In the 90's, DC murders were over drugs, what drives current murder spree in DC ???

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Different police chief.

According to the article I read, the police chief is begging for consequences that stick. I think the police have had it with the Charles Allen style adjudication. Don't think we can pin this on the police --why bother (if the youth criminals will go uncharged or released with no remediation or consequences) is a great question. Same with mental health--they are not social workers. This is a job for our Council and our judicial system to look at together. But they are focused on releasing people who committed crimes up to age 25 and non-cooperation with ICE. That's what they are choosing to focus their time on right now.

People who petition for release under that program have to have spent 15 years in jail and they have to convince a judge that they've been rehabilitated. If you have some evidence that the judges can't be trusted, tell us, but stop talking about this as if they're just letting any old person out of jail at a moment's notice. That's BS.

Check how many have PDS backgrounds.

Check how many who have what?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People rarely go to jail for crimes in DC. The prosecution rates are very low.

But also ... guns. Guns are a huge f-ing problem.

I live in NoVa and there are guns and shooting ranges everywhere. They aren’t a problem here.

Where do you think they go to , to steal the guns, or buy the stolen guns from? Most are imported from VA.

But if guns WERE the problem, Northern VA would have just as much, if not more, crime as DC, since there are wayyyyyyyy more guns in northern VA

But that's not the case, is it? No, it isn't.

Must be SOMETHING else then, huh?

Nope, it's guns. Guns are the problem - not the only problem, but definitely the problem.

Then why isn't Northern VA's gun crime rate as high as DC's? If guns are the problem - as you said - then Northern VA should be far more violent than it is, given the huge numbers of guns there. But it's not. So clearly, more guns =/= more violent crime.

So what does? What's the difference between the place with far fewer guns and very high violent crime, and the other place with guns everywhere but comparatively little violent crime?

Please answer the question and stop dodging it.

[Anonymous]

Feels like we're seeing an increase in the availability of guns. There's no rhyme or reason to explain the uptick in shootings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feels like we're seeing an increase in the availability of guns. There's no rhyme or reason to explain the uptick in shootings.

Guns were far more available, cheaper, and easier to get back in the 80's-90's before federal NICS, and state law in places like MD allowing multiple handgun purchases, without a HQL, instead on one per month like now, with and HQL required for handgun purchase.

It's a lot harder to buy a gun now than back then. Assuming you're not a criminal and you're buying it legally.

If you're a criminal, then it doesn't matter. You just buy a stolen gun off the street illegally, because that's what you do. You don't worry about laws because you're already doing illegal sh!t, so what's one more crime, as far as you're concerned?

[Anonymous]

It's Charles Allen/Social Justice and the joke juvenile system we have period

Juveniles are committing crimes and sometimes even violent crimes and either aren't being prosecuted or are getting a relatively minor slap on the wrist and then 5-10 years later move on to violent crimes/murder and people act all surprised.

[Anonymous]

Do yall know about the 'lead payouts'? I teach incarcerated kids from Bmore and DC... they all get a ton of $$

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feels like we're seeing an increase in the availability of guns. There's no rhyme or reason to explain the uptick in shootings.

Police are a LOT less proactive and far more "hands-off" now in the last 5-6 years due to the rise of the BLM movement. Cops know they are potentially at risk now simply for doing their jobs, so now they're a lot less inclined to be proactive in their policing. That means that they don't go out of the way to look for troublemakers. They just sit back until called, instead of actively looking for bad guys preemptively. And the bad guys have picked up on this, and are making use of their newfound freedom. That's why you're seeing an uptick in crime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Feels like we're seeing an increase in the availability of guns. There's no rhyme or reason to explain the uptick in shootings.

Police are a LOT less proactive and far more "hands-off" now in the last 5-6 years due to the rise of the BLM movement. Cops know they are potentially at risk now simply for doing their jobs, so now they're a lot less inclined to be proactive in their policing. That means that they don't go out of the way to look for troublemakers. They just sit back until called, instead of actively looking for bad guys preemptively. And the bad guys have picked up on this, and are making use of their newfound freedom. That's why you're seeing an uptick in crime.

This

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People rarely go to jail for crimes in DC. The prosecution rates are very low.

But also ... guns. Guns are a huge f-ing problem.

I live in NoVa and there are guns and shooting ranges everywhere. They aren’t a problem here.

Where do you think they go to , to steal the guns, or buy the stolen guns from? Most are imported from VA.

But if guns WERE the problem, Northern VA would have just as much, if not more, crime as DC, since there are wayyyyyyyy more guns in northern VA



But that's not the case, is it? No, it isn't.


Must be SOMETHING else then, huh?

It’s the poverty, stupid.

[Anonymous]

Black violence and criminality....obviously.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Feels like we're seeing an increase in the availability of guns. There's no rhyme or reason to explain the uptick in shootings.

Young black men with illegal guns feeling disrespected for the slightest little reason.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Feels like we're seeing an increase in the availability of guns. There's no rhyme or reason to explain the uptick in shootings.

Young black men with illegal guns feeling disrespected for the slightest little reason.

When you have nothing, then anything is a reason to kill someone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People rarely go to jail for crimes in DC. The prosecution rates are very low.

But also ... guns. Guns are a huge f-ing problem.

I live in NoVa and there are guns and shooting ranges everywhere. They aren’t a problem here.

Where do you think they go to , to steal the guns, or buy the stolen guns from? Most are imported from VA.

But if guns WERE the problem, Northern VA would have just as much, if not more, crime as DC, since there are wayyyyyyyy more guns in northern VA



But that's not the case, is it? No, it isn't.


Must be SOMETHING else then, huh?

It’s the poverty, stupid.

Virginia has far more poor people than DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Feels like we're seeing an increase in the availability of guns. There's no rhyme or reason to explain the uptick in shootings.

Young black men with illegal guns feeling disrespected for the slightest little reason.

Toxic masculinity and general stupidity.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People rarely go to jail for crimes in DC. The prosecution rates are very low.

But also ... guns. Guns are a huge f-ing problem.

I live in NoVa and there are guns and shooting ranges everywhere. They aren’t a problem here.

Where do you think they go to , to steal the guns, or buy the stolen guns from? Most are imported from VA.

But if guns WERE the problem, Northern VA would have just as much, if not more, crime as DC, since there are wayyyyyyyy more guns in northern VA



But that's not the case, is it? No, it isn't.


Must be SOMETHING else then, huh?

It’s the poverty, stupid.

Virginia has far more poor people than DC

It’s the poverty RATE, stupid.