Trump assembles task force to crack down on D.C. crime

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Did he pick Charles Allen to join the task force?

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Great News!! After so many failed policies from the Bowser administration, Trump, please make DC Great Again!

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Anonymous wrote:I hope they also focus in the institutional corrupted DC Government lead by Bowser and her clique of cronies.

Bowser seems extremely competent and sane when you compare her to many members of the DC Council.

Maybe she looks competent compared to her council. Anyone, even Trump, looks like a genius compared to the DC council. However, under Bowser's leadership, DC became a capital crime, and corruption in the DC government returned with her big time. She wears kneepads when talking to developers who profit from vouchers. She destroyed several communities, populating them with people with mental health problems and criminal records.

Trump is handing us to Putin he’s a dictator he’s Hitler you fool

Yes, Trump is Hitler and Bowser is the fool who went to Mar a Lago to kiss the ring of Hitler. Bowser and Trump are aligned, don't you see that fool.

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Anonymous wrote:Dear ones…crime has been decreasing significantly over the last 18 months. Literally violent crime is at a 30 year low according to the DOJ as of Jan 3 this year. What’s this ‘DC leaders couldn’t do it themselves’ nonsense?
Please enjoy a newspaper sometime.

You're entitled to your own opinion, but not your own facts. Here are the facts:

* 2023 saw the highest number of homicides in DC since 1997.
* The DC Police is understaffed by at least 500 officers.
* The DC crime lab remains unaccredited.
* There were over 950 carjackings in 2023 - that's the equivalent of 2.6 carjackings per day! In 2024 there were still 496 carjackings and 70% of those were at gunpoint.

We still have a long way to go.

Wasn't there a year between 2023 and the current year? Hm.

Yes, that would be the year we saw 496 carjackings, more than one per day.

By your own post, that’s half as many as 2023. That’s a great trend, and in line with the steep decline in crime. Still room to improve but good news.

NP, Ward 3 has had a steep uptick in crime correlating to policy changes. But maybe the mayor will say it was a small price to reduce crime across the rest of the district.

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If I can carry a concealed weapon I may visit DC and spend some money more often.

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Anonymous wrote:If I can carry a concealed weapon I may visit DC and spend some money more often.

Me too. Less reason to fear the roving gangs of “youths” wearing balaclavas

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Anonymous wrote:President Trump is setting up a task force of federal officials directed to crack down on crime and "maximize immigration enforcement" in D.C.

https://www.axios.com/local/washington-dc/2025/03/27/trump-dc-task-force-crime-immigration

Good. 100% for this.

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Anonymous wrote:Did he pick Charles Allen to join the task force?

Stephen Miller is in charge. I’d love to see that — I think the surgeon will capitulate immediately and sycophant as needed for his personal interests

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Anonymous wrote:Focusing on fare evaders and immigrants rather than carjackers tells me they just want to stuff jails, not actually improve QOL.

The fare evasion is often linked to other crimes. But agreed, without specific focus on carjackings, armed muggings where they steal your phone and your jacket, the shoplifters who run out with a whole armful of stuff, and all the other major problems that affect safety and quality of life … I’m skeptical.

Shoplifting was specifically mentioned, and carjackings, too, I thought?

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Anonymous wrote:And Ward 3 crime increased by something like 30 percent in 2023 as well. Happy with anything that overrides Frumin.

Have some of us forgotten about 2024? You know when crime went down?

It went down slightly from previous record-breaking highs.

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Anonymous wrote:Their intent is to punish DC because DC is heavily Democrat-voting and because they can. They are bullies pursuing political vendettas.

Who cares if they in fact stop the ATVs and carjackings? After some soul searching I don’t care 🤷‍♂️

But they won’t. They will crack down on immigrants, unlegalize marijuana and eliminate gun control. It’s all posturing for the folks at home who will just eat it up.

I do not care about the bolded. I’m a PP and a long time DC resident and I would welcome a sharp drop off in the number of Venezuelan moped drivers driving the wrong way down Connecticut and on sidewalks. Shrug

I might be sad for a moment about the hundreds of unpapered housecleaners and parking garage attendants living among us who crossed the border illegally, but they made a deal with the devil when they did it.

And although I voted to legalize marijuana way back when, I regret that. The city has become a disgusting public weed fest and so if that goes away, I can live with that — even as a casual partaker.

We clearly cannot have nice things. I am not the only tax paying long-term resident over the age of 26 who feels the way I do.

DC resident here, and I can't say I disagree with any of that.

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Anonymous wrote:It says right in that article that they want to SPEED UP the processing of concealed pistols in the District. Did you read it? Does that make you feel safer? Pay attention, people.

Doesn't faze me. When is the last time a permit holder committed a crime with a firearm? Crimes are committed by - surprise!, criminals, who don't bother with formalities like permits, and likely wouldn't receive them anyway due to prior criminal conduct.

IIRC, it's been a couple of years.

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It will be interesting to see how “crime” is defined. White collar crime will likely be overlooked. Will things that used to fall under “freedom of speech” protections be treated as “crimes” ?

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I have a feeling retrocession to Maryland is inevitable when DC loses home rule and most of the rights granted. People won’t like what’s coming.

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Anonymous wrote:It says right in that article that they want to SPEED UP the processing of concealed pistols in the District. Did you read it? Does that make you feel safer? Pay attention, people.

Doesn't faze me. When is the last time a permit holder committed a crime with a firearm? Crimes are committed by - surprise!, criminals, who don't bother with formalities like permits, and likely wouldn't receive them anyway due to prior criminal conduct.

IIRC, it's been a couple of years.

It's been like never.