3 people shot at the Point restaurant in SW

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Anonymous wrote:DC Council Member Charles Allen declares “This violence is unacceptable.” DC Democrats including the police force and union supported him. But now, they say “Charles Allen has turned a blind eye to concerned residents. Rather Charles Allen chooses to cater to an activist crowd whose agenda is anti-police whatever the cost.”

“Allen’s reform measures have resulted in a tragic loss of life and an increase in violent crime.”

So sad how DC keeps voting for more destruction of its own.

Hi. Defunding the police isn't about being anti-police. It's about being anti-militarization of the police. It's about putting budget pressure on the police departments to reduce spending on high tech guns, armored vehicles, etc. It's about repurposing those funds to social net programs to build positive changes in communities. Its about police departments reprioritizing community policing rather than military tactical ops.

Just because when MPD faced budget pressure they decided to downsize the force doesn't mean the decision to shrink/hold their budget was wrong. It means their mgmt didn't make the right choices to retain force size while shrinking these expensive and largely unnecessary purchases of high tech people killing gear.

Can you show me in the police budget the expenditure for armored vehicles or high tech guns?

Your screed, which you continue to keep posting, has been soundly debunked.

That was the first time I've posted it. Probably others have as well. Because it's actually talking about the intention behind defunding the police. Which, you know, was communicated by leaders of that movement and has been well-circulated by media and institutions who give enough of a shit to listen to the movement's leaders rather than the fox news talking points you apparently are jerking off to at night.

Police need more training, and higher standards (and salaries to attract better people). Not less. It's a fantasy world you live in. People in Anacostia aren't asking to defund the police, they are asking for more. Only white suburban liberals say this nonsense (who also don't deal with crime)

Police in other G7 nations typically have better governance and a lot more training, to include how to de-escalate - and accordingly, they also have better outcomes from their interactions with civilians.

Other countries don’t have the same demographics or history.

Other countries have different demographics, fewer guns in the population, and better training. But they too are struggling in their poverty stricken areas.

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Why not start arresting criminals?

They are, but there are far, far fewer of them (by design) and when they do, the cases aren’t prosecuted, and they have been told in no uncertain terms that there is no political support for enforcement of anything unless it is the most egregious criminal activity.*


*unless it is committed in a vehicle. In that case, don’t chase.

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Anonymous wrote:
Why not start arresting criminals?

They are, but there are far, far fewer of them (by design) and when they do, the cases aren’t prosecuted, and they have been told in no uncertain terms that there is no political support for enforcement of anything unless it is the most egregious criminal activity.*


*unless it is committed in a vehicle. In that case, don’t chase.

There is nothing stopping the police union from shining a light on where the breakage is. If they want to show the community that they are doing their job but are being failed by prosecutors, then they should build a live dashboard that tracks all the data, things like:

call or incident -> response -> arrest/otherwise cleared case -> detention vs release -> what they should be charged with -> what was actually prosecuted / plea deals made -> availability of evidence and testimony -> ruling -> sentencing -> term actually being served

That will tell us if the prosecutors aren't prosecuting, if they are dropping charges, if courts are going weak on crime et cetera.

If the police doesn't want to take the blame for it then this is what they should do. Shine a light on the weak prosecution or whatever other issues are happening.

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Anonymous wrote:
Why not start arresting criminals?

They are, but there are far, far fewer of them (by design) and when they do, the cases aren’t prosecuted, and they have been told in no uncertain terms that there is no political support for enforcement of anything unless it is the most egregious criminal activity.*


*unless it is committed in a vehicle. In that case, don’t chase.

There is nothing stopping the police union from shining a light on where the breakage is. If they want to show the community that they are doing their job but are being failed by prosecutors, then they should build a live dashboard that tracks all the data, things like:

call or incident -> response -> arrest/otherwise cleared case -> detention vs release -> what they should be charged with -> what was actually prosecuted / plea deals made -> availability of evidence and testimony -> ruling -> sentencing -> term actually being served

That will tell us if the prosecutors aren't prosecuting, if they are dropping charges, if courts are going weak on crime et cetera.

If the police doesn't want to take the blame for it then this is what they should do. Shine a light on the weak prosecution or whatever other issues are happening.

Thing is, Democrat Police don’t want to expose their Democrat politicians.

See how that works?

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Anonymous wrote:
Why not start arresting criminals?

They are, but there are far, far fewer of them (by design) and when they do, the cases aren’t prosecuted, and they have been told in no uncertain terms that there is no political support for enforcement of anything unless it is the most egregious criminal activity.*


*unless it is committed in a vehicle. In that case, don’t chase.

"Might not get prosecuted" is not good enough and doesn't work. Police need to make the arrests and clearly make it the prosecutors fault that criminals are just returning to the street to commit crimes, and their fault that there is no justice. Remove the broken link in the chain that is the police no doing their job.

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Anonymous wrote:We moved out to Virginia, and literally don’t step foot in DC anymore. All of their “defund the police” did it. Crooks ain’t as dumb as DC voters.

Have not been to DC for many years.

