So then why did MPD refuse to arrest him multiple times before (per local residents complaining) and the USAO refused to charge him with crimes? No one has a plausible answer for this. |
I hope they are OK and I hope they're able to press charges against this man and all the people who let him roam the street and harass children. |
Sex crimes in America oddly don't rate, despite the fact that so many victims are children. We just release (or don't even lock up) the offenders. It's bizarre to me as it has one of the highest recidivism rates. Their crimes also usually escalate. Serious offenders should be jailed or hospitalized depending on diagnosis, treated and if released - released with chemical castrations and ongoing sueprvision. |
Who knows but a very good question. I assume Parker's staff may be reading these posts. So let's put the question to the Councilman -- why did MPD refuse to arrest this aggressively dangerous person multiple times before? In fact, we should be asking all Councilmembers to investigate the number of repeated reports of dangerous behavior and the outcomes of these reports - are there arrests, prosecution, anything? |
Can you call or write and get back to us on this? I am not in his Ward. Have been burning up Frumin's phone lines though. |
Council member can ask questions. But ultimately the Council member cannot force MPD or the USAO to do their jobs. We need MPD and USAO to do their f#cking jobs. They seem incapable of doing their jobs. If that’s the case, then we need to start firing people who are not working. There’s plenty of laws on the books that this criminally insane guy has violated over and over again. He would expose himself and MPD would refuse to arrest! My suspicion is that MPD and USAO are caught in some stupid negative feedback loop where MPD arrests someone, USAO drops charges due to some dumb technicality/laziness, and so MPD refuses to do their jobs moving forward. This attitude by both institutions is unacceptable. |
There are other downstream issues that contribute to this. Right now, there are thousands of open bench warrants for people who failed to meet the conditions of either their pre-trial release or their probation, and many (if not most) of the people arrested for violent crime in DC have open bench warrants against them (the preschool attacker had an open one). But no one pursues them, either because of manpower shortages or (more likely) sheer laziness/lack of will. A concerted effort to go after those bench warrants would do wonders for crime in DC. Right now, anyone arrested knows they can simply keep committing crimes because the chances are slim that they will be punished, and even if they're caught, they can continue their behavior without worry. |
If I were a cop I’d refuse to arrest him too. I’d just send him back on his way in front of your house. Because I know everyone on your block probably voted for the mayor and council and has your little yard signs and were fully invested in the ACAB/Defund the Police crap a couple years ago. So I’d turn him loose again right on your block. You voted for this. I’m just giving you what you asked for when you said all cops are bad. I’m being a bad cop. Now you get to deal with the consequences of your vote. That IS the explanation of why he wasn’t arrested. Cops are a lot smarter and more vindictive than you give them credit for. |
So then fire them. I’d rather hire contracted security then pay MPD ungodly sums of money to do nothing out of pettiness and butthurt feelings. |
Yes, it's not a rocket science of a question. They did not arrest and jail him previously for policy/political reasons. Not because of the "constitution." |
In order to arrest him it would have escalated and required the police to go hands on. In the post George Floyd environment few officers are going hands on unless their life or another officers safety is at risk. This is what the people of DC wanted. |
More than a few voters have said why hire cops at all? Just hire counselors, psychologists, doctors, psychiatrists, and social workers to talk to these individuals engaging in criminal and help them get the services they need. |
+1 And not just in DC. |
Seems like they don’t want to risk arresting and getting into a situation with a violently mentally ill/drugged up suspect when they know the guy will just be released onto the streets and no one will follow up on his outstanding warrant. Honestly - it makes sense. It’s demoralizing. You try to do your job and get criminals off the street and nothing seems to stick until they literally kill someone, and you get jaded as a result. |
Can we stop with the "mental health issues" ? It's mental ILLNESS. Or if you prefer, psychiatric disorder. Psychiatric illness. |