Six Months Into 2021 and DC Crime Data is Exactly What You Expect

[Anonymous]

I used to hook up with a woman on that block and getting there and home was always an adventure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imagine closing on a million dollar row house in Brightwood and a month or two later have a triple homicide drive by shooting happen at 7:30 PM at the neighborhood park.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/five-people-shot-in-northwest-washington-authorities-say/2021/09/04/7ff97f7e-0ddd-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html

It just goes to show how stupidly overpriced the DC housing market is, especially in transitioning neighborhoods like Brightwood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine closing on a million dollar row house in Brightwood and a month or two later have a triple homicide drive by shooting happen at 7:30 PM at the neighborhood park.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/five-people-shot-in-northwest-washington-authorities-say/2021/09/04/7ff97f7e-0ddd-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html

It just goes to show how stupidly overpriced the DC housing market is, especially in transitioning neighborhoods like Brightwood.

I think we should applaud the residents for creatively pushing back gentrification

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Imagine closing on a million dollar row house in Brightwood and a month or two later have a triple homicide drive by shooting happen at 7:30 PM at the neighborhood park.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/five-people-shot-in-northwest-washington-authorities-say/2021/09/04/7ff97f7e-0ddd-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html

Brightwood Park /=/ Brightwood. But your point stands because lately this BS is happening all over the city next to expensive homes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine closing on a million dollar row house in Brightwood and a month or two later have a triple homicide drive by shooting happen at 7:30 PM at the neighborhood park.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/five-people-shot-in-northwest-washington-authorities-say/2021/09/04/7ff97f7e-0ddd-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html

Brightwood Park /=/ Brightwood. But your point stands because lately this BS is happening all over the city next to expensive homes.

But these homes were not the “expensive” ones until recently but the crime has always been there. So these folks chose to live in these neighborhoods that have a track record of shooting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine closing on a million dollar row house in Brightwood and a month or two later have a triple homicide drive by shooting happen at 7:30 PM at the neighborhood park.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/five-people-shot-in-northwest-washington-authorities-say/2021/09/04/7ff97f7e-0ddd-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html

Brightwood Park /=/ Brightwood. But your point stands because lately this BS is happening all over the city next to expensive homes.

But these homes were not the “expensive” ones until recently but the crime has always been there. So these folks chose to live in these neighborhoods that have a track record of shooting.

Right. That was my point. I was just pointing out that PP got the neighborhood wrong. But it’s the same shit all over…Petworth, Shaw, CH, Brightwood Park, Logan Circle/14th street, whatever. The crime is emanating from hotspots that have always existed in these neighborhoods but now the hotspots are surrounded by million dollar homes. The people who buy there know the risks, but that doesn’t make the crime okay. It should have never existed in the first place, even when these areas were poor (but nobody cared then). The city needs to do better.

[Anonymous]

Maybe the rich folk can create a job programs for the criminals who then won’t be motivated to commit crimes. That should work, right 🤪

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Maybe the rich folk can create a job programs for the criminals who then won’t be motivated to commit crimes. That should work, right 🤪

Not in a million years.

[Anonymous]

I'm curious to see how rich DC people keep crime out of their neighborhoods now that they aren't willing to use police.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious to see how rich DC people keep crime out of their neighborhoods now that they aren't willing to use police.

The idea is to basically call in social workers for non-violent seeming people on drugs and talk them down from their high rather than involve the police. Maybe it will work. I’m not too sure about all the other slap on the wrist stuff like the youth rehabilitation act, not chasing the 100 kids on dirt bikes who roam the city, etc. this city is basically laying the blame on society for crime, which to some degree is true given the terrible historic legacy and impacts of slavery.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious to see how rich DC people keep crime out of their neighborhoods now that they aren't willing to use police.

The idea is to basically call in social workers for non-violent seeming people on drugs and talk them down from their high rather than involve the police. Maybe it will work. I’m not too sure about all the other slap on the wrist stuff like the youth rehabilitation act, not chasing the 100 kids on dirt bikes who roam the city, etc. this city is basically laying the blame on society for crime, which to some degree is true given the terrible historic legacy and impacts of slavery.

Yea it is definitely true and that sucks, but the reality is that what is causing crime today already happened. It's a good idea to figure out ways to address those root causes in order to reduce future crime, but we also have to address current crime. For some reason nobody in this city wants to do that because it's not palatable, but they need to face reality.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Imagine closing on a million dollar row house in Brightwood and a month or two later have a triple homicide drive by shooting happen at 7:30 PM at the neighborhood park.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/five-people-shot-in-northwest-washington-authorities-say/2021/09/04/7ff97f7e-0ddd-11ec-9781-07796ffb56fe_story.html

It just goes to show how stupidly overpriced the DC housing market is, especially in transitioning neighborhoods like Brightwood.

I think we should applaud the residents for creatively pushing back gentrification

And I would not calls these “crimes,” per se.

Rather, this was a “culturally enriching experience.”

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious to see how rich DC people keep crime out of their neighborhoods now that they aren't willing to use police.

The idea is to basically call in social workers for non-violent seeming people on drugs and talk them down from their high rather than involve the police. Maybe it will work. I’m not too sure about all the other slap on the wrist stuff like the youth rehabilitation act, not chasing the 100 kids on dirt bikes who roam the city, etc. this city is basically laying the blame on society for crime, which to some degree is true given the terrible historic legacy and impacts of slavery.

The legacy of slavery is an historic explanation (and not even for most aspects of current crime wave -- look to drugs and broken families for that). It is not an excuse. Violent criminals are responsible for their own actions and should be punished accordingly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious to see how rich DC people keep crime out of their neighborhoods now that they aren't willing to use police.

The idea is to basically call in social workers for non-violent seeming people on drugs and talk them down from their high rather than involve the police. Maybe it will work. I’m not too sure about all the other slap on the wrist stuff like the youth rehabilitation act, not chasing the 100 kids on dirt bikes who roam the city, etc. this city is basically laying the blame on society for crime, which to some degree is true given the terrible historic legacy and impacts of slavery.

The legacy of slavery is an historic explanation (and not even for most aspects of current crime wave -- look to drugs and broken families for that). It is not an excuse. Violent criminals are responsible for their own actions and should be punished accordingly.

Most slaves were thrilled when they were free so that they could marry and have their families intact. The worse thing the Great Society did was to reduce marriage among the descendants of slaves. Centuries later it is time to stop attributing criminal activity to slavery.