Washington Commanders rookie running back shot on H Street in carjacking attempt

[Anonymous]

The area from 7th and H NE over to about Hechinger Mall area has been an absolute nightmare the last 24 hours. I think we have seen

Stabbing
Carjacking/Shooting (Commanders)
Another Shooting
Stabbing (this morning about 7:30am)

Some beef is going on and people are getting caught in the middle of it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Don't worry , they will be back on the street before bedtime

Did you see the two suspects are allegedly minors? Wow just wow.

This is becoming so common— so many of the carjackings/armed robberies on the Hill and in NE are being committed by teens.

Why aren’t more people talking about how this is an inevitable result of shuttering schools for a year, leaving many teenagers who are susceptible of falling into this kind of behavior twisting in the wind? Is it surprising that we suddenly have a bunch of 13-17 yr olds running around robbing people? How many of these kids just kind of disappeared from DCPS during the closures?

This has nothing to do with school closures and everything to do with culture.

Has anyone interviewed the kids and asked them what went through their mind when they caiiy a gun and try to rob random people or carjacking on the street? Have they never thought someone could be injured or die? What if their family members or fiends became targets?

It’s their family and friends that encourage it. PP was right - it’s a culture that needs to change.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't worry , they will be back on the street before bedtime

Did you see the two suspects are allegedly minors? Wow just wow.

This is becoming so common— so many of the carjackings/armed robberies on the Hill and in NE are being committed by teens.

Why aren’t more people talking about how this is an inevitable result of shuttering schools for a year, leaving many teenagers who are susceptible of falling into this kind of behavior twisting in the wind? Is it surprising that we suddenly have a bunch of 13-17 yr olds running around robbing people? How many of these kids just kind of disappeared from DCPS during the closures?

This has nothing to do with school closures and everything to do with culture.

Has anyone interviewed the kids and asked them what went through their mind when they caiiy a gun and try to rob random people or carjacking on the street? Have they never thought someone could be injured or die? What if their family members or fiends became targets?
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Wow! Groundbreaking. No one just ever asked these kids if they realized someone could be HURT if they carjack them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't worry , they will be back on the street before bedtime

Did you see the two suspects are allegedly minors? Wow just wow.

I think carjackings are almost always minors. It’s a sport of sorts that replaced stealing cars when stealing cars got harder/less fun because of anti-theft devices, mainly remote keys. You know, a sport where they occasionally kill people.

I sat on a jury for a carjacking and it was essentially that they were bored and they wanted a car to ride around in. They stole and hot wired an older car, but they wanted a better car with a key. So they carjacked a guy. The whole thing was incredibly stupid from soup to nuts. I’m not sure they even tried to not get caught.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't worry , they will be back on the street before bedtime

Did you see the two suspects are allegedly minors? Wow just wow.

This is becoming so common— so many of the carjackings/armed robberies on the Hill and in NE are being committed by teens.

Why aren’t more people talking about how this is an inevitable result of shuttering schools for a year, leaving many teenagers who are susceptible of falling into this kind of behavior twisting in the wind? Is it surprising that we suddenly have a bunch of 13-17 yr olds running around robbing people? How many of these kids just kind of disappeared from DCPS during the closures?

This has nothing to do with school closures and everything to do with culture.

Has anyone interviewed the kids and asked them what went through their mind when they caiiy a gun and try to rob random people or carjacking on the street? Have they never thought someone could be injured or die? What if their family members or fiends became targets?

Wow. Are you really this out of touch??? Their families and friends ARE targets. Most of these kids have had family and friends gunned down. They grew up with this experience. It’s so scary to me that you don’t even know this. How can National problems be fixed if voters are this ignorant???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC has the largest police force on a per capita basis in the country. Somehow it seems to make no difference.

Wait- this has nothing to do with the police. This has to do with prosecution and lack thereof. If cops arrest them all and then they're let out instantly, what's the point of them even bother trying?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't worry , they will be back on the street before bedtime

Did you see the two suspects are allegedly minors? Wow just wow.

This is becoming so common— so many of the carjackings/armed robberies on the Hill and in NE are being committed by teens.

Why aren’t more people talking about how this is an inevitable result of shuttering schools for a year, leaving many teenagers who are susceptible of falling into this kind of behavior twisting in the wind? Is it surprising that we suddenly have a bunch of 13-17 yr olds running around robbing people? How many of these kids just kind of disappeared from DCPS during the closures?

