Homeless in DC and Coronavirus

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She may not be the only one. There are some MPD postings on local list servs that suggest a very recent spike in armed robberies in Upper NW. The criminals think that the police are stretched, know that DC is not jailing all but the most violent arrestees, and see that people are out on quiet streets alone and not in social groups and may be distracted. Best of all, it’s not considered unusual to wear a face mask. Thugs like that who prey on anxious people during a pandemic should be dealt with extremely harshly.

we don't have any laws for that

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:The idea that you can quarantine poor people is just silly. Their living situations - if not homeless - are more crowded and fluid. And now we’ve destroyed their livelihoods and closed schools which will cause further poverty and violence but do absolutely nothing to curb the epidemic. We would be much better off as a society in the big picture if we let those who CAN quarantine (like myself) quarantine while not destroying the livelihoods of the poor.

But that makes Susie in McLean feel scared. Susie has a safety net. Why doesn’t everyone else?

Well, Susie’s McMansion is about to get looted because of these profoundly stupid policies.

Based on my observations in Nova lately, Susie now has a couple of guns if she didn't a month ago

And she will shoot her kids when he is sneaking back in to the house late at night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She may not be the only one. There are some MPD postings on local list servs that suggest a very recent spike in armed robberies in Upper NW. The criminals think that the police are stretched, know that DC is not jailing all but the most violent arrestees, and see that people are out on quiet streets alone and not in social groups and may be distracted. Best of all, it’s not considered unusual to wear a face mask. Thugs like that who prey on anxious people during a pandemic should be dealt with extremely harshly.

we don't have any laws for that

It’s called martial law, and it remains an option.

[Anonymous]

I think we would all welcime it temporarily if needed. Long term, we need to look at our framework. When these pettty criminals crawl out of the woodwork, theres a problem.