We need massively stepped up criminal enforcement and convictions in DC

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01/08/2024 20:08

Subject: Re: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.

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?

It was posted up thread. The court held that it was a 4th Amendment violation because there was not “reasonable suspicion” for the officer to look in the jacket pockets. Despite his instinct being 100% correct and grounded in the suspect’s behavior and the officer’s knowledge of the neighborhood. And of course also by the defendant’s subsequent action. It’s like an utter hellscape of the 2nd and 4th amendment colliding.