We need massively stepped up criminal enforcement and convictions in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many more people have to die before MPD and the prosecutors start doing their jobs?

As many as it takes. DC authorities view this level of mayhem as better than “mass incarceration.” Get that through your head—they simply do not care.

They care very much. This is what their constituents want.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many more people have to die before MPD and the prosecutors start doing their jobs?

I seriously doubt prosecutors care how many people die. Just stop believing what they tell you, and start to focus on what they’re doing. Actions speak louder than words… and endless promises.

They know most people are stupid and will keep voting the same way.

Will there be an expose and demonstrations? Media needs to expose, and residents need to shame and demands change.

Exactly right. If the true extent of the violent-criminal-revolving-door problems were highlighted, more people would be upset.

[Anonymous]

A small number of faux progressives have influenced the government. Most DC residents want criminals, especially repeat offenders, locked up. We no doubt need to build a new prison. Part of the problem is that the DC jail is a mess.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How many more people have to die before MPD and the prosecutors start doing their jobs?

As many as it takes. DC authorities view this level of mayhem as better than “mass incarceration.” Get that through your head—they simply do not care.

Our government has been captured by a combination of far left ideologues and Marion Berry-esque idiots who are only there for the paychecks.

[Anonymous]

Please reach out to your CM, Mendo and the AL members (you have 6 reps total) and urge them to support this bill. I find a combo of email and follow up call makes it more likely that my opinion registers.

But for JLG, I believe all supported the Emergency bill (although Frumin waffled and pontificated). With pressure, hopefully they will do so again.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A small number of faux progressives have influenced the government. Most DC residents want criminals, especially repeat offenders, locked up. We no doubt need to build a new prison. Part of the problem is that the DC jail is a mess.

At a hearing, Congress offered to help fund, but it is counter to the wishes of the activist bloc, a process excuse helps support their agenda.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Frightening, woman carjacked and left unconscious in road

Allen gave the keys of the city to criminals under age 26, and this is how they choose to run things.

Yes exactly. Charles Allen is responsible here. The blood is on his hands.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Frightening, woman carjacked and left unconscious in road

Allen gave the keys of the city to criminals under age 26, and this is how they choose to run things.

Yes exactly. Charles Allen is responsible here. The blood is on his hands.

Despite endorsements from DC's police force and union early in his political career, Allen has been criticized more recently by DC's Police Union for weakening the police force by "shrinking" it, (ie - Allen made good on his promise to “Defund the Police”) resulting in a crime wave the likes of which the city has not seen in 20 years. In an advertisement released in April, 2022, the Police Union points to Allen and Phil Mendelson for the results of crime bills that do not support law enforcement. Subsequently, the Union made an urgent plea to Mayor Bowser, noting that two years of reform under the City Council have done nothing to increase safety, but rather Allen and Mendelson's reforms have resulted in more deaths, "The experiment is a failure, and people are dying."

Further, by December 30, 2022, the police union released the following statistics of increases in crime since the reforms were enacted: "Armed robberies increased by 36%; Carjackings increased by 177%. Also noteworthy, the annual homicide rate was less than 90 in 2012; 104 and 105 in 2013 and 2014 respectively. “Some neighborhoods are suffering greatly from this violence," the D.C. Police Union said. "In Ward 2, for example, homicides have increased 440% when looking at the last three years against the previous three."

The police union placed blame on the increase in violence on Ward 6 Councilmember Charles Allen who they claim has "turned a blind eye to concerned residents and public safety experts, rather he chooses to cater to an activist crowd whose agenda is anti-police whatever the cost." They continued by saying that Allen's reform measures have resulted in a tragic loss of life and an increase in violent crime." Allen's office responded, calling representation of the police force "lackluster," and blaming the uptick in gun violence across the city on the pandemic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bad guys need to: (1) get caught, and (2) go to jail for a long time. Period. End of story. We need to take our city back.

We simply cannot live with the carjackings, property crimes, shootings, and chaos with no consequences for the perpetrators.

Who in local politics can make this happen?

Bloomberg. Daley.

Nobody else even comes closes.

[Anonymous]

The question about was about DC local politicians.

Car insurance rates are SOARING.

[Anonymous]

Saw this in another thread:

'Murder is down 12.7 percent in our YTD murder dashboard as of this writing (December 7th) with a decline in 73 percent of the more than 175 cities with available data. The sample suggests either the largest or one of the largest national declines in murder on record occurred this year (both in terms of percent and absolute decline)."

Yes, DC is an outlier: "Detroit is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1966 and Baltimore and St Louis are on pace for the fewest murders in each city in nearly a decade. Other cities that saw huge increases in murder between 2020 and 2022 like Milwaukee, New Orleans, and Houston are seeing sizable declines in 2023. There are still cities like Memphis and Washington DC that are seeing increasing murders in 2023, but those cities are especially notable because they are the outliers this year, not the norm."

https://jasher.substack.com/p/crime-in-2023-m...f78d42df74f0dbc09f85

Violent crime is down in most other cities, despite some of them being more liberal than DC and having bigger "defund" cuts than the de-minimus 2.8% cut that MPD got.

Seems to me that police in other cities are doing their jobs. DC police and prosecutors need to stop making excuses, get on the stick and do their jobs too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Saw this in another thread:

'Murder is down 12.7 percent in our YTD murder dashboard as of this writing (December 7th) with a decline in 73 percent of the more than 175 cities with available data. The sample suggests either the largest or one of the largest national declines in murder on record occurred this year (both in terms of percent and absolute decline)."

Yes, DC is an outlier: "Detroit is on pace to have the fewest murders since 1966 and Baltimore and St Louis are on pace for the fewest murders in each city in nearly a decade. Other cities that saw huge increases in murder between 2020 and 2022 like Milwaukee, New Orleans, and Houston are seeing sizable declines in 2023. There are still cities like Memphis and Washington DC that are seeing increasing murders in 2023, but those cities are especially notable because they are the outliers this year, not the norm."

https://jasher.substack.com/p/crime-in-2023-m...f78d42df74f0dbc09f85

Violent crime is down in most other cities, despite some of them being more liberal than DC and having bigger "defund" cuts than the de-minimus 2.8% cut that MPD got.

Seems to me that police in other cities are doing their jobs. DC police and prosecutors need to stop making excuses, get on the stick and do their jobs too.

Broken URL - https://jasher.substack.com/p/crime-in-2023-murder-plummeted-violent

[Anonymous]

If you support the bill, contact your 6 reps - CM, Mendelson and 4 At Large and express your opinion. The decarceral activists certainly will.

[Anonymous]

Lol, they must fear the tide is turning

[Anonymous]

The American Civil Liberties Union also blasted several of the proposals as either archaic or unconstitutional.

I was a lifelong supporter but things they have backed in DC have been troubling. I'd say anarchy and soaring homicide rates are archaic too.