Given the rise of the likelihood of terrorism in DC, can our local criminals be viewed as diverting resources?

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Anonymous wrote:it's a given that our threat levels just went up. This makes me doubly angered at local criminals right now. Can there be an emergency act against them given how they are diverting resources that should be used to thwart any/all terroristic threats?

Even though it sounds extreme on surface, it would be significantly beneficial for the district.

So you’re advocating using the Israeli attack as a reason to strip Americans of their constitutional rights?

Calling in the national guard, passing measures responsive to the heightened crime and threat levels (like the enhanced curfew for DC youth was just passed) etc is not stripping anyone of rights. It would be enhanced security, which a lot of us in DC would like right no as we essentially have a failed municipal leadership and are currently each responsible for protecting ourselves, our family and our property. If we called in the American military on American soil, that would be violating our constitutional rights (posse comitatus).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I remember after 911 MPD used additional federal anti-terrorism money to buy leather jackets. Is that the sort of diversion of resources you’re talking about?

Yeah I vaguely remember that.

I remember thinking “yeah, that’s pretty much exactly what I expect from that idiot police chief Charles Ramsey”.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:it's a given that our threat levels just went up. This makes me doubly angered at local criminals right now. Can there be an emergency act against them given how they are diverting resources that should be used to thwart any/all terroristic threats?

Short answer: No, there cannot.

Longer answer: Why is it a given that our threat levels just went up? Do we have an essentially unguarded land border with territory controlled by Hamas?

Hamas has issued threatening statements against allies of Israel. In my mind, a threatening statement is a threat.

Hamas said they would target Americans if America intervened militarily. We are already sending weaponry

They said "direct intervention." No one has any idea what that means. Depending on how the situation goes, I suspect it means whatever they want it to mean.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:it's a given that our threat levels just went up. This makes me doubly angered at local criminals right now. Can there be an emergency act against them given how they are diverting resources that should be used to thwart any/all terroristic threats?

I agree. Local leaders should put forward emergency legislation to "temporarily" end enforcement of local crimes so that the police can focus on terrorism like we did for a particular pandemic about two years ago. That turned out well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why. are you using the word terrorism? This is oppressive, dangerous language.

Your neighborhoods are not being bombed, your women are not being raped in mass, your children are not being kidnapped and no one is beheading your grandparents.

Seek help OP and leave the District.

I predict many attacks on a small scale in the US coming to a town/city near you. See London.

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Anonymous wrote:it's a given that our threat levels just went up. This makes me doubly angered at local criminals right now. Can there be an emergency act against them given how they are diverting resources that should be used to thwart any/all terroristic threats?

Short answer: No, there cannot.

Longer answer: Why is it a given that our threat levels just went up? Do we have an essentially unguarded land border with territory controlled by Hamas?

Hamas has issued threatening statements against allies of Israel. In my mind, a threatening statement is a threat.

Hamas said they would target Americans if America intervened militarily. We are already sending weaponry

I think Democrats are blind to the border issue. How many know that there have been an unprecedented amount of Syrian males of fighting age entering the country in the past week through the Arizona border?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it's a given that our threat levels just went up. This makes me doubly angered at local criminals right now. Can there be an emergency act against them given how they are diverting resources that should be used to thwart any/all terroristic threats?

Short answer: No, there cannot.

Longer answer: Why is it a given that our threat levels just went up? Do we have an essentially unguarded land border with territory controlled by Hamas?

Hamas has issued threatening statements against allies of Israel. In my mind, a threatening statement is a threat.

Hamas said they would target Americans if America intervened militarily. We are already sending weaponry

I think Democrats are blind to the border issue. How many know that there have been an unprecedented amount of Syrian males of fighting age entering the country in the past week through the Arizona border?

Even assuming this is true, you think the only reason a Syrian male of fighting age would flee Syria and seek to come to the United States is to perpetrate terrorist attacks, as opposed to ... so they don't have to fight in endless war between various militant groups and the oppressive Syrian government?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it's a given that our threat levels just went up. This makes me doubly angered at local criminals right now. Can there be an emergency act against them given how they are diverting resources that should be used to thwart any/all terroristic threats?

Short answer: No, there cannot.

Longer answer: Why is it a given that our threat levels just went up? Do we have an essentially unguarded land border with territory controlled by Hamas?

Hamas has issued threatening statements against allies of Israel. In my mind, a threatening statement is a threat.

My family and I spend hours each week in a synagogue in D.C., and I am entirely unconcerned that Hamas is going to attack us here, no matter what kind of nonsense they say in the press or on social media.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it's a given that our threat levels just went up. This makes me doubly angered at local criminals right now. Can there be an emergency act against them given how they are diverting resources that should be used to thwart any/all terroristic threats?

Short answer: No, there cannot.