This has nothing to do with school closures and everything to do with culture.

It’s obviously both. Duh.

[Anonymous]

It's probably a game for them. Like Grand Theft Auto but for real.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has the largest police force on a per capita basis in the country. Somehow it seems to make no difference.

Wait- this has nothing to do with the police. This has to do with prosecution and lack thereof. If cops arrest them all and then they're let out instantly, what's the point of them even bother trying?

I love how people romanticize how cops used to be before they were demoralized and deballed by local pols, prosecutors and judges. Cops have always been lazy and apathetic freeloaders. Look at their total comp, including the overtime they all milk, and how can you not conclude they're grossly overpaid stenographers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC has the largest police force on a per capita basis in the country. Somehow it seems to make no difference.

Wait- this has nothing to do with the police. This has to do with prosecution and lack thereof. If cops arrest them all and then they're let out instantly, what's the point of them even bother trying?

I love how people romanticize how cops used to be before they were demoralized and deballed by local pols, prosecutors and judges. Cops have always been lazy and apathetic freeloaders. Look at their total comp, including the overtime they all milk, and how can you not conclude they're grossly overpaid stenographers.

And what about my "lack of prosecution" point? That's the real issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't worry , they will be back on the street before bedtime

Did you see the two suspects are allegedly minors? Wow just wow.

This is becoming so common— so many of the carjackings/armed robberies on the Hill and in NE are being committed by teens.

Why aren’t more people talking about how this is an inevitable result of shuttering schools for a year, leaving many teenagers who are susceptible of falling into this kind of behavior twisting in the wind? Is it surprising that we suddenly have a bunch of 13-17 yr olds running around robbing people? How many of these kids just kind of disappeared from DCPS during the closures?

This has nothing to do with school closures and everything to do with culture.

It’s obviously both. Duh.

+1, the whole point is that for kids who are growing up in a culture of lawlessness, attending school may be their only or best exposure to another way of being. There are absolutely kids in DC for whom compulsory school attendance is the biggest thing keeping them from starting with the petty theft in MS and working their way up to this. Can schools fix the problem? No. But if you don’t think a year of “virtual school” (i.e. unsupervised free time because these are not kids whose parents are making sure they are attending home room at the kitchen table on a tablet) made this problem worse, you aren’t paying attention. If kids aren’t in school, they find other ways to entertain themselves.

[Anonymous]

Voting left should NOT mean leniency for violent crime.

I understand the city can't do much to control the thousands of guns since we have no federal gun ban (!!!!), but it doesn't mean we can't prosecute and jail the desperate teens doing the shooting. They've got to learn you can't solve all your fights with murder.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Don't worry , they will be back on the street before bedtime

Did you see the two suspects are allegedly minors? Wow just wow.

I think carjackings are almost always minors. It’s a sport of sorts that replaced stealing cars when stealing cars got harder/less fun because of anti-theft devices, mainly remote keys. You know, a sport where they occasionally kill people.

I sat on a jury for a carjacking and it was essentially that they were bored and they wanted a car to ride around in. They stole and hot wired an older car, but they wanted a better car with a key. So they carjacked a guy. The whole thing was incredibly stupid from soup to nuts. I’m not sure they even tried to not get caught.

I guess we can't punish anyone for being stupid, or we would have to punish everybody.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Our Ward 6 rep Charles Allen is such an abject failure.

Unopposed in this election.

His chairing the safety committee and the lax prosecution by USAO (who do not even release statistics) as well as DC AG are quite problematic.

As is the Council's plan to further weaken the criminal code post election, including removing the offense of "carjacking" and slashing the penalties.
https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/us-attorneys-office-testifies-hearing-revised-criminal-code-act-2021

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Voting left should NOT mean leniency for violent crime.

I understand the city can't do much to control the thousands of guns since we have no federal gun ban (!!!!), but it doesn't mean we can't prosecute and jail the desperate teens doing the shooting. They've got to learn you can't solve all your fights with murder.

Given that the victim in this case is a Commanders player, you can rest assured that if the perps are 16 or over they will be prosecuted as adults and will go to jail. If they happen to be under 16, well there probably is a restorative justice conference being planned and maybe some hugs.