Bethesda Carjacking

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Anonymous wrote:If we stopped sending money to other countries for warfare, we could afford to pay people livable wages and healthcare and educational expenses that would make them want to become productive members of society. Paying someone $17/hour when they have a family or want to start a family is not sustainable, they can make more money stealing, looting, and robbing.

dont be ridiculous, US' defense budget is almost 1trillion a year and is all spent in the US. money sent to Ukraine is a negligible fraction and, as indicated by the WP today https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/29/ukraine-military-aid-american-economy-boost/, most of the money allocated to Ukraine stays in the US. we should cut the defense budget and significantly, and good luck with that. also, none of the people arrested for carjackings show that they do it because they are working low wage jobs and need to support their families. many in DC are done by kids in or barely out of MS that use the cars for joyrides and abandon them right after

Agree. And,

- shouldn’t these kids from under-resourced communities get a second chance? Law enforcement is not the answer.

They've gotten a second, third and fourth chance. Arrest them and charge them as adults. Arrest their terrible parents too.

Why is their safety more of a priority than my families? After all, we do contribute significantly more to society as a whole...AND we obey the law. Shocker!

This is the key phrase right here!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If we stopped sending money to other countries for warfare, we could afford to pay people livable wages and healthcare and educational expenses that would make them want to become productive members of society. Paying someone $17/hour when they have a family or want to start a family is not sustainable, they can make more money stealing, looting, and robbing.

dont be ridiculous, US' defense budget is almost 1trillion a year and is all spent in the US. money sent to Ukraine is a negligible fraction and, as indicated by the WP today https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/29/ukraine-military-aid-american-economy-boost/, most of the money allocated to Ukraine stays in the US. we should cut the defense budget and significantly, and good luck with that. also, none of the people arrested for carjackings show that they do it because they are working low wage jobs and need to support their families. many in DC are done by kids in or barely out of MS that use the cars for joyrides and abandon them right after

Agree. And,

- shouldn’t these kids from under-resourced communities get a second chance? Law enforcement is not the answer.

They've gotten a second, third and fourth chance. Arrest them and charge them as adults. Arrest their terrible parents too.

Why is their safety more of a priority than my families? After all, we do contribute significantly more to society as a whole...AND we obey the law. Shocker!

This is the key phrase right here!

Because the Moco leadership thinks if you’re rich and white you’re a racist. They would rather ruin the lives of people simply trying to live their life with the fruits of their labor…for the sake of equity and “justice”

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Anonymous wrote:For a different Bethesda cajacking -- an armed carjacking of a 72 year old woman on Tuesday -- there has been an arrest of 3 suspects:

https://www2.montgomerycountymd.gov/mcgportalapps/Press_Detail_Pol.aspx?Item_ID=44490

The 18 year old lives in Bethesda (near the Safeway on Arlington Road)... hardly an "under-resourced" community.

No details on the 15 and 16 year olds arrested, but both of those had been invovled in different armed carjackings a few weeks ago.

And as a reminder, MD passed Juvenile Justice Reform last year, which lessened penalties and punishments for juvenile offenders:
https://www.aecf.org/blog/maryland-enacts-sweeping-youth-justice-reforms

Politicians truly are clueless. How is this beneficial to anyone other than criminals?

It meets equity goals. The politicians cited that when voting for the bill.

This is terrible because equity requires discrimination.

at this point, discriminate against criminals..doesn't sound so bad!

I agree but MoCo is run by progressives who believe in critical theory. Under critical theory, anyone who is oppressed isn't committing crime; they're enacting justice. This insane mindset will do nothing but encourage more crime.

my only hope is that this is a wake up call for the wealth in moco. money will drive these decisions but if everyone is complacent, then you'll let the takoma park mafia take over.

It should be but it won't.

[Anonymous]

Actually, the Baltimore and PG Attorneys General are presenting legislation to tighten up the juvenile justice system - thank God.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Actually, the Baltimore and PG Attorneys General are presenting legislation to tighten up the juvenile justice system - thank God.

I'm sure they will do it equitably which means they can't arrest any more black people until white people start committing more crime.

[Anonymous]

A carjacking and attempted carjacking in Silver Spring this evening. A woman was dragged out of her car at gunpoint at the Whole Foods. Be careful!

[Anonymous]

There have been robberies and other incidents in that WF parking lot, it's a shame, but consider pepper spray and keep your head on a swivel.

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Two different carjackings in Silver Spring in the same evening?

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Anonymous wrote:Two different carjackings in Silver Spring in the same evening?

Yes, but one was attempted but unsuccessful. The other, at WF, sounded pretty bad.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There have been robberies and other incidents in that WF parking lot, it's a shame, but consider pepper spray and keep your head on a swivel.

The Tenleytown Whole Foods parking lot is unpleasant (pot smoking teens). And tons of shoplifting in all of them..Jeff Bezos needs to have an off duty police officer inside, and another outside in all his parking lots. There's no excuse - he's raking it in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Actually, the Baltimore and PG Attorneys General are presenting legislation to tighten up the juvenile justice system - thank God.

I'm sure they will do it equitably which means they can't arrest any more black people until white people start committing more crime.

PGs leaders are not white saviors and don’t play that BS.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Actually, the Baltimore and PG Attorneys General are presenting legislation to tighten up the juvenile justice system - thank God.

I'm sure they will do it equitably which means they can't arrest any more black people until white people start committing more crime.

PGs leaders are not white saviors and don’t play that BS.

This. I wish Angie A would come to MoCo and run for County Exec here. The woke would have to vote for her and everyone else would want to vote for her so she would win in a landslide