Longer answer: Why is it a given that our threat levels just went up? Do we have an essentially unguarded land border with territory controlled by Hamas?

Hamas has issued threatening statements against allies of Israel. In my mind, a threatening statement is a threat.

My family and I spend hours each week in a synagogue in D.C., and I am entirely unconcerned that Hamas is going to attack us here, no matter what kind of nonsense they say in the press or on social media.

What about some run of the mill nutjob? Nah, that’s never happened.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it's a given that our threat levels just went up. This makes me doubly angered at local criminals right now. Can there be an emergency act against them given how they are diverting resources that should be used to thwart any/all terroristic threats?

Short answer: No, there cannot.

Longer answer: Why is it a given that our threat levels just went up? Do we have an essentially unguarded land border with territory controlled by Hamas?

Hamas has issued threatening statements against allies of Israel. In my mind, a threatening statement is a threat.

Hamas said they would target Americans if America intervened militarily. We are already sending weaponry

They said "direct intervention." No one has any idea what that means. Depending on how the situation goes, I suspect it means whatever they want it to mean.

I'm sure those Hamas gentlemen would never try to do anything to US citizens. Or if they did, it would only be with good reason due to longstanding, pentup mistreatment.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it's a given that our threat levels just went up. This makes me doubly angered at local criminals right now. Can there be an emergency act against them given how they are diverting resources that should be used to thwart any/all terroristic threats?

Short answer: No, there cannot.

Longer answer: Why is it a given that our threat levels just went up? Do we have an essentially unguarded land border with territory controlled by Hamas?

Hamas has issued threatening statements against allies of Israel. In my mind, a threatening statement is a threat.

My family and I spend hours each week in a synagogue in D.C., and I am entirely unconcerned that Hamas is going to attack us here, no matter what kind of nonsense they say in the press or on social media.

What about some run of the mill nutjob? Nah, that’s never happened.

I don't think some sort of sweeping crime emergency action will make that less likely. (And my synagogue dues have also gone up a lot since the Pittsburgh shooting to pay for additional security.) Do I worry about someone attacking us while we're praying or going to school there? Yes, the thought crosses my mind pretty much every time I enter the building, though usually only fleetingly.

But OP seems to be drawing a pretty direct line from the attacks this weekend to the need to do something about crime in D.C., which to me just doesn't make any sense at all.

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Anonymous wrote:"How will world events affect my desire for government to punish people who commit crimes in DC?!?!?!"

-obsessive DCUM all-crime, all-the-time posters

Oh hai, posting again from the comfort of you quaint breakfast nook overlooking the rose bushes in your garden in Chevy Chase? Must be nice. You get those yard signs up yet? Us folks down here in SE and other sketchy parts of the city would love to live in la la land and be safely ensconced away from crime like you. But we’re just naive and impressionable Fox News talking point regurgitators who don’t know that crime isn’t a problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:it's a given that our threat levels just went up. This makes me doubly angered at local criminals right now. Can there be an emergency act against them given how they are diverting resources that should be used to thwart any/all terroristic threats?

Short answer: No, there cannot.

Longer answer: Why is it a given that our threat levels just went up? Do we have an essentially unguarded land border with territory controlled by Hamas?

Hamas has issued threatening statements against allies of Israel. In my mind, a threatening statement is a threat.

My family and I spend hours each week in a synagogue in D.C., and I am entirely unconcerned that Hamas is going to attack us here, no matter what kind of nonsense they say in the press or on social media.

What about some run of the mill nutjob? Nah, that’s never happened.

I don't think some sort of sweeping crime emergency action will make that less likely. (And my synagogue dues have also gone up a lot since the Pittsburgh shooting to pay for additional security.) Do I worry about someone attacking us while we're praying or going to school there? Yes, the thought crosses my mind pretty much every time I enter the building, though usually only fleetingly.

But OP seems to be drawing a pretty direct line from the attacks this weekend to the need to do something about crime in D.C., which to me just doesn't make any sense at all.

OP here, to be clear, I already thought we "needed to do something about crime". This makes me think it more. And no, I'm not worried specifically about your synagogue, though I am glad you have security given that a church attack was thwarted in VA 2 weeks ago. I'm worried about all of us.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I remember after 911 MPD used additional federal anti-terrorism money to buy leather jackets. Is that the sort of diversion of resources you’re talking about?

Yeah I vaguely remember that.

I remember thinking “yeah, that’s pretty much exactly what I expect from that idiot police chief Charles Ramsey”.

Too bad that Bill Bratton probably has no interest in putting on a badge one last time. He'd be a terrific chief of MPD.

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Anonymous wrote:Even if they leave rest of the Washington on city council and local police, historic district of Capitol Hill should be secured by federal resources.

Too bad more DC historic districts can't also be secured by federal resources. Mayor Bowser and her cronies are planning to loot and pillage them for their developer-contributors' windfall gains.