Tenleytown "The Hobo" Duane presence outside CVS

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Anonymous wrote:Sounds like his mental health issue is stable. He's not a problem unless you do something to set him off.

Trying to kill dogs is not a problem?

How do you know he’s trying to kill dogs as opposed to just … eating the chicken and dropping the bones on the ground? He does seem kind of unpleasant but I don’t think he’s doing anything illegal.

Dropping the bones on the ground is littering. Urinating in a public parking lot is indecency or public exposure. Yes, I know, the trash can is too far away. CVS won't let him use the bathroom. Always an excuse.

Do yo really think DC police is going to arrest someone for loitering or peeing in public? They don’t arrest people committing assault!

Look - I get he’s been unpleasant to OP but there is nothing in what he’s done that will get him arrested.

He’s the manifestation of the boiling frog theory. Look the other way at the homeless guy pan handling, he is usually harmless. Look the other way at the kids smoking weed, in the WF parking garage, we were kids too. Look the other ways at the people jumping the metro turnstiles, it should be free anyway. And eventually you going to have gunshots in broad daylight in Tenleytown and Friendship heights.

That's just gang violence. Nothing to do with you. You are in more danger in rural America.

The two shootings that occurred yards from where I shop almost daily and my kid plays baseball several times a week has nothing to do with me? The crime apologists in DC are next level.

+ My daughter was classmates with the young man who was killed. It’s racist to say his death has nothing to do with her, or with anyone in the community. Why?

You weren't the target. You and your daughter were never in danger. Your interest in this event is unseemly.

So no one directly affected should care?

No one should be using that tragic incident to fuel arguments favoring mass incarceration.

Where in this specific thread did anyone argue in favor of mass incarceration? Are people not directly in the line of fire in a shooting in their neighborhood not supposed to care?

Shouldn't you be more worried about the felon in charge of the nation?

Are you do dull that you literally cannot comprehend that it’s ok to be concerned about both?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is how you get repeat public-disorder offenders off the streets: enforce the laws already on the books.

It does not usually start with one major felony. It starts with the smaller crimes everyone ignores: disorderly conduct, obstruction, trespass, threats, littering, animal cruelty, leaving out harmful items to injure animals, and repeated harassment.

Call every time. Document every incident. Get video when safe. Identify witnesses. Push for every charge that fits. Each arrest, citation, stay-away order, failure to appear, or probation violation builds the record.

If police consistently enforced these existing laws against repeat offenders, neighborhoods would be safer. Ignoring “minor” crimes lets the behavior escalate. Enforcing them early creates the paper trail needed to detain, restrict, prosecute, and eventually remove dangerous or disruptive people from the street.

D.C. laws that may apply:

D.C. Code § 22-1321 - Disorderly Conduct
D.C. Code § 22-1307 - Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding
D.C. Code § 22-407 - Threats to Do Bodily Harm
D.C. Code § 22-1810 - Threatening Injury or Property Damage
D.C. Code § 22-404 - Assault / Threatened Assault
D.C. Code § 22-1001 - Cruelty to Animals
D.C. Code § 22-3302 - Unlawful Entry / Trespassing
D.C. Municipal Regulations Title 21, Chapter 7 - Littering / Solid Waste
D.C. Code § 22-405.01 - Resisting Arrest
Court Orders - Stay-Away Orders, Release Violations, Failure to Appear, Probation Violations

Cannot imagine calling the police every time a mentally unwell person has made a vague vocal threat to do me bodily harm. Who would that actually help?

“Mentally unwell” is as risible as “houseless” - you mean a threatening, crazy person who may very well be violent?

Sure, and when people like that yell at me, I just walk away. Even when a guy ran up and hit me in the back downtown once, I didn’t call police — he kept running and I was fine. Not every scary encounter is a crime.

Maybe not, but that one was— it’s called assault.

