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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Panhandler gives brain bleed to 70 year old woman at Cathedral Commons.

"The documents state 33-year-old Alexander Adams approached the couple and asked them for five dollars. When the couple only gave him one dollar, he replied, "That is not enough" and proceeded to punch the man. Then, Adams grabbed the woman's wooden cane and began to strike her in the back of the head repeatedly breaking the cane into two pieces. "[/quote]

Giant should ban panhandlers from their property.  Why doesn't Mary Cheh propose a law for this?

I've seen them be verbally aggressive and the one with the loud music and microphone at Van Ness is annoying , but this physical attack is disturbing.  The beating would have probably been worse if they didn't give the panhandler anything.[/quote]

Please put these number in your phone. Use it if you see someone lying prone OR shouting aggressively. The man who attacked this woman was off his medication and I'm sure not acting normally beforehand. If a passerby had called in their concern--you don't need to supply your name, just the address where it is happening--you might have saved this elderly woman a vicious beating around the head. The passivity of DC residents is part of the problem.

[b]If you see someone outside in need of shelter or a welfare check, call the Shelter Hotline at (202) 399-7093 or dial 311[/b][/quote]

This is a laugh. People in DC are passive because they have already called these numbers and seen nothing is done. What exactly would happen if you reported an aggressive panhandler? A violence interrupter shows up and talks them into taking medication? Get out of here. [/quote]

A crew does a wellness check. They try to direct them to shelter or treatment. At the very least , their behavior is noticed and interrupted for a moment. My theory is that if that happens enough times a day, maybe they will accept help or move on.  [/quote]

So it turns out this man had been ARRESTED a few hours earlier for assaulting a woman and taking her phone.  So DC has become so lenient and cares so little about the safety of citizens that a man can physically assault three people in one day? And be arrested twice in a day for violent crimes?  I probably won’t be calling 311 or 911.  I will just get some mace and protect myself accordingly since the city government doesn’t give a sh** about my safety.[/quote]

He's also another mentally ill person whose family tried to help him, but there is little support from the state it seems when people stop taking medication and become delusional and violent. Why is there no diversion to an involuntary hold when people with a record start acting erratic?  But please do call 311, 911, and homeless wellness checks. As calls comes in the city can't TOTALLY ignore the way this impacts citizens.[/quote]

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