Longterm dc area residents, have you noticed decline ?

[Anonymous]

Seems like the financial realities are coming home to roost without much preparation or adjustment by the Council. I don't see how this will do anything but accelerate the spiral, unless if reduces the voucher spending or something so the program can be better designed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article re: why DC teens are carjacking

https://www.hillrag.com/2023/09/29/why-do-kids-carjack/

Thanks, that's informative.

I believe last year Charles Allen claimed people were carjacking because the weather had turned cold and they wanted to warm up?

I'm not even going to read this--

Violent teens in DC get away with too much (I've worked with them). They should be asked to complete a 'series of wickets' in order to be released when locked up. Not just good behavior. A GED - a precondition might be literacy and general education classes. You'd be shocked by how many of these kids read at a 3rd-5th grade level. A manners class (just threw that in to hear the outcry). Computer skills. Other job training, especially what we call 'trade' which can be highly gainful employment.

On release all kinds of things should be looked at... are they going back to the same neighborhood? Best if they don't if theres any autnie or grandma they can be funnelled to. Job or school lined up? Supervision? More conditions to meet?

Society would be doing them a favor, as they'd live longer and happier lives. But instead we treat them like fruit flies. Anyhoo.

I think Bowser's bill tried to address the "same neighborhood" issue but was dropped by Pinto as a non-starter. Your proposals are sensible. The current approach is resulting in record numbers of shot and dead black kids, but as long as the Council and AG keep up all the deflecting rhetoric the public goes along.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interesting article re: why DC teens are carjacking

https://www.hillrag.com/2023/09/29/why-do-kids-carjack/

Thanks, that's informative.

I believe last year Charles Allen claimed people were carjacking because the weather had turned cold and they wanted to warm up?

I'm not even going to read this--

Violent teens in DC get away with too much (I've worked with them). They should be asked to complete a 'series of wickets' in order to be released when locked up. Not just good behavior. A GED - a precondition might be literacy and general education classes. You'd be shocked by how many of these kids read at a 3rd-5th grade level. A manners class (just threw that in to hear the outcry). Computer skills. Other job training, especially what we call 'trade' which can be highly gainful employment.

On release all kinds of things should be looked at... are they going back to the same neighborhood? Best if they don't if theres any autnie or grandma they can be funnelled to. Job or school lined up? Supervision? More conditions to meet?

Society would be doing them a favor, as they'd live longer and happier lives. But instead we treat them like fruit flies. Anyhoo.

Allen indeed said this, and when someone called him on it, he tried to pass the buck by saying he was told that by someone in the US Attorney's office. Someone then asked the office if that was true and they said they've never claimed that and that Allen was lying.

He's not just a bad council member, he's a bad person.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seems like the financial realities are coming home to roost without much preparation or adjustment by the Council. I don't see how this will do anything but accelerate the spiral, unless if reduces the voucher spending or something so the program can be better designed.

Huh? How is voucher spending at all related to revenue projection information that you shared? The most salient point I can see is that relying on the revenue from cameras - which was proposed by the Mayor, who also refused to increase taxes - was ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

From a different thread re: Charles Allen

PP, an (not the only) issue is that Charles Allen does not support judges who seriously review and consider the originating offense when considering whether to grant this clemency. He wrote a letter scolding a judge who did (See below). Given that sexual violence crime recidivism is notably high, and given Charles Allen's record of intolerance for considering the nature of the crime among other factors, I firmly believe that anyone who supports Charles Allen is rape-friendly. Please educate yourself.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/local...4f7ec4a93_story.html

"Allen is so dead-set on this program that in July he chastised Judge Michael O’Keefe for denying a resentencing to Rodney C. Williams, who was convicted in 1983 of multiple burglaries and sexual assaults.
Both incensed and curious, I requested the full text of Allen’s letter to the judge and the full scope of Williams’s crimes from the Justice Department. The contents sickened me. In the letter, Allen chastised the judge for “rely[ing] heavily on the circumstances surrounding the original offenses, rather than evidence of his rehabilitation and conduct while incarcerated. Williams’s underlying offenses are relevant. Williams, along with other armed men, participated in four brutal home invasions. They raped women. On Sept. 8, 1982, they raped a mother and her 9-year-old daughter. The little girl screamed that “it hurt,” so they stopped raping her. Williams watched the little girl get raped and did nothing to help her. The judge was right to rely heavily on the underlying crimes when reviewing Williams’s early-release petition. Williams may have been only 17 years old when he raped women, but he destroyed their lives. Williams and all 24-year-old violent, sexual offenders should serve their full sentences. We owe that to victims."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-s...0e60391e9_story.html

