Rand Paul staffer brutally stabbed on Saturday

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The office of Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul confirmed Monday that a member of his staff was "brutally attacked" on the streets of Washington, D.C over the weekend.

"This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C.," Paul said in a statement. "I ask you to join Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions."

"We are relieved to hear the suspect has been arrested. At this time we would ask for privacy so everyone can focus on healing and recovery," he added.

Police report in tweet:

Unfortunate.

But tell me, what does a gentle stabbing look like? How does it differ from a brutal one? Is it done more politely or something?

[Anonymous]

I remember years ago when H St. seemed to be on an upswing. Used to go out for dinner and drinks over there quite a bit. Hard to imagine this happening on Sunday, beautiful sunny day, broad daylight, so many in town and out and about for cherry blossoms, kite festival, etc.

Hope the stabbing victim will recover.

H St. is just too dangerous now. People were encouraging someone moving here with young kids to consider the area around Union Market, but if this is happening on a sunny Sunday afternoon, what about if you were getting a young kid or baby in or out of a car seat?

It's a shame. Surely the perp was placed in a half way house and was supposedly receiving some sort of supervision upon release?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

The office of Republican Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul confirmed Monday that a member of his staff was "brutally attacked" on the streets of Washington, D.C over the weekend.

"This past weekend a member of my staff was brutally attacked in broad daylight in Washington, D.C.," Paul said in a statement. "I ask you to join Kelley and me in praying for a speedy and complete recovery, and thanking the first responders, hospital staff, and police for their diligent actions."

"We are relieved to hear the suspect has been arrested. At this time we would ask for privacy so everyone can focus on healing and recovery," he added.

Police report in tweet:

Unfortunate.

But tell me, what does a gentle stabbing look like? How does it differ from a brutal one? Is it done more politely or something?

People who aren’t funny but think they are funny by repeating a joke format are the worst.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember years ago when H St. seemed to be on an upswing. Used to go out for dinner and drinks over there quite a bit. Hard to imagine this happening on Sunday, beautiful sunny day, broad daylight, so many in town and out and about for cherry blossoms, kite festival, etc.

Hope the stabbing victim will recover.

H St. is just too dangerous now. People were encouraging someone moving here with young kids to consider the area around Union Market, but if this is happening on a sunny Sunday afternoon, what about if you were getting a young kid or baby in or out of a car seat?

It's a shame. Surely the perp was placed in a half way house and was supposedly receiving some sort of supervision upon release?

This was a horrible incident, and it's not the only violent criminal act that's occurred on H St. However, there are thousands of people who walk down the street every day, including me and my kids; we live a few blocks away. We go shopping at Giant, Whole Foods, CVS, get food at the many restaurants, go to the farmer's market (which starts up this weekend), get bagels at Bullfrog, browse for books at Solid State, etc. And I plan to continue to do so - again, with thousands of others.

[Anonymous]

I think PP who posted about fentanyl psychosis was probably right. This doesn’t seem like a “crime” in the traditional sense in that the criminal had nothing to gain—it wasn’t a mugging or drug hit or anything, just random illogical violence by someone who probably has scrambled eggs for brains. Like the guy who stabbed that woman in Logan circle. Or the guy who poured a gallon of his own urine over a woman in McPherson square. I don’t even know if it’s right to call these people mentally ill—I think they have significant brain damage that is probably not amenable to treatment. Maybe there’s a way to reverse the damage but I doubt that traditional therapies for the mental I’ll are the answer, even if they were available.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think PP who posted about fentanyl psychosis was probably right. This doesn’t seem like a “crime” in the traditional sense in that the criminal had nothing to gain—it wasn’t a mugging or drug hit or anything, just random illogical violence by someone who probably has scrambled eggs for brains. Like the guy who stabbed that woman in Logan circle. Or the guy who poured a gallon of his own urine over a woman in McPherson square. I don’t even know if it’s right to call these people mentally ill—I think they have significant brain damage that is probably not amenable to treatment. Maybe there’s a way to reverse the damage but I doubt that traditional therapies for the mental I’ll are the answer, even if they were available.

Perhaps. But he managed to get released from prison ok.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think PP who posted about fentanyl psychosis was probably right. This doesn’t seem like a “crime” in the traditional sense in that the criminal had nothing to gain—it wasn’t a mugging or drug hit or anything, just random illogical violence by someone who probably has scrambled eggs for brains. Like the guy who stabbed that woman in Logan circle. Or the guy who poured a gallon of his own urine over a woman in McPherson square. I don’t even know if it’s right to call these people mentally ill—I think they have significant brain damage that is probably not amenable to treatment. Maybe there’s a way to reverse the damage but I doubt that traditional therapies for the mental I’ll are the answer, even if they were available.