I guess technically, yes, but it didn’t feel like I was assaulted, I wasn’t injured, and I didn’t get a good look at him, so I really didn’t see any reason to call the police. Did not seem like a particularly big deal, once the shock of it happening wore off. I continued to the Metro and went home.

My gosh you are intolerable. Get yourself some therapy.

[Anonymous]

I had heard there were online apologists for DC street crime, like the issue with overmoderated dc subreddits, but this thread is the first time I’ve seen them live! Wow, just wow.

Someone hit you, unprovoked, in a public place, and you didn’t call the police, and you’re proud of it? My goodness. You’re crazier than your assailant.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This is how you get repeat public-disorder offenders off the streets: enforce the laws already on the books.

It does not usually start with one major felony. It starts with the smaller crimes everyone ignores: disorderly conduct, obstruction, trespass, threats, littering, animal cruelty, leaving out harmful items to injure animals, and repeated harassment.

Call every time. Document every incident. Get video when safe. Identify witnesses. Push for every charge that fits. Each arrest, citation, stay-away order, failure to appear, or probation violation builds the record.

If police consistently enforced these existing laws against repeat offenders, neighborhoods would be safer. Ignoring “minor” crimes lets the behavior escalate. Enforcing them early creates the paper trail needed to detain, restrict, prosecute, and eventually remove dangerous or disruptive people from the street.

D.C. laws that may apply:

D.C. Code § 22-1321 - Disorderly Conduct
D.C. Code § 22-1307 - Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding
D.C. Code § 22-407 - Threats to Do Bodily Harm
D.C. Code § 22-1810 - Threatening Injury or Property Damage
D.C. Code § 22-404 - Assault / Threatened Assault
D.C. Code § 22-1001 - Cruelty to Animals
D.C. Code § 22-3302 - Unlawful Entry / Trespassing
D.C. Municipal Regulations Title 21, Chapter 7 - Littering / Solid Waste
D.C. Code § 22-405.01 - Resisting Arrest
Court Orders - Stay-Away Orders, Release Violations, Failure to Appear, Probation Violations

Cannot imagine calling the police every time a mentally unwell person has made a vague vocal threat to do me bodily harm. Who would that actually help?

You are part of the problem report them all. DC should reward those who report these crimes and give an additional bonus for each of these criminals taken off the street and incarcerated for a year

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how you get repeat public-disorder offenders off the streets: enforce the laws already on the books.

It does not usually start with one major felony. It starts with the smaller crimes everyone ignores: disorderly conduct, obstruction, trespass, threats, littering, animal cruelty, leaving out harmful items to injure animals, and repeated harassment.

Call every time. Document every incident. Get video when safe. Identify witnesses. Push for every charge that fits. Each arrest, citation, stay-away order, failure to appear, or probation violation builds the record.

If police consistently enforced these existing laws against repeat offenders, neighborhoods would be safer. Ignoring “minor” crimes lets the behavior escalate. Enforcing them early creates the paper trail needed to detain, restrict, prosecute, and eventually remove dangerous or disruptive people from the street.

D.C. laws that may apply:

D.C. Code § 22-1321 - Disorderly Conduct
D.C. Code § 22-1307 - Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding
D.C. Code § 22-407 - Threats to Do Bodily Harm
D.C. Code § 22-1810 - Threatening Injury or Property Damage
D.C. Code § 22-404 - Assault / Threatened Assault
D.C. Code § 22-1001 - Cruelty to Animals
D.C. Code § 22-3302 - Unlawful Entry / Trespassing
D.C. Municipal Regulations Title 21, Chapter 7 - Littering / Solid Waste
D.C. Code § 22-405.01 - Resisting Arrest
Court Orders - Stay-Away Orders, Release Violations, Failure to Appear, Probation Violations

Cannot imagine calling the police every time a mentally unwell person has made a vague vocal threat to do me bodily harm. Who would that actually help?

You are part of the problem report them all. DC should reward those who report these crimes and give an additional bonus for each of these criminals taken off the street and incarcerated for a year

Yelling something obnoxious at me is not a crime though.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had heard there were online apologists for DC street crime, like the issue with overmoderated dc subreddits, but this thread is the first time I’ve seen them live! Wow, just wow.

