We need massively stepped up criminal enforcement and convictions in DC

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The impact it SHOULD have is for cops to realize that it's not necessary to pin someone to the ground such that they can't breathe, particularly when they aren't armed and weren't resisting. Or to not let someone slam around in the back of a van without a seatbelt. I mean you at least have enough training to not let them hit their heads getting into the back of a cruiser, don'cha?

The impact SHOULD be that maybe cops should take a few minutes out of their day to look at the literal thousands of videos all over Youtube and everywhere else, and the dozens of new ones that get posted every day, which shows cops acting like complete a-holes?

Police really need to work on their reputation and restore community faith and trust in them. But instead police continue to go around acting self righteous, pretending there's no such thing as police abuse, or worse yet, collecting a check but not doing the job.


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Curious if the two posters above actually have any experience in law enforcement, or any families members who have worked in law enforcement. My guess is no. And I don't view it as "self righteous" to remind the "defund the police" crowd that when their babies get carjacked in Georgetown, or they get whacked in the back of the head on the National Mall, or when they are innocent bystanders in a U Street shootout, then they actually might need the police . . .

We are PAYING for the police - who just sit in their cars, scrolling through tik tok videos, can't even be bothered to show up for most of the crimes happening in this city.

The police don’t want to go to jail either.

Reality check: Despite the handful of cases that were high profile in the news like Derek Chauvin, police have less than a 0.1% chance of being prosecuted for something that happened in the line of duty. Spare us that crap. Like I shouldn't go and do MY job because there's a less than 0.1% chance of me getting struck by lightning? Give me a break.

Daily factoid: Far more MPD officers have been prosecuted for things like domestic violence, DUI etc than for "doing their jobs." The time is long past due to drive a stake through that false myth of persecuted cops.

I mean, a police officer was just admonished by the highest court in DC for confiscating a gun from an obvious gang-banger in a high crime block, who immediately went on to hijack a pharmacy truck with a machine gun in a drug distribution conspiracy. The officer won’t get prosecuted I’m sure, but how demoralizing.

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The impact it SHOULD have is for cops to realize that it's not necessary to pin someone to the ground such that they can't breathe, particularly when they aren't armed and weren't resisting. Or to not let someone slam around in the back of a van without a seatbelt. I mean you at least have enough training to not let them hit their heads getting into the back of a cruiser, don'cha?

The impact SHOULD be that maybe cops should take a few minutes out of their day to look at the literal thousands of videos all over Youtube and everywhere else, and the dozens of new ones that get posted every day, which shows cops acting like complete a-holes?

Police really need to work on their reputation and restore community faith and trust in them. But instead police continue to go around acting self righteous, pretending there's no such thing as police abuse, or worse yet, collecting a check but not doing the job.


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Curious if the two posters above actually have any experience in law enforcement, or any families members who have worked in law enforcement. My guess is no. And I don't view it as "self righteous" to remind the "defund the police" crowd that when their babies get carjacked in Georgetown, or they get whacked in the back of the head on the National Mall, or when they are innocent bystanders in a U Street shootout, then they actually might need the police . . .

We are PAYING for the police - who just sit in their cars, scrolling through tik tok videos, can't even be bothered to show up for most of the crimes happening in this city.

The police don’t want to go to jail either.

Reality check: Despite the handful of cases that were high profile in the news like Derek Chauvin, police have less than a 0.1% chance of being prosecuted for something that happened in the line of duty. Spare us that crap. Like I shouldn't go and do MY job because there's a less than 0.1% chance of me getting struck by lightning? Give me a break.

Daily factoid: Far more MPD officers have been prosecuted for things like domestic violence, DUI etc than for "doing their jobs." The time is long past due to drive a stake through that false myth of persecuted cops.

I mean, a police officer was just admonished by the highest court in DC for confiscating a gun from an obvious gang-banger in a high crime block, who immediately went on to hijack a pharmacy truck with a machine gun in a drug distribution conspiracy. The officer won’t get prosecuted I’m sure, but how demoralizing.

