We need massively stepped up criminal enforcement and convictions in DC
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Anonymous
PP here. Even if MPD isn't the biggest problem at present, a BIG problem with MPD is that their body-worn camera footage raises *constitutional* issues. USAO has incentives to paper and prosecute what they can. No one is addressing what is on the body-worn camera footage. Without discussing this and knowing how many cases it affects, it really doesn't seem possible to compare prosecution rates in other cities. Other cities also don't have the unique federal overlap we do. |
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There has been a worrying uptick in people being shot or stabbed in NW DC when being robbed, even when possessions or cars are handed over.
[twitter]https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1378548[/twitter] |
Anonymous
No, police in other cities wear body cams too. But, they review footage in non-police brutality cases so it's not a game of "gotcha" with re: minor discrepancies due to memory. DC's policy changed and the term is a figleaf in furtherance of the Council's goal of prosecuting less while keeping the focus on police not public safety. DC had a prosecution rate in the 70s prior to 2017, consistent under both D & R appointed USAOs. Then it started to increase and is one of the lowest, if not the lowest, in the country. Your assumptions are incorrect. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/politics/black-prosecutors-dc-gun-cases/index.html The culture in the USAOs office and career prosecutors have been the constant since 2017 under Obama, Trump and Biden appointed USAOs as no paper rate has climbed. Ideological capture is likely a factor, much like the former PD judge who let a felony murderer out pretrial to commit more mayhem. USAs are dinged for losing trials, the incentives and culture need to be changed back to bringing the majority of cases. The rumored story is that a group of old timers who did just that retired around the same time, and the culture changed quite a bit. Many fed attorneys are detailed there for a year, with NO criminal experience. So a few personalities can hold a lot of sway. When Graves removed all prosecutorial discretion in a pilot project in Chinatown, paper rates increased significantly, same lab sitch, same MPD, etc. It was documented in the WP and in remarks he made. However, the overall rate for the office actually dropped that month, despite the Chinatown increase, perhaps some staff pushback. Other DAs are openly acknowledged to be soft on crime elsewhere, the situation with career prosecutors at DC USAO really needs to be investigated. And the Court of Appeals has made it much harder to bring gun cases here than is the norm elsewhere. Perhaps Graves will appeal the recent ruling. Much of the "cj system" here is not focused on public safety, at all levels. |
Anonymous
Not surprising, these criminals aren't even doing it because they need the money they're doing it for "fun" and clout. They WANT to hurt people, it's a game to them. It's really depraved. |
Anonymous
Yes, it's clockwork orange. When my friend was robbed they circled back round without a care in the world and jeered at her for the fun of it. Sociopaths. |
Anonymous
OP: you are a RACIST! |
Anonymous
OP here. What did I say that was racist? |
Anonymous
What you are proposing - arresting and imprisoning so-called criminals - will result in a higher percentage of BIPOC peoples behind bars, compared to whites. Don’t you agree that will be, per se, racist? |
Anonymous
You are being sarcastic, I hope? |
Anonymous
According to critical race theory (which is, in fact, taught in many K-12 schools across the US and especially in progressive places like FFX and MoCo) yes, any law or policy that does not close the gap between black and white IS a racist law or policy. This is insane, illiberal and requires discrimination but it's what CRT says. |
Anonymous
Maybe Bowser should visit WV and PA to encourage them to send their meth addicts down to DC for housing. Then DC will have enough white crime to allow arresting BIPOC criminals. |
Anonymous
This. Progressives shriek that many UMC people lIvE iN SeGrEgAtEd nEiGhBoRhOoDs because they don't want to live near black or Hispanic people. No. We don't want to live near poor people (who come in all colors). This is why I left my crappy all-white, dirt-poor town in upstate NY. |
Anonymous
People only use this logic when it suits them. Closing D.C. roads to cars disproportionately hurts blacks, because they're less likely to live within biking/walking distance of their jobs, etc., but no one seems to care about that. |
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It may be too late to keep sports teams at Cap One. They had a press conference to express concerns about the area around the arena almost a year ago and it has only deteriorated.
Would be a big economic loss but maybe consequences will ultimately produce change? I go far less often and no longer bring the kids. I changed jobs to avoid Gallery Place station. Area was bad in 2019 but has really deteriorated in last few years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/11/monumental-sports-capitals-wizards-alexandria-virginia-capital-one-arena/ |