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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They need to call in the national guard[/quote]

Sorry but dumb, knee jerk, platitude. The teen girls murdered the Uber Eats driver basically at the feet of National Guard, did not help him a bit. They come, they go, then what has changed?

What needs to happen imo is a control board 2.0, and vigorous prosecution of both adults and juveniles. Key is repealing some of the recent legislation by the Council written by DC Justice Lab. Also, put vice back in in the neighborhoods and go back to proactive not just reactive work. https://www.washingtonian.com/2015/08/26/why-did-dc-shut-down-its-vice-squads-crime-rate-cathy-lanier/ Congress needs to exercise ongoing oversight of USAO/DOJ to ensure they are actually prosecuting, benchmarks and metrics need to be public. Career staff may need to be bolstered by those who value public safety, not ideology. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/politics/black-prosecutors-dc-gun-cases/index.html

Every month MPD gets smaller. They cannot recruit enough to even match the number leaving or retiring. I am aware of several effective and experienced cops in my district who will be retiring over the next few months.

The 1993 Carjacking Bill is still on the books. If juvenile carve outs were done away with and it was actually charged, for perps of all ages, would be effective immediately, as it was then. https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/laws/10-26

Having a USAO's office from 2017-now that increasingly did not prosecute adults (and yes, Bowser and Council knew) is a big part of how we got here, the other is Nadeau, Allen and the soft on crime juvenile crowd. Terrible for public safety and for the kids who jack all day rather than go to school, are likely to be shot and killed at soaring levels and who may not even have basic literacy or any other options for income. The slap on the wrist revolving door is like a eugenics program given how many black kids are shot and killed, ignore the DC Justice Lab talking points and feel good rhetoric and look at the results!

This will be a watershed moment where a floor is put in the situation or DC spirals at an ever more rapid pace. [/quote]

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