We need massively stepped up criminal enforcement and convictions in DC

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:DC has done something successful because carjackings dropped in January.

Nothing counts as a real drop until they’re lower than the 2019 numbers.

[Anonymous]

Census at DC Jail and DYRS is up, so that may be linked to lower carjacking numbers for January.

The city's data show it is a small number committing the vast majority of crime. Get those people off the street and everyone is safer.

That said, yesterday was an extremely violent day in DC.

[Anonymous]

Shooting in Dupont just now

Alert: Shooting investigation in the Q Street, NW / Connecticut Avenue, NW. Lookout is for a bald B/M, in his 40's, driving a white SUV with unknown DC tags.
DO NOT TAKE ACTION CALL 911 W/ EVENT #I20240049125
Sent to 2nd District (PSA 201-208) Alert DC
Sent by MPD Cad #12871

[Anonymous]

Dupont victim above may be paralyzed.

Any of us could be driving down the street. Waiting to pick up a child or spouse from work. Shot in broad daylight in "safe" areas of town.

This is no way to live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dupont victim above may be paralyzed.

Any of us could be driving down the street. Waiting to pick up a child or spouse from work. Shot in broad daylight in "safe" areas of town.

This is no way to live.

Nothing can/will change without an overhaul of the Council. Next time don’t vote for people who promised this and delivered.

[Anonymous]

You have no idea who I voted for, PP.

And if AG and USAO and judges did their jobs, delays of multiple election cycles would not be a factor.

[Anonymous]

Who is putting all these guns in the hands of young black men with little self control?

[Anonymous]

I don't agree with the OP, we need to dig deeper into a lot of these youth to see how we can support them as a society. The recurring same policies and tactics are no longer working and therefore we cannot keep asking why longer-harsher prison sentences are not working. We need to work on a new revolutionary idea in criminal enforcement. Broken children become broken adults when coupled with generational trauma.

There is enough money in DC, but not enough social workers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is putting all these guns in the hands of young black men with little self control?

Many of the youth as immigrants, have you seen the stats just across the line in Montgomery County and Arlington, VA?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't agree with the OP, we need to dig deeper into a lot of these youth to see how we can support them as a society. The recurring same policies and tactics are no longer working and therefore we cannot keep asking why longer-harsher prison sentences are not working. We need to work on a new revolutionary idea in criminal enforcement. Broken children become broken adults when coupled with generational trauma.

There is enough money in DC, but not enough social workers.

AND we need to get violent criminal off the streets and make everyone's lives safer.

It isn't an either/or.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't agree with the OP, we need to dig deeper into a lot of these youth to see how we can support them as a society. The recurring same policies and tactics are no longer working and therefore we cannot keep asking why longer-harsher prison sentences are not working. We need to work on a new revolutionary idea in criminal enforcement. Broken children become broken adults when coupled with generational trauma.

There is enough money in DC, but not enough social workers.

There is hardly ANY prosecution in DC, even of gun crimes. More than 2/3 of arrests of adults are not prosecuted. Longer-harsher - did you teleport from the 90s? GTFO with your nonsense. Violent people KILL others and should be taken out of the community before they do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is putting all these guns in the hands of young black men with little self control?

The shooter in Dupont is middle aged. How will you struggle to externalize HIS responsibility for possibly paralyzing another human being in broad daylight?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Who is putting all these guns in the hands of young black men with little self control?

They are doing it themselves. Stop making them out to be a victim.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't agree with the OP, we need to dig deeper into a lot of these youth to see how we can support them as a society. The recurring same policies and tactics are no longer working and therefore we cannot keep asking why longer-harsher prison sentences are not working. We need to work on a new revolutionary idea in criminal enforcement. Broken children become broken adults when coupled with generational trauma.

There is enough money in DC, but not enough social workers.

"revolutionary" is the DSA tell.

I value the lives of black people, the policies of the last few years have resulted in hundreds a year being KILLED in DC, including CHILDREN. Enough!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don't agree with the OP, we need to dig deeper into a lot of these youth to see how we can support them as a society. The recurring same policies and tactics are no longer working and therefore we cannot keep asking why longer-harsher prison sentences are not working. We need to work on a new revolutionary idea in criminal enforcement. Broken children become broken adults when coupled with generational trauma.

There is enough money in DC, but not enough social workers.

I don’t give a hoot any longer. That crap.