly "overpower" a larger, stronger assailant.

Criminals count on compliant victims. Scream. Yell. Flail.

Fight dirty; gouge eyeballs, knee groins, punch to the throat;

if you manage to get your hands on pepper spray, but your attack grabs you in a bear hug, spray it anyway: pepper spray irritates sweaty areas like groins and armpits and it could deter the attacker even if you don't get his face. It also creates a noxious "cloud" that will make him want to leave the area.

The point is to resist the rapist. Even if you submit, there is no guarantee he won't kill you anyway (as he killed the whole family in this case).

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So why then, if this is so random,
Is Lanier & the DC police dept not warning people to be vigilant?
That peeves me...we don't know if he acted alone or not.

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'Are'. Anyone know how to edit?

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Anonymous wrote:I hope the people who were so convinced of the surviving housekeeper's involvement feel sheepish. Totally reasonable to consider/investigate possibility but the level of certainty of her guilt on such dubious grounds was truly bizarre.

+1000

And those who jumped to those conclusions are DC's brightest, wealthiest citizens?! (shuddering at the thought) Unbelievable.

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Give me a break, Chief Lanier is awesome. I think the DCPD is doing a great job. The update is coming soon. Give it 50 minutes. Geez.

I'm sick of all the racist accusations. What happened here is horrible, regardless of the race of the perps, and people's awareness should be heightened by anyone at this point.

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Anonymous wrote:All during this rampant speculation, I have been hoping that the suspect would NOT be an African American male with dreadlocks, with a police record, from PG county. But, here we are again. So awful. There are a lot of fine, upstanding young AA men, their mothers, and fathers who must be sick about this today.
And, for whatever it's worth, I am a white, middle-aged woman with kids who went to the same schools as the Savopoulos children.

I am black. And I am sickened by ANY senseless act of violence. But the race of the victims and perps does not influence my disgust.

Is this a new "black guilt" thing?

No. I think it is just an acknowledgement that people of all races are disgusted by this heinous act.

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WTOP just reported that suspect worked for one of SS's companies.

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Anonymous wrote:Shouldn't he be on the FBI top ten now? Maybe bump other local shit Brad Bishop who is likely long dead.

why? Lots of people are brutally murdered. You've all lost all sense of reality.

THANK YOU. This is a horrible tragedy, but let's be honest. Horrible crimes like this happen in rich and poor neighborhoods across America every week.

I doubt crimes like this are a common occurrence. I think it is a rare individual who can cause all the mayhem he did. His life must be absolutely devoid of any hope.

No, actually he could just be a psychopath. Feeling hopeless doesn't allow you to torture a little boy.

So I guess he is just a "bad seed" and this was just his destiny? This, jail or a mental institution? Sounds pretty hopeless to me.

They have scanned brains of serial killers and murderers and they are different. There are also biochemical differences as well.

Look at some children from horrific abuse situations that don't turn to crime and violence.

It's hard to stomach--but- yes- there are bad seeds.

Right. Plus, I'm sure he was raised by a loving, married mom and dad who took him to church regularly and raised him to be a good citizen.

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Anonymous wrote:So why then, if this is so random,
Is Lanier & the DC police dept not warning people to be vigilant?
That peeves me...we don't know if he acted alone or not.

They are not warning people to be vigilant because you are not at any increased risk due to this crime. While this was a horrifying, terrifying crime, we are not experiencing a wave of violent hostage crimes. Whether it's completely random crime of opportunity, or the family in question was somehow targeted, it's a freakish event that we see the likes of only a few times in our lifetimes.

Of course the police are urging the public to come forward with any evidence and to be on the lookout for the suspect, which is entirely appropriate.

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11:10, take a chill pill. My post crossed the other

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Anonymous wrote:So why then, if this is so random,
Is Lanier & the DC police dept not warning people to be vigilant?
That peeves me...we don't know if he acted alone or not.

I'm wondering this too. I mean I doubt he was stupid enough to hang out in the area but clearly this POS' thought processes are impossible to understand/predict. Shouldn't people be on the alert? I know I can't sleep at night.

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Anonymous wrote:WTOP just reported that suspect worked for one of SS's companies.

smh

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:All during this rampant speculation, I have been hoping that the suspect would NOT be an African American male with dreadlocks, with a police record, from PG county. But, here we are again. So awful. There are a lot of fine, upstanding young AA men, their mothers, and fathers who must be sick about this today.
And, for whatever it's worth, I am a white, middle-aged woman with kids who went to the same schools as the Savopoulos children.

Thanks for saying; same here.

+1 sister of 2 STA alums one of them married to a west indian woman.