Shooting outside Nats Park

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What’s your point, PP?

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Anonymous wrote:Another Saturday Night in Bowserville. This is unreal - the first time I’ve ever felt remotely unsafe living here and it’s been decades.

If it has been decades, then you should remember the carjackings of the late 80's/early 90's.

Carjackings and shooting are back in D.C. vogue, unabashedly.

Nats Park handled this HORRIBLY. People laid on the ground, ducking for cover, for seemingly forever. They made sure to secure the players first, and NO ONE knew what was really happening. Fans were running toward the dugout for cover.

DISGRACEFUL Nats - you can do better with minimal effort.

Awful. No one should go to a baseball game in the Nation's Capitol and experience this BS.

The Nats also handled the tornado horrible. Complete negligence. They waited until the last out in the 5th inning to make it a complete game. Then about 30 seconds later they told everyone to run for their lives. They knew that storm was coming 20 minutes before it hit.

I’ve been to two games this season - last night & the tornado one! Though for whatever reason don’t blame Nats park for either one. That said not sure when I want to go back!

Please let us know when you next plan to go to a game.

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Any strong candidates out there to run against and defeat Bowser?

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You people are absolutely ridiculous. Point being, why didn't they tell people there what was happening? COMMUNICATION. Silly me, when you hear gun shots, and you don't know if they are in or out of the stadium, you'd like to know!

"Drive by involving two cars outside the park. Remain calm, remain in place, and we will keep you informed." Easy. But no, they had to freak everyone out by corralling the players and ignoring the fans - half of whom were leaving DURING the shooting (Nats were down by 3 at the top of the 6th) - the other half were either screaming or hiding under their seats.

If that is entertaining to you, I wish this situation on you and your family, see how you like it.

If we have to be subjected to this crap, regardless of politics (take it to the politics board) - then at least know how to handle a crises involving tens of thousands of people in your ball park.

I will be seeing baseball in other cities from now on. If nothing else, your PR team and damage control sucks.

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He’s not wrong. How much are people talking about the 6 year old killed the night before in a drive by in Southeast?

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Anonymous wrote:I’ve lived in DC since ‘94. I haven’t felt this unsafe in a very long time. Daily notices of “I heard gunfire” in nextdoor for the last many months (don’t try and spin it as “firecrackers”). I think the sense of lawlessness stems from a mayor who hasn’t done a thing about rampant theft from porch pirates for more than a year now and also from zero will to do anything about public, open use of drugs. The whole city smells like pot now that it’s “legal.” These “small” crimes lead to real criminals feeling like there is no law enforcement presence and no accountability. Sucks. After 25 years, I’m moving.

“All part of living in a vibrant, diverse city”

“If you can’t handle it, move to somewhere where you’ll be surrounded by other racists like you”


These are the standard refrains that will be trotted out on this thread. I’ve seen them over and over.

I see these on my Facebook group pages for Hill East and Navy Yard. Any rebuttal is met with knee jerk claims of racism or being unsympathetic to the plight of the downtrodden. Hi, I have little kids. I don’t want them to get hurt. I don’t want to self flagellate for past wrongs and some sort of cause. It’s not cool ro virtue signal that you’re such a hip city dweller that crime doesn’t phase you and it’s just a part of normal life. It’s nuts.9

Many of those people on those Facebook groups will move out of DC to avoid the schools when their kids get older or send to private. They are virtue signaling hypocrites who don’t really do anything to improve the lives of those who’s communities have the highest crime rates.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

He’s not wrong. How much are people talking about the 6 year old killed the night before in a drive by in Southeast?

Agree. But in general, this city has always been that way: "eff everyone else" - sad. People here are too apathetic to be embarrassed.

[Anonymous]

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You people are absolutely ridiculous. Point being, why didn't they tell people there what was happening? COMMUNICATION. Silly me, when you hear gun shots, and you don't know if they are in or out of the stadium, you'd like to know!

"Drive by involving two cars outside the park. Remain calm, remain in place, and we will keep you informed." Easy. But no, they had to freak everyone out by corralling the players and ignoring the fans - half of whom were leaving DURING the shooting (Nats were down by 3 at the top of the 6th) - the other half were either screaming or hiding under their seats.

If that is entertaining to you, I wish this situation on you and your family, see how you like it.

If we have to be subjected to this crap, regardless of politics (take it to the politics board) - then at least know how to handle a crises involving tens of thousands of people in your ball park.

I will be seeing baseball in other cities from now on. If nothing else, your PR team and damage control sucks.

Who said it’s entertaining? They made an announcement after five minutes. What exactly are you expecting?

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Anonymous wrote:Unpopular but verifiable statistic:

Crime rise is DC corresponds to the semi legalization of marijuana.

