We need massively stepped up criminal enforcement and convictions in DC

[Anonymous]

Strongly agree with this

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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...

The “wraparound services” that are appropriate for these violent criminals are wraparound waist and cuff restraints and the warm embrace of a cold cell.

[Anonymous]

Wonder if this will happen in DC? SF has pulled back from some of the policies that led to their current difficulties, DC is still full throttle, even with the Sentencing Commission issue.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13039859/San-Francisco-residential-property-market-low-occupancy.html

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Anonymous wrote:Wonder if this will happen in DC? SF has pulled back from some of the policies that led to their current difficulties, DC is still full throttle, even with the Sentencing Commission issue.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13039859/San-Francisco-residential-property-market-low-occupancy.html

Those photos make it look like hell there. Post apocalyptic dystopia. How did we allow this?

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Anonymous wrote:Wonder if this will happen in DC? SF has pulled back from some of the policies that led to their current difficulties, DC is still full throttle, even with the Sentencing Commission issue.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13039859/San-Francisco-residential-property-market-low-occupancy.html

Those photos make it look like hell there. Post apocalyptic dystopia. How did we allow this?

SF doesn't have anywhere near the murder and carjacking problems we do.

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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.

Because you are not giving them a reason to change other than the cudgel.

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Anonymous wrote:Wonder if this will happen in DC? SF has pulled back from some of the policies that led to their current difficulties, DC is still full throttle, even with the Sentencing Commission issue.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13039859/San-Francisco-residential-property-market-low-occupancy.html

Those photos make it look like hell there. Post apocalyptic dystopia. How did we allow this?

SF doesn't have anywhere near the murder and carjacking problems we do.

This article re: carjackings YTD in DC is stunning. And Schwab literally claiming, publicly, that arresting violent perps is a no go. Graves is a joke. They all looked so smug.

DC's fiscal problems are here, now. Many self created. SF style decline is certainly not unlikely.

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Anonymous wrote:Wonder if this will happen in DC? SF has pulled back from some of the policies that led to their current difficulties, DC is still full throttle, even with the Sentencing Commission issue.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13039859/San-Francisco-residential-property-market-low-occupancy.html

Those photos make it look like hell there. Post apocalyptic dystopia. How did we allow this?

It's hell here too, but not as many junkies. That's likely coming next with our Councils policies.

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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.

Because you are not giving them a reason to change other than the cudgel.

In many European countries they are offered treatment or jail. They are not allowed to take over the public space or to live in inhumane conditions. Only in this country do we dress that reality up with words about liberty. Housing First results in WORSE outcomes for many such people. Look at the thread on the recent NYT story.

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Very sad outcome for this father shot during a carjacking earlier in the week, he died today, along with the other father shot by the same carjacker, who died on the scene. The reality is, any of us could be next. This man was picking his wife up from work on K St. NW during rush hour, near City Center. For those not following the case, the carjacker was shot and killed by MD LE the next day, but unfortunately there are too many others doing carjackings.

[Anonymous]

Given that he was shot in the head at close range, not unexpected, but very sad. He has 4 kids.

The man shot on Q St. in Dupont this week, during rush hour, is still alive, but paralyzed.

[Anonymous]

Heads up, folks on the Hill

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Anonymous wrote:Very sad outcome for this father shot during a carjacking earlier in the week, he died today, along with the other father shot by the same carjacker, who died on the scene. The reality is, any of us could be next. This man was picking his wife up from work on K St. NW during rush hour, near City Center. For those not following the case, the carjacker was shot and killed by MD LE the next day, but unfortunately there are too many others doing carjackings.

Tragic. Absolutely tragic.
Thankfully, his killer is dead and in hell by now.

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Anonymous wrote:Although Gill's death was tragic, imagine the desperation the young black man who killed him felt - a victim of systemic racism. Putting him in jail isnt going to bring Gill back.

He ain't going to jail, honey. He's dead. Police killed him. Hate to say it - but he deserved it. He killed two innocent people before being taken out.

Seriously, throw a parade for the cop who got him.

[Anonymous]

Let’s hope this tragic death is what turns the tide. Several informed observations:

1. Thanks to the DC Council, we lost qualified cops, then tried to rehire and entice anyone to join with bonuses. Over the past 2 weeks, 2 DC cops were arrested for relatively minor but questionable offenses (moonlighting during the work hours and a chase).

2. The carjacker was shot by the MD troopers. The carjacker would likely have never been found or prosecuted in DC. That he may have been mentally ill is irrelevant since these are daily occurrences in DC.

3. Thanks to DC Council, the MPD isn’t allowed to chase and have to watch their back. The prosecution rate for cops is much greater than for the criminals. Had the carjacker been by some miracle shot in DC, that cop would be suspended and looking at jail just like the cop chasing an armed criminal who perished on his own.

4. In conclusion, an utter human tragedy within a greater tragedy is DC laid to waste by the DC Council. I can’t see a way forward unless this tragedy sends a wake up call and results in a federal protectorate and army on the streets until and unless DC can prove that it can secure its streets for all its citizens in all the Wards.