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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]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[/quote]

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?[/quote]

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 [/quote]

Yelling something obnoxious at me is not a crime though. [/quote]

U don't make the laws but it is[/quote]

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. [/quote]

This attitude is why crime is so hight, the debate here is wild. Kind of like telling someone who got sexually assaulted to wear a burka. [/quote]

hahahahahahahaha NO.

You have to be a true lunatic to equate rape to some homeless guy yelling in your direction. This is why no one takes your seriously.[/quote]

no society should accept threatening yelling towards others as ok behavior but it sounds like this lovely gentleman is also breaking multiple other laws, so he should be thrown the book[/quote]

No society, but especially a society as wealthy as the one we live in should accept this many homeless individuals on the streets. We have failed in every single way. We don't treat our veterans when they come back from war and they end up on the street. We do not take care of kids in foster care and they end up on drugs and on the streets. We do not take care of people with severe mental health issues. We have collectively decided that guns are more important than our children. YET, we seem SO EFFING surprised when we see people like Duane yelling at folks. So yeah, go ahead and call the police. They'll take him for the night and you'll feel so proud of yourself. But he will be back on his corner in a day. [/quote]

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