Lululemon Navy Yard closed “temporarily” after being robbed at gunpoint

[Anonymous]

Pro-criminal DC. Vote Democrat!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:How is it that the nation's capital has become the worst run city in the country? Too much dependence on federal workers with no plan B? The scary part is the truancy in the schools. Everyone with the resources to leave is leaving the city. It's going to just get worse until Congress has to take over.

Hmm . . . maybe first ask the progressives?



Look, you can deny this public street in DC is painted this way. You can try to dismiss it as “merely art.” You can dismiss the fact that the DC city council re-defined “youthful offender” from age 18 and under, to 26 years-old, and under. You can argue the change had no effect on crime (it did) or blather on about “teenage brains do not fully develop until age 26. . .” You can diminish the 2018 city vote to “decriminalize” Metro fare evasion, and try to argue it had no contribution to Metro’s impending bankruptcy.

But, the truth is:

elections matter. Policies matter.

Democrats: you voted for this. Weren’t you paying attention when you voted? Why are you complaining now?

You voted for this. All of it.

Carjackings have topped 950 in 2023.

Starting from zero on January 1, how long into 2024 will we be when they top 1,000 carjackings?

DC is proposing nothing to effectively reduce carjackings.

[Anonymous]

And they are now permanently closed.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1W9yDtuWjO/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

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Anonymous wrote:And they are now permanently closed.

https://www.instagram.com/p/C1W9yDtuWjO/?igsh=MTc4MmM1YmI2Ng==

This is Trump’s fault.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wealth redistribution. This is what liberals want.

This. Young people want socialism. This is how it works.

Wait until the young people find out what the government thinks they need when socialism proceeds to communism.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Pro-criminal DC. Vote Democrat!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wealth redistribution. This is what liberals want.

This. Young people want socialism. This is how it works.

Wait until the young people find out what the government thinks they need when socialism proceeds to communism.

One of DC's illiterate kiddos found DCUM. How cute.

[Anonymous]

One of the issues is that effective policing gets challenged by "equity" arguments--specialized task forces that end up statistically impacting one population over another, paying metro fares etc. The only solution I see is do the same for everyone--ie everyone pays metro fares, everyone gets a ticket with teeth for public pot smoking, impounding any car with the wrong tags or too many tickets, randomization of road blocks that check drivers/cars, neighborhood sweeps for illegal firearms. I know it sounds scary and could run into constitutional challenges, but if emergency law were decreed it might work? I don't really see what else to do, except let criminals run DC to satisfy equity types.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One of the issues is that effective policing gets challenged by "equity" arguments--specialized task forces that end up statistically impacting one population over another, paying metro fares etc. The only solution I see is do the same for everyone--ie everyone pays metro fares, everyone gets a ticket with teeth for public pot smoking, impounding any car with the wrong tags or too many tickets, randomization of road blocks that check drivers/cars, neighborhood sweeps for illegal firearms. I know it sounds scary and could run into constitutional challenges, but if emergency law were decreed it might work? I don't really see what else to do, except let criminals run DC to satisfy equity types.

But white collar crime like insider trading is completely ignored by the DC police. In order to be fair to everyone, DC must investigate all crimes.

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Anonymous wrote:Now permanently closed:

https://twitter.com/TKxCrazylegs/status/1738640789238865987

Another harbinger of how quickly DC is declining. Navy Yard, the Wharf, City Center, and Gallery Place/Chinatown have been major development projects for the past 20 years. Literally, billions invested. And for a number of years it was all great. No one worried about their safety. But after BLM and the collapse of policing and prosecutions, the city is reverting to what what it was in the 80s. Lawless. A ghost town downtown. No one wants to go there. Even the sports teams are leaving.

DC is quickly entering a doom loop. Until DC gets really tough on crime and prosecutors and judges do their jobs, the death spiral will continue. And I don't see that changing. Voters in DC will always vote for progressives. And they value spending a quarter of a million dollars repainting the Black Lives Matter sign on 16th over actually arresting the few hundred criminals that are terrorizing this city.

