Surge of crime in Arlington

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whenever these crimes are solved, and in Arlington they usually are, it turns out to be “spillover crime” with the perpetrators from another county or DC in the majority of cases.

Of course it’s spillover crime because the criminals know that Arlington has two things (1) money and (2) a candy ass commonwealth attorney.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whenever these crimes are solved, and in Arlington they usually are, it turns out to be “spillover crime” with the perpetrators from another county or DC in the majority of cases.

Of course it’s spillover crime because the criminals know that Arlington has two things (1) money and (2) a candy ass commonwealth attorney.

Right, because no one ever crossed the river to commit crimes in Arlington before 2020, no felonies have been prosecuted since, and every criminal has carefully studied how our commonwealth’s attorney has instituted minor reforms that have no effect on prosecution of violent crimes by adults.

🙄

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whenever these crimes are solved, and in Arlington they usually are, it turns out to be “spillover crime” with the perpetrators from another county or DC in the majority of cases.

Of course it’s spillover crime because the criminals know that Arlington has two things (1) money and (2) a candy ass commonwealth attorney.

Right, because no one ever crossed the river to commit crimes in Arlington before 2020, no felonies have been prosecuted since, and every criminal has carefully studied how our commonwealth’s attorney has instituted minor reforms that have no effect on prosecution of violent crimes by adults.

🙄

Roll your eyes all you want but you do not talk to these twerps daily and I do. The entire sense of crime has changed with new technology and the increased wealth of Arlington. Go to one of your civic associations and get accurate info about crime not the stuff Arlington is pet
Ittex ti release. Better yet try reasoning with a “gentleman” who has a nice cutter in one hand and your panties in another.

[Anonymous]

New Arlington police task force just announced for Rosslyn because of all the thefts from predominantly the Target and Safeway stores.
And another BMW carjacking in Crystal City.

[Anonymous]

2 car break ins and several car tamperings off Langston Blvd in 22207

Change the name of the street to Langston, now there’s crime.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 car break ins and several car tamperings off Langston Blvd in 22207

Change the name of the street to Langston, now there’s crime.

Actually, it was worse -- 2 stolen cars and 8 broken into in the poshest parts of N Arlington:

https://www.arlnow.com/2023/07/27/police-investigating-series-of-car-thefts-in-n-arlington/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Liberal policies on policing and prosecution cause this.

Go back to actually arresting people and putting them in jail.

Stop voting for progressives!

I will gladly keep voting for progressives because, unlike law-and-order reactionaries, I appreciate that the best way to increase public safety is to address the conditions that lead people to commit crimes in the first place, that harsher punishments don't actually deter crime, that people who make terrible mistakes (especially when they're young) should have a support structure that enables them to thrive in society, and that more policing resources need to be directed toward increasing clearance rates and solving unsolved crimes.

We know that the "tough on crime" approach doesn't work. It makes us no safer but inflicts a ton of misery. Its real goal is to use the power of the state to assuage conservatives' sensitive feelings. They want to feel like "cops are catching the bad guys" even when they're not, and like "the bad guys are getting punished" even when very few are irredeemably evil and the carceral system makes them even more prone to committing crimes.

Oh cool, so you’re going to fix all the broken families and the entire universe behind this massive uptick in crime instead of just arrest and incarcerate the people causing the crime?

Seems like it will work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fact of life that there will be crime. It's sad but it's reality.

Totally. Crime is just so natural. We should not prosecute anyone. It’s working so well.

[Anonymous]

Real question- has anyone considered buying a manual transmission car to deter would be carjackers? I read here that only 18% of Americans can drive a manual.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Real question- has anyone considered buying a manual transmission car to deter would be carjackers? I read here that only 18% of Americans can drive a manual.

https://jalopnik.com/carjacker-kills-man-in-front-of-family-because-his-car-1793199481

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Liberal policies on policing and prosecution cause this.

Go back to actually arresting people and putting them in jail.

Stop voting for progressives!

I will gladly keep voting for progressives because, unlike law-and-order reactionaries, I appreciate that the best way to increase public safety is to address the conditions that lead people to commit crimes in the first place, that harsher punishments don't actually deter crime, that people who make terrible mistakes (especially when they're young) should have a support structure that enables them to thrive in society, and that more policing resources need to be directed toward increasing clearance rates and solving unsolved crimes.