Someone hit you, unprovoked, in a public place, and you didn’t call the police, and you’re proud of it? My goodness. You’re crazier than your assailant.

So you wanted me to stay downtown, call police, wait for them to show up, and give a report where the only information I could give about the suspect was his gender and race and which direction he had been going however long before the cops got there, instead of just going about my business and going home? I wasn’t injured at all and there was no way they were going to make an arrest. Calling the police would have just been punishing myself for having it happen by wasting my time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how you get repeat public-disorder offenders off the streets: enforce the laws already on the books.

It does not usually start with one major felony. It starts with the smaller crimes everyone ignores: disorderly conduct, obstruction, trespass, threats, littering, animal cruelty, leaving out harmful items to injure animals, and repeated harassment.

Call every time. Document every incident. Get video when safe. Identify witnesses. Push for every charge that fits. Each arrest, citation, stay-away order, failure to appear, or probation violation builds the record.

If police consistently enforced these existing laws against repeat offenders, neighborhoods would be safer. Ignoring “minor” crimes lets the behavior escalate. Enforcing them early creates the paper trail needed to detain, restrict, prosecute, and eventually remove dangerous or disruptive people from the street.

D.C. laws that may apply:

D.C. Code § 22-1321 - Disorderly Conduct
D.C. Code § 22-1307 - Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding
D.C. Code § 22-407 - Threats to Do Bodily Harm
D.C. Code § 22-1810 - Threatening Injury or Property Damage
D.C. Code § 22-404 - Assault / Threatened Assault
D.C. Code § 22-1001 - Cruelty to Animals
D.C. Code § 22-3302 - Unlawful Entry / Trespassing
D.C. Municipal Regulations Title 21, Chapter 7 - Littering / Solid Waste
D.C. Code § 22-405.01 - Resisting Arrest
Court Orders - Stay-Away Orders, Release Violations, Failure to Appear, Probation Violations

Cannot imagine calling the police every time a mentally unwell person has made a vague vocal threat to do me bodily harm. Who would that actually help?

You are part of the problem report them all. DC should reward those who report these crimes and give an additional bonus for each of these criminals taken off the street and incarcerated for a year

Yelling something obnoxious at me is not a crime though.

U don't make the laws but it is

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had heard there were online apologists for DC street crime, like the issue with overmoderated dc subreddits, but this thread is the first time I’ve seen them live! Wow, just wow.

Someone hit you, unprovoked, in a public place, and you didn’t call the police, and you’re proud of it? My goodness. You’re crazier than your assailant.

So you wanted me to stay downtown, call police, wait for them to show up, and give a report where the only information I could give about the suspect was his gender and race and which direction he had been going however long before the cops got there, instead of just going about my business and going home? I wasn’t injured at all and there was no way they were going to make an arrest. Calling the police would have just been punishing myself for having it happen by wasting my time.

You could have been arrested for misgendering. Good call.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I had heard there were online apologists for DC street crime, like the issue with overmoderated dc subreddits, but this thread is the first time I’ve seen them live! Wow, just wow.

Someone hit you, unprovoked, in a public place, and you didn’t call the police, and you’re proud of it? My goodness. You’re crazier than your assailant.

So you wanted me to stay downtown, call police, wait for them to show up, and give a report where the only information I could give about the suspect was his gender and race and which direction he had been going however long before the cops got there, instead of just going about my business and going home? I wasn’t injured at all and there was no way they were going to make an arrest. Calling the police would have just been punishing myself for having it happen by wasting my time.

NP. Not sure I would have called the police either but I certainly wouldn’t be touting that this as acceptable or ok and anyone who says otherwise is a “racist” who “should just move if they don’t like it.” Such a pathetic and immature response. And it does sound like something is wrong with you. I think you need to find a therapist stat.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had heard there were online apologists for DC street crime, like the issue with overmoderated dc subreddits, but this thread is the first time I’ve seen them live! Wow, just wow.