It is a cesspool like India

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Anonymous wrote:We moved out to Virginia, and literally don’t step foot in DC anymore. All of their “defund the police” did it. Crooks ain’t as dumb as DC voters.

Have not been to DC for many years.

It is a cesspool like India

You sound like easily frightened and insecure people. Do you ever even get out of your own basement?

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Anonymous wrote:We moved out to Virginia, and literally don’t step foot in DC anymore. All of their “defund the police” did it. Crooks ain’t as dumb as DC voters.

Have not been to DC for many years.

It is a cesspool like India

You sound like easily frightened and insecure people. Do you ever even get out of your own basement?

I am not that poster, but I don't blame them. I have managed not to get shot yet and hope that continues. But now, I have family that likes baseball and National's games, and I worry every time they go there.

I can't get out of my mind the tourist who was shot on the CUA campus by a serial offender who was allowed to go free. Shot dead. I pass that spot and think about it every time I do.

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Anonymous wrote:We moved out to Virginia, and literally don’t step foot in DC anymore. All of their “defund the police” did it. Crooks ain’t as dumb as DC voters.

Have not been to DC for many years.

It is a cesspool like India

You sound like easily frightened and insecure people. Do you ever even get out of your own basement?

I am not that poster, but I don't blame them. I have managed not to get shot yet and hope that continues. But now, I have family that likes baseball and National's games, and I worry every time they go there.

I can't get out of my mind the tourist who was shot on the CUA campus by a serial offender who was allowed to go free. Shot dead. I pass that spot and think about it every time I do.

I live just a few blocks from Nationals Stadium. I spend exactly zero minutes each day being worried about getting shot.

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Anonymous wrote:
Why not start arresting criminals?

They are, but there are far, far fewer of them (by design) and when they do, the cases aren’t prosecuted, and they have been told in no uncertain terms that there is no political support for enforcement of anything unless it is the most egregious criminal activity.*


*unless it is committed in a vehicle. In that case, don’t chase.

“By design” is key point for you all. Wake up.

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Anonymous wrote:
Why not start arresting criminals?

They are, but there are far, far fewer of them (by design) and when they do, the cases aren’t prosecuted, and they have been told in no uncertain terms that there is no political support for enforcement of anything unless it is the most egregious criminal activity.*


*unless it is committed in a vehicle. In that case, don’t chase.

Defund the police.

#BlackLivesMatter

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Anonymous wrote:Even if criminals get arrested, they know they’ll skate right back onto the streets as long as DC is controlled by Democrats. Nothing is changing any time soon.

Why should cops even bother risking their lives to make an arrest?

Dummy, we don't prosecute. The Feds do. Jeeshhh!

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Anonymous wrote:It's a shame, The Wharf is a beautiful area, with luxury housing, dining and The Anthem. Navy Yard has baseball, soccer, restaurants and shopping. Have to weigh up risks, re: recreation, dining, with kids, with visiting family or colleagues.

The Point is not at Navy Yard or the Wharf; it's on Buzzard's point. And as horrible as this is, it's not going to make me wary of going to any of those places.

Great! Enjoy your relaxing meals.

Yup. Not OP, but it's not going to stop me from going there or anywhere else. The funny thing about these posts is that every time I am out in DC, the venues are packed. That means that most of us are not scared.

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Anonymous wrote:Even if criminals get arrested, they know they’ll skate right back onto the streets as long as DC is controlled by Democrats. Nothing is changing any time soon.

Why should cops even bother risking their lives to make an arrest?

Dummy, we don't prosecute. The Feds do. Jeeshhh!

Unless the crime is committed by a juvenile, which a not insignificant portion of violent crime is.

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Anonymous wrote:
Why not start arresting criminals?

They are, but there are far, far fewer of them (by design) and when they do, the cases aren’t prosecuted, and they have been told in no uncertain terms that there is no political support for enforcement of anything unless it is the most egregious criminal activity.*


*unless it is committed in a vehicle. In that case, don’t chase.

There is nothing stopping the police union from shining a light on where the breakage is. If they want to show the community that they are doing their job but are being failed by prosecutors, then they should build a live dashboard that tracks all the data, things like:

call or incident -> response -> arrest/otherwise cleared case -> detention vs release -> what they should be charged with -> what was actually prosecuted / plea deals made -> availability of evidence and testimony -> ruling -> sentencing -> term actually being served

That will tell us if the prosecutors aren't prosecuting, if they are dropping charges, if courts are going weak on crime et cetera.

If the police doesn't want to take the blame for it then this is what they should do. Shine a light on the weak prosecution or whatever other issues are happening.

Thing is, Democrat Police don’t want to expose their Democrat politicians.

See how that works?

One issue is that if you’re viewed as a troublemaker you won’t get promoted and promotion is highly political.

Another issue is that the current political dynamics favor MPD. Not to unfairly over generalize, but MPD has had a historic reputation as being a somewhat bloated and reactive force. The Council and USAO have given MPD a free pass of accountability because they are understaffed and prosecution rates are so low. If they were fully staffed and prosecution rates were high, then everyone would be looking squarely at MPD. So they really don’t have an incentive to promote change of the status quo and why would they.