Baby Missing After Carjacking in Georgetown Early This Evening (30th & M St. NW)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And as I was walking my dog late last night, I saw an idling car with two small kids in the front seat, no driver in sight. I think mom were making a doordash type delivery and had to bring the kids. I stuck around until mom came back because all I could think about was the carjacked baby.

You are a good person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It’s to the point where I now have to strategize about how to safely get my kid out of an uber at Union Station (where carjackings happen daily) and worry about him getting hit by a speeding 14 year old in a stolen Kia.

We've been at this point but many had not realized it or were told by Elissa Silverman that worrying about safety was "MAGA."

The Council, but for Pinto, are quite under the thrall of many anti-carceral activists. They allow them to write legislation and parrot the talking points that the activists draft.

It's the reality of the situation. That is why they are putting a vicious murder on the Sentencing Commission, not a victim activist or a family member of one of the hundreds of homicide victims, including children.

That is why families (and others) are moving. If you don't know any now, you soon will, or may become one.

In the 90s, families could live with a reasonable degree of safety in Ward 3, go to work downtown and Union Station was the site of fancy dress events like inaugural balls and expensive weddings.

It's getting harder and harder to make safety an issue that is only for "others." Especially if you have tween and teen kids who are out, who are driving, who may run errands for you at Wegman's in City Ridge on a Sunday afternoon.

The DC Council, USAO, AG and many judges who were former public defenders do not prioritize public safety and there is little anyone can do to "make them" in the short term at least.

Almost 1,000 carjackings in DC in 2023 and 7,000 stolen autos.

This. My husband is dropping me off and picking me up from places I used to walk to. It's not sustainable.

Ummm carjackings are the crime in DC that has had the greatest increase year over year - if you are paranoid about crime doing more driving and stopping and idling is exactly what you should not be doing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It’s to the point where I now have to strategize about how to safely get my kid out of an uber at Union Station (where carjackings happen daily) and worry about him getting hit by a speeding 14 year old in a stolen Kia.

We've been at this point but many had not realized it or were told by Elissa Silverman that worrying about safety was "MAGA."

The Council, but for Pinto, are quite under the thrall of many anti-carceral activists. They allow them to write legislation and parrot the talking points that the activists draft.

It's the reality of the situation. That is why they are putting a vicious murder on the Sentencing Commission, not a victim activist or a family member of one of the hundreds of homicide victims, including children.

That is why families (and others) are moving. If you don't know any now, you soon will, or may become one.

In the 90s, families could live with a reasonable degree of safety in Ward 3, go to work downtown and Union Station was the site of fancy dress events like inaugural balls and expensive weddings.

It's getting harder and harder to make safety an issue that is only for "others." Especially if you have tween and teen kids who are out, who are driving, who may run errands for you at Wegman's in City Ridge on a Sunday afternoon.

The DC Council, USAO, AG and many judges who were former public defenders do not prioritize public safety and there is little anyone can do to "make them" in the short term at least.

Almost 1,000 carjackings in DC in 2023 and 7,000 stolen autos.

This. My husband is dropping me off and picking me up from places I used to walk to. It's not sustainable.

Ummm carjackings are the crime in DC that has had the greatest increase year over year - if you are paranoid about crime doing more driving and stopping and idling is exactly what you should not be doing.

We know what we are doing. What bother me more is feeling like I can't walk safely alone after dusk- that's an abridgment of some pretty basic freedoms as a woman. Life in DC, Taliban style.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It’s to the point where I now have to strategize about how to safely get my kid out of an uber at Union Station (where carjackings happen daily) and worry about him getting hit by a speeding 14 year old in a stolen Kia.

We've been at this point but many had not realized it or were told by Elissa Silverman that worrying about safety was "MAGA."

The Council, but for Pinto, are quite under the thrall of many anti-carceral activists. They allow them to write legislation and parrot the talking points that the activists draft.

It's the reality of the situation. That is why they are putting a vicious murder on the Sentencing Commission, not a victim activist or a family member of one of the hundreds of homicide victims, including children.

That is why families (and others) are moving. If you don't know any now, you soon will, or may become one.

In the 90s, families could live with a reasonable degree of safety in Ward 3, go to work downtown and Union Station was the site of fancy dress events like inaugural balls and expensive weddings.

It's getting harder and harder to make safety an issue that is only for "others." Especially if you have tween and teen kids who are out, who are driving, who may run errands for you at Wegman's in City Ridge on a Sunday afternoon.

The DC Council, USAO, AG and many judges who were former public defenders do not prioritize public safety and there is little anyone can do to "make them" in the short term at least.

Almost 1,000 carjackings in DC in 2023 and 7,000 stolen autos.

This. My husband is dropping me off and picking me up from places I used to walk to. It's not sustainable.

Ummm carjackings are the crime in DC that has had the greatest increase year over year - if you are paranoid about crime doing more driving and stopping and idling is exactly what you should not be doing.

We know what we are doing. What bother me more is feeling like I can't walk safely alone after dusk- that's an abridgment of some pretty basic freedoms as a woman. Life in DC, Taliban style.

Kabul and Kandahar are safer than DC.

[Anonymous]

So... they just never found the guys who did this, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So... they just never found the guys who did this, right?