Someone hit you, unprovoked, in a public place, and you didn’t call the police, and you’re proud of it? My goodness. You’re crazier than your assailant.

So you wanted me to stay downtown, call police, wait for them to show up, and give a report where the only information I could give about the suspect was his gender and race and which direction he had been going however long before the cops got there, instead of just going about my business and going home? I wasn’t injured at all and there was no way they were going to make an arrest. Calling the police would have just been punishing myself for having it happen by wasting my time.

NP. Not sure I would have called the police either but I certainly wouldn’t be touting that this as acceptable or ok and anyone who says otherwise is a “racist” who “should just move if they don’t like it.” Such a pathetic and immature response. And it does sound like something is wrong with you. I think you need to find a therapist stat.

I never said anyone who said otherwise was a racist or that people should move. (I didn’t even say what race the guy was.) I didn’t say it wad acceptable or okay, I just said sometimes things can be upsetting or scary and that doesn’t mean you have to call the police about it.

I do see that other people in this thread are saying the things you’re quoting, but I can’t be responsible for their comments.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had heard there were online apologists for DC street crime, like the issue with overmoderated dc subreddits, but this thread is the first time I’ve seen them live! Wow, just wow.

Someone hit you, unprovoked, in a public place, and you didn’t call the police, and you’re proud of it? My goodness. You’re crazier than your assailant.

So you wanted me to stay downtown, call police, wait for them to show up, and give a report where the only information I could give about the suspect was his gender and race and which direction he had been going however long before the cops got there, instead of just going about my business and going home? I wasn’t injured at all and there was no way they were going to make an arrest. Calling the police would have just been punishing myself for having it happen by wasting my time.

NP. Not sure I would have called the police either but I certainly wouldn’t be touting that this as acceptable or ok and anyone who says otherwise is a “racist” who “should just move if they don’t like it.” Such a pathetic and immature response. And it does sound like something is wrong with you. I think you need to find a therapist stat.

I never said anyone who said otherwise was a racist or that people should move. (I didn’t even say what race the guy was.) I didn’t say it wad acceptable or okay, I just said sometimes things can be upsetting or scary and that doesn’t mean you have to call the police about it.

I do see that other people in this thread are saying the things you’re quoting, but I can’t be responsible for their comments.

FWIW I also didn’t call police after a garbage truck swung its door open as it passed me while I rode my bike to work once years ago and the employees laughed — because it didn’t hit me (though it scared me pretty badly) and I didn’t get its license plate number. I don’t see the point in calling police if there’s no chance they’ll make an arrest.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had heard there were online apologists for DC street crime, like the issue with overmoderated dc subreddits, but this thread is the first time I’ve seen them live! Wow, just wow.

Someone hit you, unprovoked, in a public place, and you didn’t call the police, and you’re proud of it? My goodness. You’re crazier than your assailant.

So you wanted me to stay downtown, call police, wait for them to show up, and give a report where the only information I could give about the suspect was his gender and race and which direction he had been going however long before the cops got there, instead of just going about my business and going home? I wasn’t injured at all and there was no way they were going to make an arrest. Calling the police would have just been punishing myself for having it happen by wasting my time.

NP. Not sure I would have called the police either but I certainly wouldn’t be touting that this as acceptable or ok and anyone who says otherwise is a “racist” who “should just move if they don’t like it.” Such a pathetic and immature response. And it does sound like something is wrong with you. I think you need to find a therapist stat.

I never said anyone who said otherwise was a racist or that people should move. (I didn’t even say what race the guy was.) I didn’t say it wad acceptable or okay, I just said sometimes things can be upsetting or scary and that doesn’t mean you have to call the police about it.

I do see that other people in this thread are saying the things you’re quoting, but I can’t be responsible for their comments.

