out of control teens steal car and kill ANOTHER person

[Anonymous]

Anohter innocent black man killed while just out minding his own business #BlackLivesMatter

[Anonymous]

You dont charge the parents. You do charge the teen. Who is in charge of carjacking laws? The council?? Who?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The absurd thing about these situations is that the woke think that black people want to live in some police free war zone. So condescending and clueless. Every color of person wants order and safety.

It's just that some colors of people want to see unnecessary police violence against other colors of people to attain their own peace.

See, no one here is advocating for a war zone. If you think that the only options are either war zone or over-policing Black people then that says something about you. There are other answers than increasing police. Here's one: reduce lead in drinking water. Want to try more?

[Anonymous]

Pretty much everything in DC decriminalized. Yet we still have acts that are "criminal" - they didn't magically disappear. Hmmm, what to do?

[Anonymous]

I donated, but I've got to say that when I heard his sister say "he was just turning his life around" I stopped in my tracks and started to wonder what he was doing out and about buying diapers and candy at 1:30 am.

I'm choosing to believe the best.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I donated, but I've got to say that when I heard his sister say "he was just turning his life around" I stopped in my tracks and started to wonder what he was doing out and about buying diapers and candy at 1:30 am.

I'm choosing to believe the best.

So if he was in the car for other reasons, he deserved to die?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I donated, but I've got to say that when I heard his sister say "he was just turning his life around" I stopped in my tracks and started to wonder what he was doing out and about buying diapers and candy at 1:30 am.

I'm choosing to believe the best.

Working 2 jobs to make ends meet, and one of them is a night shift.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pretty much everything in DC decriminalized. Yet we still have acts that are "criminal" - they didn't magically disappear. Hmmm, what to do?

Kids still get busted up for selling cold water when it's hot out. You still mad because you can't get people locked up for smoking weed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I donated, but I've got to say that when I heard his sister say "he was just turning his life around" I stopped in my tracks and started to wonder what he was doing out and about buying diapers and candy at 1:30 am.

I'm choosing to believe the best.

Working 2 jobs to make ends meet, and one of them is a night shift.

+1 If you'd chosen to believe the best, you wouldn't have posted.

[Anonymous]

This is the new normal. Get used to it, because it's not going to change.

The combination of the summer of BLM violence, and law enforcement officers abandoning active policing and adopting a passive role, has told this generation that not only is violence acceptable, but that no one is going to interfere with you while you commit it. This is a direct result of woke urban liberals and their enabling of criminals.


Your chickens have come home to roost, DCUM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is the new normal. Get used to it, because it's not going to change.

The combination of the summer of BLM violence, and law enforcement officers abandoning active policing and adopting a passive role, has told this generation that not only is violence acceptable, but that no one is going to interfere with you while you commit it. This is a direct result of woke urban liberals and their enabling of criminals.


Your chickens have come home to roost, DCUM.

I'm afraid I have to agree wtih you on a lot of this. We've decriminalized so much that there are no consequences. The theory behind decriminalizing was that minorities get caught for these minor infractions more than whites, but it seems to be leading to a general disorder. Why not discipline people for minor infractions so they realize they'll face even worse for more serious infractions?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I'm afraid I have to agree wtih you on a lot of this. We've decriminalized so much that there are no consequences. The theory behind decriminalizing was that minorities get caught for these minor infractions more than whites, but it seems to be leading to a general disorder. Why not discipline people for minor infractions so they realize they'll face even worse for more serious infractions?

Because we have 30 years of data showing that this leads to greater incarceration for minor infractions without reducing serious infractions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I'm afraid I have to agree wtih you on a lot of this. We've decriminalized so much that there are no consequences. The theory behind decriminalizing was that minorities get caught for these minor infractions more than whites, but it seems to be leading to a general disorder. Why not discipline people for minor infractions so they realize they'll face even worse for more serious infractions?

