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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With violent crime soaring back to 90s levels, it's time to bring back broken windows policing. Discuss.[/quote]
I think you may be rushing this. You just need to give the current policies and services more time to work. A few more years and the results will start to show positive change. You can’t just arrest and prosecute everyone and expect things to change. Have faith in the elected leaders. [/quote]

You’re delusional.  Truly delusional.[/quote]
I guess Im just trying to understand how DC got here from a policy perspective. Didn't voters support these leaders and their respective ideas that are currently in place? Are people saying that these policies don't work? Or just that the current trend in criminal conduct is unrelated to the policies driven by our elected officials? As I understand it, many of those elected have a good bit of support from the local constituency. Is this not true?

So in my estimation, the elected leaders and their progressive policies on crime were and still are supported by DC residents, mostly. Or DC residents don't think crime and their elected leaders and subsequent progressive policies are related? I don't like to throw out the "this is what people voted for," but I have a hard time believing everyone in these crime threads are MAGA. It is interesting that I also never see thoughtful and reasoned support for what's happening either, so maybe the voters just turning a blind eye as long as any democrat is elected? Or they aren't affected by these occurrences? Or maybe it really isn't an issue. [/quote]

The voting base for the primaries are extremists who rule the Democrat machine in DC and make sure moderates get no funding or support. Their extreme policies are easy to talk about without actually doing anything substantive because they sound nice. They hand wave any solution that either doesn't work 100% of the time or can somewhat credibly be said to impact a hypothetical minority in some bad way. That's why you see them say you "can't prosecute out of this" then talk about root causes which are impossible to address with rampant crime.

In sum, DC residents have a hard time speaking out against their politicians because they get called racist if they are white and condescended to or ignored if they are a POC.[/quote]
But if extremists do actually have that much political power, they can change / propose any of these laws with little pushback or opposition. Why would they continue to choose seemingly failing policies in regards to crime?

It's not like there is a risk of losing re-election, so why continue with bad policies when they can change them and still stay in power? It all just seems strange.[/quote]

Because they are extremists who believe in these policies or pragmatists who understand they can't politically change anything. If they ask for more police or arrests then numerous activist orgs will call them racist/fascist and get them primaried out.[/quote]

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