We avoid going into DC if at all possible. It just is not worth the risks.

That’s really silly and hysterical. Crime is a problem, but a lot of NW isn’t experiencing this. I live near Georgetown and see none of this.

Low information and must not really follow the news. Carjackings on that side of town not quite daily, but definitely weekly. I live in a nice area of town but stopped a volunteer project I did every week mainly to limit metro time back and forth.

I have noticed a big increase in metro police and other security in the last year. Better fare gates have been added to many stations and continue to be installed. And more fare paying riders from the before COVID times are back. Metro has less of a feeling of lawlessness than it did a year ago. You might give it a try. I don’t work there, just a fan of public transportation and want it to survive! So it needs fare paying riders of course.

[Anonymous]

I have a question. I only lived in DC for two years, half in Bethesda (but spent a lot of time in DC), and half in a house walkable to union station. This was 2010-2012.

I never thought it was the safest city (I am from nyc), but I always felt fairly safe when following basic street smarts. From what I read here and other places now, I am Wondering if there have been significant changes since then? Or is it fairly similar?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a question. I only lived in DC for two years, half in Bethesda (but spent a lot of time in DC), and half in a house walkable to union station. This was 2010-2012.

I never thought it was the safest city (I am from nyc), but I always felt fairly safe when following basic street smarts. From what I read here and other places now, I am Wondering if there have been significant changes since then? Or is it fairly similar?

It is not at all like it was a decade ago. Violent crime significantly increased and it is much more random and dispersed throughout the city. Also, bystanders are increasingly targeted, such as when a group of armed criminals will enter a store or restaurant and force all the customers to the floor to rob them of their wallets and phones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a question. I only lived in DC for two years, half in Bethesda (but spent a lot of time in DC), and half in a house walkable to union station. This was 2010-2012.

I never thought it was the safest city (I am from nyc), but I always felt fairly safe when following basic street smarts. From what I read here and other places now, I am Wondering if there have been significant changes since then? Or is it fairly similar?

It is not at all like it was a decade ago. Violent crime significantly increased and it is much more random and dispersed throughout the city. Also, bystanders are increasingly targeted, such as when a group of armed criminals will enter a store or restaurant and force all the customers to the floor to rob them of their wallets and phones.

Wow, that is terrible. I just looked it up bc I had never heard of that happening and found this link. What does the mayor/ local reps say in response? They are not doing anything?

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/viral-video-4-armed-suspects-robbery-victims-philippe-restaurant-wharf-dc-southwest.amp

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a question. I only lived in DC for two years, half in Bethesda (but spent a lot of time in DC), and half in a house walkable to union station. This was 2010-2012.

I never thought it was the safest city (I am from nyc), but I always felt fairly safe when following basic street smarts. From what I read here and other places now, I am Wondering if there have been significant changes since then? Or is it fairly similar?

It is not at all like it was a decade ago. Violent crime significantly increased and it is much more random and dispersed throughout the city. Also, bystanders are increasingly targeted, such as when a group of armed criminals will enter a store or restaurant and force all the customers to the floor to rob them of their wallets and phones.

Wow, that is terrible. I just looked it up bc I had never heard of that happening and found this link. What does the mayor/ local reps say in response? They are not doing anything?

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/viral-video-4-armed-suspects-robbery-victims-philippe-restaurant-wharf-dc-southwest.amp

Happened at a Verizon store in Friendship Heights this month as well. The video is out there.

What can the Mayor and Council say? They caused this. None of them have the integrity to apologize and resign in disgrace.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wealth redistribution. This is what liberals want.

This. Young people want socialism. This is how it works.

No no! They do not want socialism. They just want equity where everyone does what they can and gets what they need. Its totally not socialism.

Isn’t that called anarchy? That’s what they want.