In most big cities violent crime is declining. In Washington the opposite is true

[Anonymous]

More details about what is in the current version here

[Anonymous]

Not sure I agree DC has hit bottom and is rebounding but lots of good data here

https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/bouncing-back-from-rock-bottom

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not sure I agree DC has hit bottom and is rebounding but lots of good data here

https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/bouncing-back-from-rock-bottom

I was just going to post that. Whomever putting that together deserves a lot of thanks. It's a must read for all of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure I agree DC has hit bottom and is rebounding but lots of good data here

https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/bouncing-back-from-rock-bottom

I was just going to post that. Whomever putting that together deserves a lot of thanks. It's a must read for all of us.

Eh, there’s a lot of blind person touching an elephant here. Maybe they’re right, but if it turns out that the real explanation is just crime goes up in the summer crime goes down in the winter, this post is going to age like milk, and they will look pretty foolish.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure I agree DC has hit bottom and is rebounding but lots of good data here

https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/bouncing-back-from-rock-bottom

I was just going to post that. Whomever putting that together deserves a lot of thanks. It's a must read for all of us.

Eh, there’s a lot of blind person touching an elephant here. Maybe they’re right, but if it turns out that the real explanation is just crime goes up in the summer crime goes down in the winter, this post is going to age like milk, and they will look pretty foolish.

DC is an outlier re: trends. You are a low information poster or a shill.

[Anonymous]

This act really says a lot about the Council. Mendo was the one who nominated the murderer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This act really says a lot about the Council. Mendo was the one who nominated the murderer.

Why a murderer? That sends a chilling message about what the Council values. The 'ideas' of social justice are more important than an actual life cut short?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure I agree DC has hit bottom and is rebounding but lots of good data here

https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/bouncing-back-from-rock-bottom

I was just going to post that. Whomever putting that together deserves a lot of thanks. It's a must read for all of us.

Eh, there’s a lot of blind person touching an elephant here. Maybe they’re right, but if it turns out that the real explanation is just crime goes up in the summer crime goes down in the winter, this post is going to age like milk, and they will look pretty foolish.

The numbers in regards to the MPD and the USAO both choosing to not doing their jobs is damning.

[Anonymous]

The crime wave of the Bloody 20s in DC exceeds any seasonal variance.

[Anonymous]

Really a shame that this bill was not passed intact, in January.

Who knows what might go in or out now after the Sentencing Commission stunt, provision proposed to "sunset" pre-trial detention quickly, etc.?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This act really says a lot about the Council. Mendo was the one who nominated the murderer.

In his last election, Mendo’s challengers was from the left.

This Council is more liberal than the one it replaced.

They are representing their constituencies.

[Anonymous]

Since Council would never require these groups to register/disclose, wonder if that is something Congress could do?

[Anonymous]

News reports embellish.

I believe we may see a spike in the summer.

Great chance we will see this occur.

Glad we have competent leaders.

Every one of our residents deserves safety.

Roughly half of the city will leave if no change.

Someday we will identify the root cause.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:News reports embellish.

I believe we may see a spike in the summer.

Great chance we will see this occur.

Glad we have competent leaders.

Every one of our residents deserves safety.

Roughly half of the city will leave if no change.

Someday we will identify the root cause.

We know the root cause.

The Council decriminalized property crimes
The MPD went on silent strike
The USAO stopped prosecuting
The justice-involved realized that all of that was happening.

Things appear to be getting better but our leadership failed us all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Not sure I agree DC has hit bottom and is rebounding but lots of good data here

https://dccrimefacts.substack.com/p/bouncing-back-from-rock-bottom

I was just going to post that. Whomever putting that together deserves a lot of thanks. It's a must read for all of us.

Eh, there’s a lot of blind person touching an elephant here. Maybe they’re right, but if it turns out that the real explanation is just crime goes up in the summer crime goes down in the winter, this post is going to age like milk, and they will look pretty foolish.

The numbers in regards to the MPD and the USAO both choosing to not doing their jobs is damning.

It absolutely is damning. And nothing in the SecureDC bill will address it.

I think it is fairly clear MPD chooses not to do their jobs. USAO at least has one partial excuse- MPD brings bad cases they can't prosecute.

MPD needs far, far more scrutiny. They whine about the defund movement but that was nearly four years ago. It is not the only reason, if a reason at all, that they aren't doing their jobs. There have been numerous stories and testimony about MPD not doing anything when confronted with crime.

Oh, it's the more recent police reform legislation? I have yet to see concrete examples in the quantity it would take to explain their dismal arrest rates.

So basically MPD leadership- I am not going to impugn the rank-and-file - has instituted a culture where they won't do their jobs if they object to Council legislation. Outrageous. It sounds like Chief Smith is trying to change it and I hope she does.