We need massively stepped up criminal enforcement and convictions in DC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^

His little girls are so young, it's an absolute tragedy. And terrifying that you can hand over keys and be murdered or stabbed anyway, that seems to be increasing. The false sense that you would be a "cooperative victim" appears to often not matter.

You have this all so backwards. What about the young gentleman who now stands accused of this so-called crime?

Why wasn’t he provided with wrap around services? Why should his life be ruined now too??

I hope this is sarcasm. Hard to tell on this board.

Lol, that it is.

Wrap around services do not compel participation. They are voluntary. A feature of mental illness and addiction for many is to not understand that you have a problem. For a person who shot one father in the head (still hanging on) and killed another father of 2 young girls WHO HAD HANDED OVER HIS KEYS, which voluntary services would have made him Mr. Rogers, PP. Please enlighten us all. And what if he was not mentally ill but just someone who did not value human life? What services for that issue?

The genuflecting to "services" seems to be part of the new religion, despite the lack of grounding in the reality of the human condition. DC spends a staggering sum on "services" without much of a payoff thus far. Of course the NGOs are all feeding at the trough and making sure problems do not improve, as they have in Baltimore.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The USAO prosecution rate is not improving

“His office actually charged fewer cases last quarter (October-December 2023) and prosecutions remain significantly below the pre-COVID average,” Joe Friday wrote, adding: “This low prosecution rate is without any known precedent in other major American cities or even DC’s recent past.”

“The fact that prosecutions decreased in Q4 2023 goes against the optimistic narrative that USA Graves spun at his October 2023 press conference,” the anonymous blogger wrote. “While the official narrative boiled down to ‘prosecutions increased because we solved longstanding problems;’ the actual prosecution volumes correspond much more with the media schedule.”

https://washingtoncitypaper.com/article/662602/out-of-ink-the-mysterious-author-of-a-crime-focused-substack-has-upended-d-c-s-crime-debate/

We don't need his name, but he's doing god's work and driving the conversation with hard statistics. My hunch is that he's probably ex-law enforcement and maybe a registered Republican, that's why he doesn't want his name out there or to make any enemies. He doesn't want his background to distract from the information contained in his posts.

Thank you, Joe Friday!

-DC Resident

[Anonymous]

He takes some very progressive stances at times, I think he is likely a D. Some policy/data guy.

Man assaulted downtown. Mall used to be quite safe. Tourist woman was recently punched in the head while walking with her husband in broad daylight.

[Anonymous]

Ugh, man assaulted near mall is CRITICAL. Like the man shot in the head picking his wife up from work on K. This city is legit dangerous, any time of day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, man assaulted near mall is CRITICAL. Like the man shot in the head picking his wife up from work on K. This city is legit dangerous, any time of day.

We love here so are stuck with this, but I would encourage families to stay away as tourists until something is done.

I think the attempted carjacking on a game night in gallery place where, thankfully, the only body smoked was the perpetrator was the true sign of how bad things have gotten. That was unheard of for more than 20 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, man assaulted near mall is CRITICAL. Like the man shot in the head picking his wife up from work on K. This city is legit dangerous, any time of day.

People are legit evil. And should be treated as such.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ugh, man assaulted near mall is CRITICAL. Like the man shot in the head picking his wife up from work on K. This city is legit dangerous, any time of day.

People are legit evil. And should be treated as such.

Can't think of "services" to change that. But, common sense > greater public safety.

This just happened.

Old enough to remember when Bowser and Contee often showed up at such events for pressers, the pace of crime and violence has really sped up since those recent days tho...

[Anonymous]

THIS is why I am resisting RTO.

[Anonymous]

Violence all over, all hours, downtown, Dupont, Tenley, near City Center, NoMA, Union Market, Columbia Heights. Often random. Can be life shortening or life altering. Hand over car keys & get killed anyway. This is NOT a healthy or sustainable way to live.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^

His little girls are so young, it's an absolute tragedy. And terrifying that you can hand over keys and be murdered or stabbed anyway, that seems to be increasing. The false sense that you would be a "cooperative victim" appears to often not matter.

You have this all so backwards. What about the young gentleman who now stands accused of this so-called crime?

Why wasn’t he provided with wrap around services? Why should his life be ruined now too??

I hope this is sarcasm. Hard to tell on this board.

Lol, that it is.

Wrap around services do not compel participation. They are voluntary. A feature of mental illness and addiction for many is to not understand that you have a problem. For a person who shot one father in the head (still hanging on) and killed another father of 2 young girls WHO HAD HANDED OVER HIS KEYS, which voluntary services would have made him Mr. Rogers, PP. Please enlighten us all. And what if he was not mentally ill but just someone who did not value human life? What services for that issue?

The genuflecting to "services" seems to be part of the new religion, despite the lack of grounding in the reality of the human condition. DC spends a staggering sum on "services" without much of a payoff thus far. Of course the NGOs are all feeding at the trough and making sure problems do not improve, as they have in Baltimore.

Those wraparound services are not compelling. If they were, people would jump at the chance to have them. This is a failure of the government to provide the services that people want and need.

[Anonymous]

Downtown restaurants, or Clydes in Chevy Chase > violence breaks out unexpectedly. Was not always like this. Is NOT like this most places. If violent people were taken out of the community, would be a start.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Downtown restaurants, or Clydes in Chevy Chase > violence breaks out unexpectedly. Was not always like this. Is NOT like this most places. If violent people were taken out of the community, would be a start.

Why no protests? There were protests for hands up, don't shoot. Why not for the dead this week? Why not for the living who remain?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Downtown restaurants, or Clydes in Chevy Chase > violence breaks out unexpectedly. Was not always like this. Is NOT like this most places. If violent people were taken out of the community, would be a start.

Why no protests? There were protests for hands up, don't shoot. Why not for the dead this week? Why not for the living who remain?

Seriously. We are just going to say "ugh"? Who is ready to march?

[Anonymous]

Where is the Mayor?? And why doesn’t the media call her out? Her last newsletter talks of DC being the best city in the world. How is this person still in office?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:^

His little girls are so young, it's an absolute tragedy. And terrifying that you can hand over keys and be murdered or stabbed anyway, that seems to be increasing. The false sense that you would be a "cooperative victim" appears to often not matter.

You have this all so backwards. What about the young gentleman who now stands accused of this so-called crime?

Why wasn’t he provided with wrap around services? Why should his life be ruined now too??

I hope this is sarcasm. Hard to tell on this board.

Lol, that it is.

Wrap around services do not compel participation. They are voluntary. A feature of mental illness and addiction for many is to not understand that you have a problem. For a person who shot one father in the head (still hanging on) and killed another father of 2 young girls WHO HAD HANDED OVER HIS KEYS, which voluntary services would have made him Mr. Rogers, PP. Please enlighten us all. And what if he was not mentally ill but just someone who did not value human life? What services for that issue?

The genuflecting to "services" seems to be part of the new religion, despite the lack of grounding in the reality of the human condition. DC spends a staggering sum on "services" without much of a payoff thus far. Of course the NGOs are all feeding at the trough and making sure problems do not improve, as they have in Baltimore.

Those wraparound services are not compelling. If they were, people would jump at the chance to have them. This is a failure of the government to provide the services that people want and need.

By definition addicts, the mentally ill and the criminal resist change.