Correlation does not equal causation, but the City Council really does need to take a long and hard look at the weird mish mash of drug policy we exist in now. Most DC residents simply think pot is legal. And because DC Police have been told not to arrest anybody for it, the laws on the book are meaningless anyway.

Oh boy. I wish this comment would get deleted. Not out of censorship, but because it’s a pearl clutching response to a non-issue. Marijuana has zero impact on crime other than if a robbery is committed at one of the many “gift” shops across the district.

If anything, Congress needs to hurry and get the banking bill approved, so weed shops don’t need to hold cash. The rider was stripped out of the recent budget to ban the city from implementing its own tax and regulatory scheme. In a few months, we will be much more organized with how it’s sold.

But no, weed is not affecting peoples brains to commit crimes. If anything is probably helping lessen aggression.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

He’s not wrong. How much are people talking about the 6 year old killed the night before in a drive by in Southeast?

I wasn't aware that I, as a DC area resident, was required to stop talking about our local violence because another city is not talking about their local violence. Interesting! I will be sure to survey the nation and make sure that my behavior is not inconsistent with the behavior of other random people and cities nationwide. Thank you, very cool

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ve lived in DC since ‘94. I haven’t felt this unsafe in a very long time. Daily notices of “I heard gunfire” in nextdoor for the last many months (don’t try and spin it as “firecrackers”). I think the sense of lawlessness stems from a mayor who hasn’t done a thing about rampant theft from porch pirates for more than a year now and also from zero will to do anything about public, open use of drugs. The whole city smells like pot now that it’s “legal.” These “small” crimes lead to real criminals feeling like there is no law enforcement presence and no accountability. Sucks. After 25 years, I’m moving.

“All part of living in a vibrant, diverse city”

“If you can’t handle it, move to somewhere where you’ll be surrounded by other racists like you”


These are the standard refrains that will be trotted out on this thread. I’ve seen them over and over.

I see these on my Facebook group pages for Hill East and Navy Yard. Any rebuttal is met with knee jerk claims of racism or being unsympathetic to the plight of the downtrodden. Hi, I have little kids. I don’t want them to get hurt. I don’t want to self flagellate for past wrongs and some sort of cause. It’s not cool ro virtue signal that you’re such a hip city dweller that crime doesn’t phase you and it’s just a part of normal life. It’s nuts.9

Many of those people on those Facebook groups will move out of DC to avoid the schools when their kids get older or send to private. They are virtue signaling hypocrites who don’t really do anything to improve the lives of those who’s communities have the highest crime rates.

Completely. The snarky comments people make when a poster says their dogs are scared of the 2 weeks worth of fireworks every night are so stupid. Shut the fk up you idiots. You’re not cool for being “down” with the sounds of neighborhood foreworks. People are trying to sleep you fks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

You people are absolutely ridiculous. Point being, why didn't they tell people there what was happening? COMMUNICATION. Silly me, when you hear gun shots, and you don't know if they are in or out of the stadium, you'd like to know!

"Drive by involving two cars outside the park. Remain calm, remain in place, and we will keep you informed." Easy. But no, they had to freak everyone out by corralling the players and ignoring the fans - half of whom were leaving DURING the shooting (Nats were down by 3 at the top of the 6th) - the other half were either screaming or hiding under their seats.

If that is entertaining to you, I wish this situation on you and your family, see how you like it.

If we have to be subjected to this crap, regardless of politics (take it to the politics board) - then at least know how to handle a crises involving tens of thousands of people in your ball park.

I will be seeing baseball in other cities from now on. If nothing else, your PR team and damage control sucks.

Who said it’s entertaining? They made an announcement after five minutes. What exactly are you expecting?

It was not five minutes, certainly not to people hidden under the seats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

He’s not wrong. How much are people talking about the 6 year old killed the night before in a drive by in Southeast?

I wasn't aware that I, as a DC area resident, was required to stop talking about our local violence because another city is not talking about their local violence. Interesting! I will be sure to survey the nation and make sure that my behavior is not inconsistent with the behavior of other random people and cities nationwide. Thank you, very cool

A 6 year old girl was killed in SE DC on Friday night. What does that have to do with people nationwide?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

He’s not wrong. How much are people talking about the 6 year old killed the night before in a drive by in Southeast?

I wasn't aware that I, as a DC area resident, was required to stop talking about our local violence because another city is not talking about their local violence. Interesting! I will be sure to survey the nation and make sure that my behavior is not inconsistent with the behavior of other random people and cities nationwide. Thank you, very cool

A 6 year old girl was killed in SE DC on Friday night. What does that have to do with people nationwide?

I was referring to the tweet, which seems to have blown up enough to get posted here and suggests that DC outrage is fake because nobody cares about Chicago.