"In a July 19 letter to Judge Michael O’Keefe obtained by The Washington Post, Allen took issue with the judge’s recent denial of a resentencing petition. The inmate, Rodney C. Williams, now 54, was arrested in 1982 and convicted the following year of multiple burglaries and sexual assaults, including the rape of a 9-year-old girl, according to court records. Allen wrote he believed O’Keefe relied “heavily on the circumstances surrounding the original offenses, rather than evidence of [Williams’s] rehabilitation and conduct while incarcerated for the past 37 years.”"

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/new-bill-s...apists-and-murderers

"More than 70 defendants have filed motions for sentence reduction or are in the process of doing so. To date, approximately 17 motions have been ruled on and only one petition has been denied. Of the 16 motions granted, 12 cases involved murders, two cases involved rapes, one case involved armed robbery, and one case involved armed kidnapping. Bureau of Prisons data suggests that of the 583 eligible criminals who could apply for early release under the proposed Amendment, one in three will reoffend within three years of release."

https://www.wusa9.com/article/features/produc...8e-9e19-37f55c35007b

"You're saying rapists and violent repeat offenders can go back on the street," Jefferies said. "Well, if you feel that way, then let them come into your ward, open your house and take them in."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lette...9227280c4_story.html

"There are many variables that need to be considered before releasing anyone from prison based on time served and good behavior. How do we know offenders have been successfully rehabilitated? Where are the assurances from offenders’ families that they can support a released person to prevent that person from falling back into criminal activity? How do the families of the victims feel?"

For those following the rape & murder case of Pava Lapere by Jason Billingsly in Baltimore, be aware that he might have been released far earlier under DC laws and that many currently on the Council may weaken those laws further. The focus on the violent offender must be shifted to the victims and public safety imho.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like the financial realities are coming home to roost without much preparation or adjustment by the Council. I don't see how this will do anything but accelerate the spiral, unless if reduces the voucher spending or something so the program can be better designed.

Huh? How is voucher spending at all related to revenue projection information that you shared? The most salient point I can see is that relying on the revenue from cameras - which was proposed by the Mayor, who also refused to increase taxes - was ridiculous.

If/when revenue declines, it's obviously a program that may face cuts. Biden already targeted the fed housing voucher dollars in the past go round. It's a large expense. A slowdown might allow needed course corrections.

[Anonymous]

4 juveniles dead after crashing a carjacked car into a tree. Despite efforts, it was impossible for passersby to rescue them from the fire that engulfed the car.

[Anonymous]

Had not heard this phrase before but it is fitting

[Anonymous]

When Bowser ran for mayor, she promised "Alice Deal for all!"

Now, if she had promised to spread crime around to all parts of DC, she could claim a promise kept.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When Bowser ran for mayor, she promised "Alice Deal for all!"

Now, if she had promised to spread crime around to all parts of DC, she could claim a promise kept.

"Crime for all!" That would have been a slogan befitting our "Vision Zero" mayor.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:4 juveniles dead after crashing a carjacked car into a tree. Despite efforts, it was impossible for passersby to rescue them from the fire that engulfed the car.

play stupid games …

is it terrible of me to say I’m glad they crashed into a tree instead of into innocent bystanders?

[Anonymous]

https://dccouncil.gov/councilmembers/

These are some of the people to talk to. Make your voice heard. We pay for the aides that answer the phones/emails. Go for it!

[Anonymous]

You can see the decline even in media coverage . 4 teens carjacked a car, they then flee police and crash and die in Bowie and the media is making out like it was a regular car accident

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You can see the decline even in media coverage . 4 teens carjacked a car, they then flee police and crash and die in Bowie and the media is making out like it was a regular car accident

I noticed this too. Infuriating.

[Anonymous]

Time for Congress to intervene. Hopefully those members silly enough to live within the District are taking notice.
I laugh at anyone bringing up statehood right now.