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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bowser proposal to toughen D.C.’s approach to crime draws resistance

Council members and others appeared to oppose the measure that would make it easier to detain youths before trial

The D.C. mayor’s legislative proposal that would [b]impose new penalties for gun crimes and make it easier to detain some youths awaiting trial encountered fierce resistance at a council hearing[/b] Tuesday, even as the city’s top federal prosecutor and a host of residents said the bill would help reduce violent crime in the nation’s capital.

[b]D.C. Council member Janeese Lewis George (D-Ward 4) said the proposed legislation would be “incredibly traumatizing” to children.[/b]

....That tension between the mayor and her council around how to address crime is familiar. Earlier this year, they sparred over a revision to the District’s criminal code — with the mayor vetoing the measure that would have decreased sentences for some crimes, only to have the council override her. Congress ultimately weighed in and sided with the mayor, voting to block local legislation for the first time in more than 30 years.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/06/27/bowser-crime-bill-dc-council-opposition/

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Curious if you've seen the recent reporting coming out of DYRS? It appears CM George was 100% right about that.[/quote]

Getting carjacked by a teenager has been traumatizing for hundreds of DC residents so far this year. [/quote]

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