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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP do you have a citation?  What were these numbers in previous years?[/quote]
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This story has the numbers. Take the thefts up until the date of the article (March 20) and extrapolate it over the year and you get more than 6,000 stolen cars:

[url]https://wjla.com/news/local/dc-car-theft-uspp-officer-involved-shooting-northeast-delaneo-martin-porshia-mccullum-stolen-suv-speed-camera-investigation-increase-crime-metropolitan-police-department-crash[/url]

Keep in mind the actual number would be even higher, since "[b]MPD says carjackings are not included in the auto theft data and have a separate set of numbers."[/b]

They interview the woman whose car was stolen in the recent case where the park police shot the car thief as he tried to drive away with one police officer in the car and another being dragged by it. Here's the victim:

[quote]McCullum is a mom of four, a full-time student and works two jobs. She’s hoping to just break even after insurance but is now left with no car, and frustration with the District.

"How is it that an innocent bystander can see my vehicle, but a camera cannot, but you have all of these speed cameras that are snapping our license and taking our money," McCullum said. "I don’t understand the concept.

"I’m just frustrated with everything, but I got to keep pressing forward because me being frustrated is not going to get me a vehicle."[/quote][/quote]
This is correct but not what you think. Carjacking is considered a violent crime but car theft is not. As a result, DC does everything it can to reclassify what most people would understand to be carjackings as auto theft. For example, every one of the stories you hear about where a car gets bumped and then when the people get out to look at the damage the car is forcibly taken is classified as theft and not carjacking, even if force or the threat of force is being used. This helps to keep down the violent crime stats in the city which is why there is no point in paying attention to any stat except the most important one, homicides. It is a lot harder to juke homicides than anything else.[/quote]

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