Police in both DC and in NYC are fleeing in droves because they know the city does not back them up, nor even want them to do their jobs.

That is simply a fact. Don’t let other responders gaslight you.

[Anonymous]

Word seems to be spreading. That's not gonna help tourism and DC needs that $.

[Anonymous]

Finally some stats

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The impact it SHOULD have is for cops to realize that it's not necessary to pin someone to the ground such that they can't breathe, particularly when they aren't armed and weren't resisting. Or to not let someone slam around in the back of a van without a seatbelt. I mean you at least have enough training to not let them hit their heads getting into the back of a cruiser, don'cha?

The impact SHOULD be that maybe cops should take a few minutes out of their day to look at the literal thousands of videos all over Youtube and everywhere else, and the dozens of new ones that get posted every day, which shows cops acting like complete a-holes?

Police really need to work on their reputation and restore community faith and trust in them. But instead police continue to go around acting self righteous, pretending there's no such thing as police abuse, or worse yet, collecting a check but not doing the job.


+ 1000

Curious if the two posters above actually have any experience in law enforcement, or any families members who have worked in law enforcement. My guess is no. And I don't view it as "self righteous" to remind the "defund the police" crowd that when their babies get carjacked in Georgetown, or they get whacked in the back of the head on the National Mall, or when they are innocent bystanders in a U Street shootout, then they actually might need the police . . .

We are PAYING for the police - who just sit in their cars, scrolling through tik tok videos, can't even be bothered to show up for most of the crimes happening in this city.

The police don’t want to go to jail either.

Reality check: Despite the handful of cases that were high profile in the news like Derek Chauvin, police have less than a 0.1% chance of being prosecuted for something that happened in the line of duty. Spare us that crap. Like I shouldn't go and do MY job because there's a less than 0.1% chance of me getting struck by lightning? Give me a break.

Daily factoid: Far more MPD officers have been prosecuted for things like domestic violence, DUI etc than for "doing their jobs." The time is long past due to drive a stake through that false myth of persecuted cops.

I mean, a police officer was just admonished by the highest court in DC for confiscating a gun from an obvious gang-banger in a high crime block, who immediately went on to hijack a pharmacy truck with a machine gun in a drug distribution conspiracy. The officer won’t get prosecuted I’m sure, but how demoralizing.

Do you have more details, like a link, to give more context?

And if things like that are happening, why aren't prosecutors and witnesses in these cases stepping up and reminding judges that the gun was in fact illegal? Sure it's bound to be demoralizing but why are we putting up with this stupid shit from incompetent judges?

[Anonymous]

Armed robbery of Glover Park Market yet AGAIN this evening. Thankfully no one was shot or pistol whipped. Do you feel comfortable running in? What about sending your child?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Finally some stats

Good. What MPD should be doing now is making sure they make the arrest and making sure they do the paperwork. Embarrass the prosecutors and the rest of the system by making it clear it's them who is dropping the ball.

No more of this "why should we arrest if they won't prosecute" crap because then it IS the fault of the police.

[Anonymous]

Crime in Glover Park is up pretty dramatically.

https://georgetowner.com/articles/2024/01/02/crime-glover-parks-crime-surge-local-reports/

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The impact it SHOULD have is for cops to realize that it's not necessary to pin someone to the ground such that they can't breathe, particularly when they aren't armed and weren't resisting. Or to not let someone slam around in the back of a van without a seatbelt. I mean you at least have enough training to not let them hit their heads getting into the back of a cruiser, don'cha?

The impact SHOULD be that maybe cops should take a few minutes out of their day to look at the literal thousands of videos all over Youtube and everywhere else, and the dozens of new ones that get posted every day, which shows cops acting like complete a-holes?

Police really need to work on their reputation and restore community faith and trust in them. But instead police continue to go around acting self righteous, pretending there's no such thing as police abuse, or worse yet, collecting a check but not doing the job.


