City people... when is enough enough re: crime

[Anonymous]

This is going to be the new reality everywhere because Americans behave like wild animals and progressive policies enable it:

https://cwbchicago.com/2023/05/new-anti-theft-walgreens-store-in-has-just-2-aisles-of-touchable-merchandise.html

[Anonymous]

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Here's an example where Charles Allen wrote to a judge saying she made a mistake in denying a serial rapist's parole based on the fact that one of the victims he raped was a 9 year old child. As he say says, the law he co-authored (and was passed by the council) said that judges weren’t supposed to take into account the nature of the crime when considering early release:

https://twitter.com/kdrkrepp/status/115883954...hSMxxnLsXbwTdY_tEBnA

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Sorry, here you go:

https://twitter.com/kdrkrepp/status/1158839549675618305?s=46&t=pDhSMxxnLsXbwTdY_tEBnA

[Anonymous]

The benefits of having a gun now outweigh the risks for DC criminals. They know the worst that likely will happen is that they will have the gun taken away.

This thread is horrifying:

https://twitter.com/dccrimefacts/status/1668785697279410179?t=mvKeoKWprOcMK4GZ5uS1Fw&s=19

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is going to be the new reality everywhere because Americans behave like wild animals and progressive policies enable it:

https://cwbchicago.com/2023/05/new-anti-theft-walgreens-store-in-has-just-2-aisles-of-touchable-merchandise.html

Then why is Dallas Texas not experiencing the same problems even with a Dem mayor?

[Anonymous]

Belch! Crime is up everywhere. You just happen to be in the nation's capital. If you were in pudunk, Alabama, you'd see the people committing the crimes look like the populace surrounding the areas.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My young kids were caught in the middle of a gun battle on 295 on Saturday. Two cars stopped on the highway in front of them and BOTH drivers started firing at eachother. They had to duck down in the wheel well while people started abandoning their cars and running past them. it was barely news. They thought they were going to die. This city is a nightmare.

I’m so sorry this happened to you and it is WILD that this wasn’t news. I heard about it only from Twitter. I hate it here. I really want to leave.

So sorry this happened! What part of 295?

I wasn't in the car with them so Im not exactly sure. By the bridge is what my husband said.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
This is going to be the new reality everywhere because Americans behave like wild animals and progressive policies enable it:

https://cwbchicago.com/2023/05/new-anti-theft...ble-merchandise.html



Then why is Dallas Texas not experiencing the same problems even with a Dem mayor?

After reading today's Post profile, my guess is because the Dem mayor of Dallas is a no-BS AA male who is not afraid to take on the "Defund Police" white progressives. The majority of working, law-abiding AAs don't want to defund the police. They don't want to be profiled or lumped in with AA criminal element---and get frustrated with the police in that regard--but they don't support fare jumpers, jack-a$$es who shoot up crowds, and catch & release for violent juveniles. Middle class AA are far more conservative and no-nonsense than idealistic white progressives.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is going to be the new reality everywhere because Americans behave like wild animals and progressive policies enable it:

https://cwbchicago.com/2023/05/new-anti-theft-walgreens-store-in-has-just-2-aisles-of-touchable-merchandise.html

That story literally opens with the CFO of Walgreens saying the company has likely overstated the impact of "organized theft rings" on the business.

So much of the question about crime in cities is about perception, what people actually see and experience versus what is actually happening.

I do think crime is up in the city (I live here) and that in particular we have to do something about juvenile crime, which IMO is very obviously linked to extended school shut downs in DC and other major cities, that left too many high risk kids at loose for a long time, and created a sense of lawlessness among this population that is escalating. I do not understand why the problem is not being talked about in this way, which might enable us to actually do something about it.

There is also increasing mental health issues among the city's unhoused population that is creating a difficult and sometimes dangerous situation, especially for employees and patrons of retail level businesses, as well the conditions in these tent cities (which simply should not exist, it is not an acceptable even short term solution).

But the way critics talk about it is as though we just have random violence and lawlessness all over the city with no explanation or recourse. That's not it.