Because we have 30 years of data showing that this leads to greater incarceration for minor infractions without reducing serious infractions.

Problem is, vehicular crime should be treated as a serious infraction, and is instead treated as "youthful joyriding" in DC. In addition to the impact of the horrendous property crime it is, it can also escalate and turn deadly very quickly. It needs to be deterred by the new special car crime unit, and when it occurs to be prosecuted by the DA as a high, criminal act with serious and inescapable consequence. I propose the young people are locked up and not realeased until 21 AND they achieve a series of wickets such as GED, atonement actions to victims, counseling, job skills etc as determined by a special parole like board. If they cannot meet these benchmarks or are incorrigible, they stay locked up until they do. If some of the "defund" money needs to go to suitable correctional institutions for their age group, so be it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I'm afraid I have to agree wtih you on a lot of this. We've decriminalized so much that there are no consequences. The theory behind decriminalizing was that minorities get caught for these minor infractions more than whites, but it seems to be leading to a general disorder. Why not discipline people for minor infractions so they realize they'll face even worse for more serious infractions?

Because we have 30 years of data showing that this leads to greater incarceration for minor infractions without reducing serious infractions.

Problem is, vehicular crime should be treated as a serious infraction, and is instead treated as "youthful joyriding" in DC. In addition to the impact of the horrendous property crime it is, it can also escalate and turn deadly very quickly. It needs to be deterred by the new special car crime unit, and when it occurs to be prosecuted by the DA as a high, criminal act with serious and inescapable consequence. I propose the young people are locked up and not realeased until 21 AND they achieve a series of wickets such as GED, atonement actions to victims, counseling, job skills etc as determined by a special parole like board. If they cannot meet these benchmarks or are incorrigible, they stay locked up until they do. If some of the "defund" money needs to go to suitable correctional institutions for their age group, so be it.

I mean, if you want to crack down on vehicular crime, I'm all in favor, but the fact is that you can break laws and kill people with virtual impunity as long as you do it driving in a car. If you're driving, and you hit and kill a pedestrian or bicyclist, here is what will probably happen to you: nothing. Drivers routinely break driving laws, which (as you say) can turn deadly very quickly, with no consequences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

I'm afraid I have to agree wtih you on a lot of this. We've decriminalized so much that there are no consequences. The theory behind decriminalizing was that minorities get caught for these minor infractions more than whites, but it seems to be leading to a general disorder. Why not discipline people for minor infractions so they realize they'll face even worse for more serious infractions?

Because we have 30 years of data showing that this leads to greater incarceration for minor infractions without reducing serious infractions.

Problem is, vehicular crime should be treated as a serious infraction, and is instead treated as "youthful joyriding" in DC. In addition to the impact of the horrendous property crime it is, it can also escalate and turn deadly very quickly. It needs to be deterred by the new special car crime unit, and when it occurs to be prosecuted by the DA as a high, criminal act with serious and inescapable consequence. I propose the young people are locked up and not realeased until 21 AND they achieve a series of wickets such as GED, atonement actions to victims, counseling, job skills etc as determined by a special parole like board. If they cannot meet these benchmarks or are incorrigible, they stay locked up until they do. If some of the "defund" money needs to go to suitable correctional institutions for their age group, so be it.

I mean, if you want to crack down on vehicular crime, I'm all in favor, but the fact is that you can break laws and kill people with virtual impunity as long as you do it driving in a car. If you're driving, and you hit and kill a pedestrian or bicyclist, here is what will probably happen to you: nothing. Drivers routinely break driving laws, which (as you say) can turn deadly very quickly, with no consequences.

Young, inexperienced drivers speeding in the commision of a crime is different from some one taking a wrong turn in error (who still might be charged). There should be enhanced charges when you kill someone (even if that was not your intention ) in the commision of a crime. Much like if you punch someone (wrong) and do not intend to kill them, but they fall and hit their head and die (very wrong).