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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You have said his name. Do you have any information about Mr. Nwogu's murder or are you just making this about you.[/quote]

I'm making this about him. This could be any of our children, pumping gas. Like the other children shot and injured or killed in DC this year. Maybe I'm old-fashioned, but the fact that he was a guest in our country makes him especially deserving of hospitality and protection. This is a selfish and heinous crime against an innocent and promising young man, his family and our DC family.[/quote]

This is a tragedy but why would he deserve more ‘protection’ than any other person?  Everyone deserves to live their life free from violence.[/quote]

I'm not going to quibble the above--it's just an emotion I feel regarding the circumstances of what happened. His parents sent him here to be educated, entrusted us/our country with him. He was our guest. It makes me feel horrible to think of this befalling a guest in a place they should feel totally safe--a well lit gas station on a major avenue in our city, the nation's capitol. If we do want to discuss words, I think we need a different word than tragedy? Tragedy, in the Greek sense, connotes inevitability and the fates . This was a heinous crime and an active choice on the part of the perpetrator.[/quote]

Should the criminals ask citizenship of their victims?   [b]It is a sad story for the city.  It is shameful that the leadership of the city let the criminals do whatever they want[/b].[/quote]

Of course not. I think you are missing my point. It is an emotional, not rational layer of response I feel to this murder. [/quote]

And I very much agree that the spike in crime and  violence in DC has been overlooked in the very successful defund the police and sentence reduction movements that DC has undertaken with stripping 15 million from the police budget and passing "Allen's Law" this year. To not also acknowledge the rise in crime (some of it heinous) and propose additional resources and remedies is an insult to DC residents and visitors.[/quote]

My fear is that this won't end well. Backlashes can be brutal. We have an opportunity for criminal justice reform. Don't waste it with your virtue signaling. [/quote]

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