+ 1000

Curious if the two posters above actually have any experience in law enforcement, or any families members who have worked in law enforcement. My guess is no. And I don't view it as "self righteous" to remind the "defund the police" crowd that when their babies get carjacked in Georgetown, or they get whacked in the back of the head on the National Mall, or when they are innocent bystanders in a U Street shootout, then they actually might need the police . . .

We are PAYING for the police - who just sit in their cars, scrolling through tik tok videos, can't even be bothered to show up for most of the crimes happening in this city.

The police don’t want to go to jail either.

Reality check: Despite the handful of cases that were high profile in the news like Derek Chauvin, police have less than a 0.1% chance of being prosecuted for something that happened in the line of duty. Spare us that crap. Like I shouldn't go and do MY job because there's a less than 0.1% chance of me getting struck by lightning? Give me a break.

Daily factoid: Far more MPD officers have been prosecuted for things like domestic violence, DUI etc than for "doing their jobs." The time is long past due to drive a stake through that false myth of persecuted cops.

I mean, a police officer was just admonished by the highest court in DC for confiscating a gun from an obvious gang-banger in a high crime block, who immediately went on to hijack a pharmacy truck with a machine gun in a drug distribution conspiracy. The officer won’t get prosecuted I’m sure, but how demoralizing.

Do you have more details, like a link, to give more context?

And if things like that are happening, why aren't prosecutors and witnesses in these cases stepping up and reminding judges that the gun was in fact illegal? Sure it's bound to be demoralizing but why are we putting up with this stupid shit from incompetent judges?

Read about the DC Court of Appeals December 2023 ruling re: gun cases. DC Superior Court judges are following that precedent.

DC Council is unlikely to change the law in a way that would result in more convictions, right? I mean, tomorrow is when they are voting on elevating a MURDERER who served 27 years (an unusual achievement in DC, so, a heinous murderer) to the Sentencing Commission. No crime victim's voice is represented on that Commission, nor the voices of families who lost a loved one to gun violence. The anti-carceral voice is already represented on the Commission. We've moved from coddling criminals to venerating them.

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The impact it SHOULD have is for cops to realize that it's not necessary to pin someone to the ground such that they can't breathe, particularly when they aren't armed and weren't resisting. Or to not let someone slam around in the back of a van without a seatbelt. I mean you at least have enough training to not let them hit their heads getting into the back of a cruiser, don'cha?

The impact SHOULD be that maybe cops should take a few minutes out of their day to look at the literal thousands of videos all over Youtube and everywhere else, and the dozens of new ones that get posted every day, which shows cops acting like complete a-holes?

Police really need to work on their reputation and restore community faith and trust in them. But instead police continue to go around acting self righteous, pretending there's no such thing as police abuse, or worse yet, collecting a check but not doing the job.


+ 1000

Curious if the two posters above actually have any experience in law enforcement, or any families members who have worked in law enforcement. My guess is no. And I don't view it as "self righteous" to remind the "defund the police" crowd that when their babies get carjacked in Georgetown, or they get whacked in the back of the head on the National Mall, or when they are innocent bystanders in a U Street shootout, then they actually might need the police . . .

We are PAYING for the police - who just sit in their cars, scrolling through tik tok videos, can't even be bothered to show up for most of the crimes happening in this city.

The police don’t want to go to jail either.

Reality check: Despite the handful of cases that were high profile in the news like Derek Chauvin, police have less than a 0.1% chance of being prosecuted for something that happened in the line of duty. Spare us that crap. Like I shouldn't go and do MY job because there's a less than 0.1% chance of me getting struck by lightning? Give me a break.

Daily factoid: Far more MPD officers have been prosecuted for things like domestic violence, DUI etc than for "doing their jobs." The time is long past due to drive a stake through that false myth of persecuted cops.

I mean, a police officer was just admonished by the highest court in DC for confiscating a gun from an obvious gang-banger in a high crime block, who immediately went on to hijack a pharmacy truck with a machine gun in a drug distribution conspiracy. The officer won’t get prosecuted I’m sure, but how demoralizing.

Do you have more details, like a link, to give more context?