Perhaps. But he managed to get released from prison ok.

He served his sentence.

[Anonymous]

https://areterecovery.com/addiction/drug-induced-psychosis/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember years ago when H St. seemed to be on an upswing. Used to go out for dinner and drinks over there quite a bit. Hard to imagine this happening on Sunday, beautiful sunny day, broad daylight, so many in town and out and about for cherry blossoms, kite festival, etc.

Hope the stabbing victim will recover.

H St. is just too dangerous now. People were encouraging someone moving here with young kids to consider the area around Union Market, but if this is happening on a sunny Sunday afternoon, what about if you were getting a young kid or baby in or out of a car seat?

It's a shame. Surely the perp was placed in a half way house and was supposedly receiving some sort of supervision upon release?

I’ve been here for 12 yrs and it has totally stalled or gone backwards past 7th st. I think everyone had moved to NoMa. There’s really little appeal in the eastern end of H St.

[Anonymous]

This stuff will make it impossible to get fair minded jurors. People will assume DC only prosecutes the worst of the worst

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think PP who posted about fentanyl psychosis was probably right. This doesn’t seem like a “crime” in the traditional sense in that the criminal had nothing to gain—it wasn’t a mugging or drug hit or anything, just random illogical violence by someone who probably has scrambled eggs for brains. Like the guy who stabbed that woman in Logan circle. Or the guy who poured a gallon of his own urine over a woman in McPherson square. I don’t even know if it’s right to call these people mentally ill—I think they have significant brain damage that is probably not amenable to treatment. Maybe there’s a way to reverse the damage but I doubt that traditional therapies for the mental I’ll are the answer, even if they were available.

Who cares whether this was a crazy guy or just a "regular" criminal! The point is that DC is doing far too little from violent crime! I'm open to all solutions - more police, more asylums, more everything. But this bloodshed in broad daylight needs to stop.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How do we just continue to ignore the need for comprehensive mental heath care?

Would be nice if everyone had excellent healthcare.

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Anonymous wrote:The suspect was released from prison the day before:

https://twitter.com/VA4SafeComm/status/1640495230758580225?t=n8spX9L7jXUlnh1SBW2aFg&s=19

Of course he was. Just released means it's time to commit another crime! JFC.

It adds to the vibrancy. If republicans ever get both houses and the presidency, home rule will be dead

Okay, as if Louisville and similar cities are the bastions of safety. What state do you live in PP, I bet your state with representation has cities with high crime rates. Should you lose your right to representation although you may pay high taxes to the federal government.

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Anonymous wrote:The suspect was released from prison the day before:

https://twitter.com/VA4SafeComm/status/1640495230758580225?t=n8spX9L7jXUlnh1SBW2aFg&s=19

Of course he was. Just released means it's time to commit another crime! JFC.

It sucks that this happened….but what was supposed to happen after someone serves their time in prison?

They are dumped on the streets with little support. It’s the same story across the country.

There are a lot of options that don’t involve stabbing somebody. There are millions of poor, homeless people who manage not to deliberately injure others. People like you who excuse violence are part of the problem.

I don't read it as excusing the violence. I read it as a counter to all the people who lust after blaming every crime that takes place on Charles Allen or the Council at large.

hmm well this guy’s original felony was forced prostitution. given that CA et al recently wanted to legalize prostitution, it would have been much harder to convict him originally. also want to take bets on whether CA would support civil detention of mentally ill violent inmates after the completement of their sentences?

You do know there is a difference between "prostitution' and "forced prostitution?"

What I know is that decriminalizing “voluntary” prostitution would make it much harder to prosecute pimps and would increase the prevalence of forced prostitution.

Is that what has happened in Nevada ?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The suspect was released from prison the day before:

https://twitter.com/VA4SafeComm/status/1640495230758580225?t=n8spX9L7jXUlnh1SBW2aFg&s=19

Of course he was. Just released means it's time to commit another crime! JFC.

It sucks that this happened….but what was supposed to happen after someone serves their time in prison?

They are dumped on the streets with little support. It’s the same story across the country.

Come on man, once someone is released from prison, can't they go I dunno, more than 24 hours before attempting to murder someone? Let's be honest here, NO amount of support would help this criminal after being released. Some people just have to accept the fact that there is a certain fraction of humans that exist on this planet who have truly evil souls beyond redemption and salvation. Literal human peices of gutter trash. They deserve no space in civilized society, ever.

Agreed that this is terrifying. And some fraction of people can't be redeemed. But that fraction can be reduced through proper support - though I know it's damn hard to figure out what that means. But throwing away the key for everyone who might commit a future crime isn't feasible either. And remember that the US already imprisons way more people than in other countries.

Ah. The good ole United States. First in drugs, guns and prisons.