What are the chances DC institutes a curfew like we had in the 90s?

[Anonymous]

I was a youngster when we had curfews in the summer back in the 90s. I can’t remember if they ran al year long at one point. But what are the chances things go back to this?

[Anonymous]

I’d say zero. They are not racially equitable.

[Anonymous]

Curfews? Who will enforce them? The $24 million dollar-defunded MPD?

Cops aren’t stupid. They understand what’s going on. They’ve taken a hands-off approach to crime so DC residents can sleep in the bed they’ve made for themselves. Good for them. Let the people who think cops are the enemy deal with the crime that comes when thugs realize the police are going to sit back, do nothing, and wait to be called after the fact.

Y’all l wanted police defunded. This is what defunded policing looks like.

Suck it.

[Anonymous]

Let’s just blanket make all men stay in after 9. The world would be a lot safer for the rest of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let’s just blanket make all men stay in after 9. The world would be a lot safer for the rest of us.

Not for those of us who are victims of domestic abuse…

[Anonymous]

Curfews don’t do anything to fix the underlying problems of crime and violence. It’s just another useless temporary tool of oppression for scared white people in authority to throw at minority communities.

[Anonymous]

The ACLU would not let them stand.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curfews? Who will enforce them? The $24 million dollar-defunded MPD?

Cops aren’t stupid. They understand what’s going on. They’ve taken a hands-off approach to crime so DC residents can sleep in the bed they’ve made for themselves. Good for them. Let the people who think cops are the enemy deal with the crime that comes when thugs realize the police are going to sit back, do nothing, and wait to be called after the fact.

Y’all l wanted police defunded. This is what defunded policing looks like.

Suck it.

I agree. If I were a PO the last thing I'd want is to be on someone's cell phone 'enforcing curfew'. We give our police a LOT of mixed message.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curfews? Who will enforce them? The $24 million dollar-defunded MPD?

Cops aren’t stupid. They understand what’s going on. They’ve taken a hands-off approach to crime so DC residents can sleep in the bed they’ve made for themselves. Good for them. Let the people who think cops are the enemy deal with the crime that comes when thugs realize the police are going to sit back, do nothing, and wait to be called after the fact.

Y’all l wanted police defunded. This is what defunded policing looks like.

Suck it.

I agree. If I were a PO the last thing I'd want is to be on someone's cell phone 'enforcing curfew'. We give our police a LOT of mixed message.

Yup. And unfortunately the police reform driven by activists (who have good intentions but who don't understand the impacts of crime) is creating a situation that hurts people of color even more.

The fix is MUCH larger than police. But people want to throw their support behind a meme, not a real solution.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Let’s just blanket make all men stay in after 9. The world would be a lot safer for the rest of us.

Not for those of us who are victims of domestic abuse…

Sure, it won’t solve everything but it sure would solve a lot.

[Anonymous]

There is no chance.

Trinidad had a curfew and restricted access back in the 00s when it was an open air drug market and it was struck down as unconstitutional. You can’t institute that kind of restriction on freedom to move on a permanent or rolling basis. It can only be done in response to an immediate threat (like the curfew implemented on Jan. 6).

The shootings the last two days are awful, especially the senseless death of such a young child. But the idea that we can solve this by tightening control over citizens is naive. We need to address the root causes of this violence, including neglect of impoverished black neighborhoods, lack of economic opportunity for young people in this city, and the availability of guns. Long term, those are the things most likely to make everyone safer. A 10pm curfew won’t do anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is no chance.

Trinidad had a curfew and restricted access back in the 00s when it was an open air drug market and it was struck down as unconstitutional. You can’t institute that kind of restriction on freedom to move on a permanent or rolling basis. It can only be done in response to an immediate threat (like the curfew implemented on Jan. 6).

The shootings the last two days are awful, especially the senseless death of such a young child. But the idea that we can solve this by tightening control over citizens is naive. We need to address the root causes of this violence, including neglect of impoverished black neighborhoods, lack of economic opportunity for young people in this city, and the availability of guns. Long term, those are the things most likely to make everyone safer. A 10pm curfew won’t do anything.

If anything, from the pandemic I learned that it was naive to think draconian measures like mandatory lockdowns would NEVER fly here in the “land of the free.” Oh how wrong I was. Never say never.

I would also argue that most are more concerned with short term solutions. The idea of addressing root causes for sustainable, long term solutions sounds logical and makes perfect sense in theory but has yet to be proven feasible or practical.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Curfews? Who will enforce them? The $24 million dollar-defunded MPD?

Cops aren’t stupid. They understand what’s going on. They’ve taken a hands-off approach to crime so DC residents can sleep in the bed they’ve made for themselves. Good for them. Let the people who think cops are the enemy deal with the crime that comes when thugs realize the police are going to sit back, do nothing, and wait to be called after the fact.

Y’all l wanted police defunded. This is what defunded policing looks like.

Suck it.

The DC MPD had a budget increase of tens of millions of dollars this year.

Please stop with the right wing tripe and fallacy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curfews? Who will enforce them? The $24 million dollar-defunded MPD?

Cops aren’t stupid. They understand what’s going on. They’ve taken a hands-off approach to crime so DC residents can sleep in the bed they’ve made for themselves. Good for them. Let the people who think cops are the enemy deal with the crime that comes when thugs realize the police are going to sit back, do nothing, and wait to be called after the fact.

Y’all l wanted police defunded. This is what defunded policing looks like.

Suck it.

The DC MPD had a budget increase of tens of millions of dollars this year.

Please stop with the right wing tripe and fallacy.

An increase doesn't mean adequate. You need to look at what effect you want and match the numbers to it. BTW, we have the lowest number of officers in years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Curfews? Who will enforce them? The $24 million dollar-defunded MPD?

Cops aren’t stupid. They understand what’s going on. They’ve taken a hands-off approach to crime so DC residents can sleep in the bed they’ve made for themselves. Good for them. Let the people who think cops are the enemy deal with the crime that comes when thugs realize the police are going to sit back, do nothing, and wait to be called after the fact.

Y’all l wanted police defunded. This is what defunded policing looks like.

Suck it.

The DC MPD had a budget increase of tens of millions of dollars this year.

Please stop with the right wing tripe and fallacy.

The increases are not for actual policing activities. That money will end up in the hands of hundreds of political cronies who are scrambling to scribble out the forms necessary to set up more 501(c)3s for “violence interruptor” organizations.