Car jackings in DC on the 11th
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Anonymous
If he is 19, wouldn't anything prior to 18 be excised from the public "lookup" record? I believe that's how it works in DC. |
Anonymous
...or he moved here recently from somewhere else. Or this time was the first arrest. Would be stunned if it was his first offense. |
Anonymous
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“ Montgomery County police said in a press release on Monday that a 14-year-old girl and 15-year old boy, both of the District, were arrested by D.C. police on Saturday. Police did not identify either teen.
County police said that on Jan. 21 around 3:57 p.m., the teens ordered a female to give them her keys to a silver Mercedes-Benz in the 2600 block of Spencer Road of Chevy Chase, and the boy punched her, injuring her face. The next day, police said the teens demanded a female’s keys to her Audi Q5 around 3:40 p.m. in the 4800 block of Essex Avenue in Chevy Chase.” from BB today. 14 and 15 years old, boy and girl, both from DC. I wish the schools were open so this young kids would be busy learning Algebra and doing homework. |
Anonymous
Can we split hairs on this one as well? |
Anonymous
Anonymous
Can we open strict, loving reform schools so these kids would be busy learning how to live ethically among other important topics? |
Anonymous
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DC has no real youth jail, youth prison, youth halfway house or any real youth reform options. We contract that out to other states. Why would they cater to our desires.
This is one of those issues we always like to complain about with the states rights argument and we never address adequately as a city. We should have model reintroduction programs at our size, yet we have some of the worst in the country. |
Anonymous
We absolutely should, especially since our City Council (Charles Allen et al) has decriminalized almost all 'petty crimes', and we have extremely generous sentencing for all major crimes up to age 26. The above is the ONLY way to not have a youth crime 'revolving door' given we have no disincentives or long-term consequences. |
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More carjackings (plural) in the "good" part of town. What do we as residents have to do to push our representatives to propose real solutions? I'm tired of hearing dumb rationales like the pandemic is making people desperate, systemic issues force people to commit crimes, etc. The fact is that certain individuals simply should not be allowed to roam free in society, and they would be just as terrible excuses for human beings even if they weren't [insert demographic excuse].
https://www.popville.com/2021/02/carjacking-reports-cont/ |
Anonymous
| Send the youths across the river to commit some of these car jackings (well there is a reason they don't try this stuff as frequently in NOVA). I'm sure we will be willing to prosecute/pursue charges that your City Gov will not. Of course if they just want to break into our cars in the middle of the night and steal it "non violently", LEO will just give you a case number and bury the incident report will other minor property crime. |
Anonymous
Vote with your feet. There is nothing to be done, DC has effectively decriminalized youth crime and the DC government cares more about the perpetrators than the victims. That is not going to change anytime soon. |
Anonymous
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Related on WTOP this morning:
https://wtop.com/local/2021/02/dc-area-carjackings-rise-due-to-lifestyle-changes-precipitated-by-coronavirus/ |
Anonymous
Yes this is the standard DC Council and MPD, Car Crimes are crimes of opportunity and property crimes. In this case, they are blaming the drivers for leaving their cars running while picking up take out or leaving their doors unlocked while receiving curb side. Note that this is the only link mentioned to corona virus, the increase in take out and curb side. MPD and the Council take this tact so that they do not need to address the issue with resources. In their mind the problem will fix itself when life returns to normal. LONG gone are the days of bait cars and plane clothed police using civilian cars in high risk areas. That would be risky and might potentially result in an arrest instead of an insurance claim. |
Anonymous
Yes to this. We recently moved because there seemed to be no political will to deal with rising crime in DC. We tried working with our councilmember but nothing came of it. |
Anonymous
We are leaving and will rent our place to the foolish people who love policies like this. Hopefully by the time our home is useful for our children as a residence, the pendulum will have swung back to law and order. I don't see this as a property value thing. SF is expensive with a horrible quality of life. Years and years of these policies are finally driving people from CA., DC has a long way to go before they implode our home values and there is a mass exodus, but in the meantime they are doing their best to make it an awful place to live for people who value peace of mind--and so we will be replaced by those who apologize to criminals. |