Washington Commanders rookie running back shot on H Street in carjacking attempt
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Anonymous
I’m the PP who was the juror, and one of the takeaways for me was that anti-theft devices really work, so what would help with this is cameras in cars and the ability to quickly and remotely track and/or disable the vehicle. But I don’t know how to do that safely, like you can’t just shut off a car that’s driving down the road. But you basically need to be able to brick the car. Being able to brick phones I think basically eliminated phone theft. I’m not sure what the right device is but if it is a big enough problem, someone will think of one. At a minimum if you get carjacked there should be a fast way for you to track it, share the info with the police and snap photos of driver and occupants. |
Anonymous
| Whatever happened to the armed dog nappears? Did they ever recover the pups? Did the kids get arrested? |
Anonymous
They recovered one pet dog alive, one dead. Very sad..no idea about arrests/prosecutions. |
Anonymous
Our camera system is pretty poor. It's pretty much to ticket and create revenue. We need much better crime cameras across the city, but that's not very popular with liberals |
Anonymous
| Violent crime on H Street is up 89 percent in the past year, per the Post's story today. Robberies up more than 100 percent. |
Anonymous
| Sadly, and I say this with cynical sincerity, because the gunshots were minor injuries, officials would prefer to bury this than “solve” it, perp walk the violent criminals, and put it all back in the national news cycle. |
Anonymous
+1. Even for the sake of equity, consider dressing down and leaving those oversize diamond earrings at home. Why needlessly flash your wealth in front of those among us who have been systemically shut out? |
Anonymous
Leave your dog at home too? 😳 |
Anonymous
Touché. |
Anonymous
Why can't you just drive your expensive purebred to a park? Problem solved. |
Anonymous
DP but I was curious so I found the story. It's here if anyone wants to read it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/29/bowser-nightlife-brian-robinson-shot/ I live near H Street and I wish there were more answers in there. Though one thing I thought of while reading the story was the shooting at the Whole Foods on H Street a few years ago. That also happened in the middle of the day and we happened to be at the coffee shop next door when it happened. It was very, very scary (basically an active shooter situation where we saw people fleeing the shooter but didn't know where to go). But it also turned out to be not part of some kind of pattern or shift in the neighborhood. It was a random and terrible incident, but it has not lead to more incidents of daytime violence. That was pre-pandemic. I think it also turned out the shooter in that situation was mentally unstable (and they caught him quickly -- if I remember correctly, he took a ride share vehicle from near the crime and they were able to track him easily). This shooting, and the other crime/violence on H, feels different. It's random that Robinson was a Commanders player who was targeted, but the carjacking was not random but part of a pattern trending up. The fact that it happened during the day is also not random -- there have been more outbursts of daytime violence. I think we need to look at fundamentals and attack this from all sides. We need fewer guns in circulation -- lets increase buyback programs as well as police stings of gun sources. We need to address the fact that so many of the criminals are minors -- we need more programming for kids in the city AND we need to examine punishments for minors and young adults and ask ourselves if they are serving as a sufficient deterrent (they aren't). We need not just more police presence but we need more community involvement. We need cops who know people's names, we need the people who live and work along H street to know their names. Anyway, that article doesn't have any answers and I don't have many more, but it's clear what we are doing isn't working. |
Anonymous
This is just not enough. We should probably start offering up our cars to those who would otherwise steal them. A peaceful outcome for everyone. |
Anonymous
So wrong. The 2022 Dodge charger SRT Hellcat Widebody starts at $77,000 The 2021 Land Cruiser base model started at $87,000 |
Anonymous
Almost unbelievably, the bullet went through his knee without affecting any bones or ligaments. |