And if things like that are happening, why aren't prosecutors and witnesses in these cases stepping up and reminding judges that the gun was in fact illegal? Sure it's bound to be demoralizing but why are we putting up with this stupid shit from incompetent judges?

Read about the DC Court of Appeals December 2023 ruling re: gun cases. DC Superior Court judges are following that precedent.

DC Council is unlikely to change the law in a way that would result in more convictions, right? I mean, tomorrow is when they are voting on elevating a MURDERER who served 27 years (an unusual achievement in DC, so, a heinous murderer) to the Sentencing Commission. No crime victim's voice is represented on that Commission, nor the voices of families who lost a loved one to gun violence. The anti-carceral voice is already represented on the Commission. We've moved from coddling criminals to venerating them.

Maybe someone representing MPD should be appearing before Council at every meeting and reporting out on every single criminal who got away or was allowed to commit more crime as a result of Council's dumb actions. Every. Meeting.

[Anonymous]

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The impact it SHOULD have is for cops to realize that it's not necessary to pin someone to the ground such that they can't breathe, particularly when they aren't armed and weren't resisting. Or to not let someone slam around in the back of a van without a seatbelt. I mean you at least have enough training to not let them hit their heads getting into the back of a cruiser, don'cha?

The impact SHOULD be that maybe cops should take a few minutes out of their day to look at the literal thousands of videos all over Youtube and everywhere else, and the dozens of new ones that get posted every day, which shows cops acting like complete a-holes?

Police really need to work on their reputation and restore community faith and trust in them. But instead police continue to go around acting self righteous, pretending there's no such thing as police abuse, or worse yet, collecting a check but not doing the job.


+ 1000

Curious if the two posters above actually have any experience in law enforcement, or any families members who have worked in law enforcement. My guess is no. And I don't view it as "self righteous" to remind the "defund the police" crowd that when their babies get carjacked in Georgetown, or they get whacked in the back of the head on the National Mall, or when they are innocent bystanders in a U Street shootout, then they actually might need the police . . .

We are PAYING for the police - who just sit in their cars, scrolling through tik tok videos, can't even be bothered to show up for most of the crimes happening in this city.

The police don’t want to go to jail either.

Reality check: Despite the handful of cases that were high profile in the news like Derek Chauvin, police have less than a 0.1% chance of being prosecuted for something that happened in the line of duty. Spare us that crap. Like I shouldn't go and do MY job because there's a less than 0.1% chance of me getting struck by lightning? Give me a break.

Daily factoid: Far more MPD officers have been prosecuted for things like domestic violence, DUI etc than for "doing their jobs." The time is long past due to drive a stake through that false myth of persecuted cops.

I mean, a police officer was just admonished by the highest court in DC for confiscating a gun from an obvious gang-banger in a high crime block, who immediately went on to hijack a pharmacy truck with a machine gun in a drug distribution conspiracy. The officer won’t get prosecuted I’m sure, but how demoralizing.

Police in both DC and in NYC are fleeing in droves because they know the city does not back them up, nor even want them to do their jobs.

That is simply a fact. Don’t let other responders gaslight you.

No, that's not a fact. That's opinion with hyperbolic exaggeration. Again, police officers have less than a 0.1% chance of being prosecuted and when they are, it's more likely to be for stuff they did that wasn't part of official police duties, like DUI or domestic violence. Also, a 2.8% cut to budget is barely even a sneeze compared to what many other agencies routinely see. That's not gaslighting, those are indisputable facts.

[Anonymous]

Even for the DC Council, this is a jaw dropping action.

[Anonymous]

Finally, USA Matt Graves steps up and the DC Council still choses to say, "F you!" to victims, the families of victims and those interested in public safety. There is ALREADY an anti-carceral voice on the Commission. But not one victim, victim advocate or loved one.

For anyone thinking this is going to be turned around...wake up and smell the coffee.

[Anonymous]

Full text of Graves' letter to Council

https://wtop.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Letter-USAO-DC-to-Council-1-2-24-FINAL.pdf

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even for the DC Council, this is a jaw dropping action.

I am emailing all of them to create a record of my dissent.