FWIW I also didn’t call police after a garbage truck swung its door open as it passed me while I rode my bike to work once years ago and the employees laughed — because it didn’t hit me (though it scared me pretty badly) and I didn’t get its license plate number. I don’t see the point in calling police if there’s no chance they’ll make an arrest.

You don't seem to be able to tell the difference between assault and every day events.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had heard there were online apologists for DC street crime, like the issue with overmoderated dc subreddits, but this thread is the first time I’ve seen them live! Wow, just wow.

Someone hit you, unprovoked, in a public place, and you didn’t call the police, and you’re proud of it? My goodness. You’re crazier than your assailant.

So you wanted me to stay downtown, call police, wait for them to show up, and give a report where the only information I could give about the suspect was his gender and race and which direction he had been going however long before the cops got there, instead of just going about my business and going home? I wasn’t injured at all and there was no way they were going to make an arrest. Calling the police would have just been punishing myself for having it happen by wasting my time.

NP. Not sure I would have called the police either but I certainly wouldn’t be touting that this as acceptable or ok and anyone who says otherwise is a “racist” who “should just move if they don’t like it.” Such a pathetic and immature response. And it does sound like something is wrong with you. I think you need to find a therapist stat.

I never said anyone who said otherwise was a racist or that people should move. (I didn’t even say what race the guy was.) I didn’t say it wad acceptable or okay, I just said sometimes things can be upsetting or scary and that doesn’t mean you have to call the police about it.

I do see that other people in this thread are saying the things you’re quoting, but I can’t be responsible for their comments.

FWIW I also didn’t call police after a garbage truck swung its door open as it passed me while I rode my bike to work once years ago and the employees laughed — because it didn’t hit me (though it scared me pretty badly) and I didn’t get its license plate number. I don’t see the point in calling police if there’s no chance they’ll make an arrest.

You don't seem to be able to tell the difference between assault and every day events.

This was not assault, they tried to hit me but didn’t.

[Anonymous]

That guy doesn't bother me as much as the crazy dude who walks around with a machete or large hunting knife in his hand in Tenleytown. I am surprised they haven't had a duel over the chicken bones.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is how you get repeat public-disorder offenders off the streets: enforce the laws already on the books.

It does not usually start with one major felony. It starts with the smaller crimes everyone ignores: disorderly conduct, obstruction, trespass, threats, littering, animal cruelty, leaving out harmful items to injure animals, and repeated harassment.

Call every time. Document every incident. Get video when safe. Identify witnesses. Push for every charge that fits. Each arrest, citation, stay-away order, failure to appear, or probation violation builds the record.

If police consistently enforced these existing laws against repeat offenders, neighborhoods would be safer. Ignoring “minor” crimes lets the behavior escalate. Enforcing them early creates the paper trail needed to detain, restrict, prosecute, and eventually remove dangerous or disruptive people from the street.

D.C. laws that may apply:

D.C. Code § 22-1321 - Disorderly Conduct
D.C. Code § 22-1307 - Crowding, Obstructing, or Incommoding
D.C. Code § 22-407 - Threats to Do Bodily Harm
D.C. Code § 22-1810 - Threatening Injury or Property Damage
D.C. Code § 22-404 - Assault / Threatened Assault
D.C. Code § 22-1001 - Cruelty to Animals
D.C. Code § 22-3302 - Unlawful Entry / Trespassing
D.C. Municipal Regulations Title 21, Chapter 7 - Littering / Solid Waste
D.C. Code § 22-405.01 - Resisting Arrest
Court Orders - Stay-Away Orders, Release Violations, Failure to Appear, Probation Violations

Cannot imagine calling the police every time a mentally unwell person has made a vague vocal threat to do me bodily harm. Who would that actually help?

You are part of the problem report them all. DC should reward those who report these crimes and give an additional bonus for each of these criminals taken off the street and incarcerated for a year

Yelling something obnoxious at me is not a crime though.

U don't make the laws but it is

Yeah, I'm sure the police in DC has nothing better to do than respond to a call about a homeless man yelling. Get over yourself.