I think they didn’t even find the car!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It’s to the point where I now have to strategize about how to safely get my kid out of an uber at Union Station (where carjackings happen daily) and worry about him getting hit by a speeding 14 year old in a stolen Kia.

We've been at this point but many had not realized it or were told by Elissa Silverman that worrying about safety was "MAGA."

The Council, but for Pinto, are quite under the thrall of many anti-carceral activists. They allow them to write legislation and parrot the talking points that the activists draft.

It's the reality of the situation. That is why they are putting a vicious murder on the Sentencing Commission, not a victim activist or a family member of one of the hundreds of homicide victims, including children.

That is why families (and others) are moving. If you don't know any now, you soon will, or may become one.

In the 90s, families could live with a reasonable degree of safety in Ward 3, go to work downtown and Union Station was the site of fancy dress events like inaugural balls and expensive weddings.

It's getting harder and harder to make safety an issue that is only for "others." Especially if you have tween and teen kids who are out, who are driving, who may run errands for you at Wegman's in City Ridge on a Sunday afternoon.

The DC Council, USAO, AG and many judges who were former public defenders do not prioritize public safety and there is little anyone can do to "make them" in the short term at least.

Almost 1,000 carjackings in DC in 2023 and 7,000 stolen autos.

This. My husband is dropping me off and picking me up from places I used to walk to. It's not sustainable.

Crime was more predictable in the 90s and DC was CHEAP. Now, the randomness of crime and high COL are really driving down quality of life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

It’s to the point where I now have to strategize about how to safely get my kid out of an uber at Union Station (where carjackings happen daily) and worry about him getting hit by a speeding 14 year old in a stolen Kia.

We've been at this point but many had not realized it or were told by Elissa Silverman that worrying about safety was "MAGA."

The Council, but for Pinto, are quite under the thrall of many anti-carceral activists. They allow them to write legislation and parrot the talking points that the activists draft.

It's the reality of the situation. That is why they are putting a vicious murder on the Sentencing Commission, not a victim activist or a family member of one of the hundreds of homicide victims, including children.

That is why families (and others) are moving. If you don't know any now, you soon will, or may become one.

In the 90s, families could live with a reasonable degree of safety in Ward 3, go to work downtown and Union Station was the site of fancy dress events like inaugural balls and expensive weddings.

It's getting harder and harder to make safety an issue that is only for "others." Especially if you have tween and teen kids who are out, who are driving, who may run errands for you at Wegman's in City Ridge on a Sunday afternoon.

The DC Council, USAO, AG and many judges who were former public defenders do not prioritize public safety and there is little anyone can do to "make them" in the short term at least.

Almost 1,000 carjackings in DC in 2023 and 7,000 stolen autos.

This. My husband is dropping me off and picking me up from places I used to walk to. It's not sustainable.

Ummm carjackings are the crime in DC that has had the greatest increase year over year - if you are paranoid about crime doing more driving and stopping and idling is exactly what you should not be doing.

We know what we are doing. What bother me more is feeling like I can't walk safely alone after dusk- that's an abridgment of some pretty basic freedoms as a woman. Life in DC, Taliban style.

Kabul and Kandahar are safer than DC.

Forget after dusk, much violent crime takes place in broad daylight, even outside Wegmans. The presence of witnesses does not deter crime, instead, witnesses were sprayed with rifle fire one recent AFTERNOON. Cooperative victims have been shot and stabbed. Carjackings have evolved to women being pulled out of cars by their hair. Not safe after dusk was 90s DC, not today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So... they just never found the guys who did this, right?

I think they didn’t even find the car!

Another story that will fall off the memories of DC residents when it’s time to vote.

[Anonymous]

Is there anywhere that we can follow these notable incidents? Id like to see the closure rates in arrests and prosecutions. For example, did they find the Wegmans robbers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So... they just never found the guys who did this, right?

I think they didn’t even find the car!

Were they even looking once the baby was found? I doubt it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Is there anywhere that we can follow these notable incidents? Id like to see the closure rates in arrests and prosecutions. For example, did they find the Wegmans robbers?

You can follow them as they happen on Twitter crime accounts, but as far as I know, there's nowhere you can follow (1) whether the criminals are caught or (2) whether they are charged/prosecuted.

https://twitter.com/realtimenews10
https://twitter.com/alanhenney

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is there anywhere that we can follow these notable incidents? Id like to see the closure rates in arrests and prosecutions. For example, did they find the Wegmans robbers?

You can follow them as they happen on Twitter crime accounts, but as far as I know, there's nowhere you can follow (1) whether the criminals are caught or (2) whether they are charged/prosecuted.

https://twitter.com/realtimenews10
https://twitter.com/alanhenney

Well, that sounds like zero accountability to me..we had the COVID.data, but no crime/crime solving tickers?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks, most crimes require intent - mens rea. It isn't kidnapping to steal a car you don't realize has a sleeping baby in the backseat. It just isn't, and it never will be.

Felony murder is a thing though. The people intent on robbery or other crimes don’t intend to kill anyone, and yet…

Ignorance of the law is not a defense. Criminal law 101 and they also teach that repeatedly in bar review.

The level of a crime is where intent comes in. But you can be guilty without intent of a crime.

It is in the UK

[Anonymous]

More prisons. Start warehousing whoever is doing this. 20 years per car jacking.