We need to address juvenile crime directly, from both the perspective of prevention/alternative paths for first time offenders, and creating stiffer penalties for repeat offenders who, yes I'm sorry, need to be made an example of. We have kids under age 17 who are committing multiple muggings and car jackings in a matter of months. That's extreme behavior and needs an appropriate response, even if the kid is 13 and there are reasons to understand why this is what he's become. You can't just let it go on. There is a point where empathy no longer works. You need these kids to understand that if you cannot reform at this age, you will be spending the rest of your early adulthood in prison. I know. It sucks. But these kids are running around with guns and hurting people and stealing cars. What is the alternative?

And mental health services for the unhoused, as well as substance abuse programming -- we need more. And advocates for unhoused populations need to get it together. Yes, we need to listen to the unhoused and try to meet them where they are at. But right now advocates just shut down any effort to address the serious public health and safety problem posed by tent cities and certain vagrancy issues, because the solutions don't magically solve all the problems for this population at once. We need to stop making the perfect the enemy of the good. Let's figure out SOMETHING we can do that takes the safety of all citizens into account, we should not be constantly placing the needs of unhoused people always above those of families, businesses, retail workers and pedestrians. Their well being also matters!

[Anonymous]

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This is so ignorant of the thousands of working families in the District fed up by skyrocketing crime.

A certain transient, well-to-do demographic seems to think that being flippant about crime is some sort of badge of honor. It's a slap in the face to the working-class families who can't/don't want to leave, many of whom have been impacted by gun violence or other violent crime.

But yeah, "of CoUrSe tHeRe iS CrIme, but It DoEsN'T rEaLlY iMPaCt me!"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is so ignorant of the thousands of working families in the District fed up by skyrocketing crime.

A certain transient, well-to-do demographic seems to think that being flippant about crime is some sort of badge of honor. It's a slap in the face to the working-class families who can't/don't want to leave, many of whom have been impacted by gun violence or other violent crime.

But yeah, "of CoUrSe tHeRe iS CrIme, but It DoEsN'T rEaLlY iMPaCt me!"

Tell the police chief. Tell the mayor. Tell your council member. Tell your ANC. Tell them every single week you want something done until they are sick of hearing you and they actually do something.

[Anonymous]

Not DC but Rockville… A smash and grab followed by a car crash and police chase. Not making the news for some reason.

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cth_8cruAoq/?igshid=NzJjY2FjNWJiZg%3D%3D

[Anonymous]

I live in DC (EOTP, in Park View near Columbia Heights) and I am not worried about crime. It was a little touchy immediately post Covid but things have seemed fine recently. I feel comfortable walking around at night. My main complaint is litter is just terrible and I wish they put out more public trash cans. But DC is thriving and the people who fear mongered during covid should just spend a few hours along any of the commercial/retail strips and see how strong DC is right now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I live in DC (EOTP, in Park View near Columbia Heights) and I am not worried about crime. It was a little touchy immediately post Covid but things have seemed fine recently. I feel comfortable walking around at night. My main complaint is litter is just terrible and I wish they put out more public trash cans. But DC is thriving and the people who fear mongered during covid should just spend a few hours along any of the commercial/retail strips and see how strong DC is right now.

Nice try at gaslighting. Please.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is going to be the new reality everywhere because Americans behave like wild animals and progressive policies enable it:

https://cwbchicago.com/2023/05/new-anti-theft-walgreens-store-in-has-just-2-aisles-of-touchable-merchandise.html

It's not Americans who behave as wild animals, it's one specific group. You voted for this, remember that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

This is so ignorant of the thousands of working families in the District fed up by skyrocketing crime.

A certain transient, well-to-do demographic seems to think that being flippant about crime is some sort of badge of honor. It's a slap in the face to the working-class families who can't/don't want to leave, many of whom have been impacted by gun violence or other violent crime.

But yeah, "of CoUrSe tHeRe iS CrIme, but It DoEsN'T rEaLlY iMPaCt me!"

Tell the police chief. Tell the mayor. Tell your council member. Tell your ANC. Tell them every single week you want something done until they are sick of hearing you and they actually do something.

This is funny, really funny. Get off your mommy's computer, now.