We know that the "tough on crime" approach doesn't work. It makes us no safer but inflicts a ton of misery. Its real goal is to use the power of the state to assuage conservatives' sensitive feelings. They want to feel like "cops are catching the bad guys" even when they're not, and like "the bad guys are getting punished" even when very few are irredeemably evil and the carceral system makes them even more prone to committing crimes.

Oh cool, so you’re going to fix all the broken families and the entire universe behind this massive uptick in crime instead of just arrest and incarcerate the people causing the crime?

Seems like it will work.

No, I expect the police to do their jobs and catch people who commit carjackings and other serious felonies. Parisa’s office has shown that they’ll prosecute those crimes and even seek harsh sentences for adult perpetrators who pose an ongoing danger to the community. She can’t bring charges when the cops haven’t figured out who did the crimes.

I also expect public nuisance crimes, very often committed by people with mental health problems, to be treated differently. Parisa’s office has a ways to go there, but it’s made big strides.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Liberal policies on policing and prosecution cause this.

Go back to actually arresting people and putting them in jail.

Stop voting for progressives!

I will gladly keep voting for progressives because, unlike law-and-order reactionaries, I appreciate that the best way to increase public safety is to address the conditions that lead people to commit crimes in the first place, that harsher punishments don't actually deter crime, that people who make terrible mistakes (especially when they're young) should have a support structure that enables them to thrive in society, and that more policing resources need to be directed toward increasing clearance rates and solving unsolved crimes.

We know that the "tough on crime" approach doesn't work. It makes us no safer but inflicts a ton of misery. Its real goal is to use the power of the state to assuage conservatives' sensitive feelings. They want to feel like "cops are catching the bad guys" even when they're not, and like "the bad guys are getting punished" even when very few are irredeemably evil and the carceral system makes them even more prone to committing crimes.

Oh cool, so you’re going to fix all the broken families and the entire universe behind this massive uptick in crime instead of just arrest and incarcerate the people causing the crime?

Seems like it will work.

No, I expect the police to do their jobs and catch people who commit carjackings and other serious felonies. Parisa’s office has shown that they’ll prosecute those crimes and even seek harsh sentences for adult perpetrators who pose an ongoing danger to the community. She can’t bring charges when the cops haven’t figured out who did the crimes.

I also expect public nuisance crimes, very often committed by people with mental health problems, to be treated differently. Parisa’s office has a ways to go there, but it’s made big strides.

"public nuisance crimes, very often committed by people with mental health problems" -- funny how since Dehghani-Tafti became the CA, there has been such an uptick in "public nuisance crimes" -- who knew there were so many people with mental health problems wandering arond Arlington.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Whenever these crimes are solved, and in Arlington they usually are, it turns out to be “spillover crime” with the perpetrators from another county or DC in the majority of cases.

Of course it’s spillover crime because the criminals know that Arlington has two things (1) money and (2) a candy ass commonwealth attorney.

Right, because no one ever crossed the river to commit crimes in Arlington before 2020, no felonies have been prosecuted since, and every criminal has carefully studied how our commonwealth’s attorney has instituted minor reforms that have no effect on prosecution of violent crimes by adults.

🙄

Most of our car theft crime has come from people who live across the river. However, Arlington used to be very tough on crime, like held without bail for everyone. Now, the new CA I’d be on restorative Justice and the cops don’t even bother trying to find these criminals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Seems like a normal amount of crime. Lock your car doors. Lock your house doors. Don’t hang out on the street after midnight.
I’m in 22207, and o know at least 4 friends who have had their cars stolen. Guess what? Every single one left a key in the car. Stupid.

+1

Your bag was stolen from your unlocked car? Shocker.

2 cars stolen this week in 22207. I’d bet they also left the keys in them. Just because you are rich, doesn’t mean that criminals aren’t checking your doors at night looking for a crime of opportunity to joyride someone’s car back to SE.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:2 car break ins and several car tamperings off Langston Blvd in 22207

Change the name of the street to Langston, now there’s crime.

Looks like the 22207 racists are alive and well