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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm one of the ones who bailed on DC a couple months ago with crime escalating and other quality of life issues going down the tubes. The story of the mother and child being shot in front of their home by a stranger should shake some people up- it's horrifying. They were shot in front of their husband/dad and other sibling, all over a scooter being parked on the block by an obviously really bad guy. It's time to leave DC. Take your tax dollars and join me away from the city. The council, the mayor, no one else will listen or do anything about the problems. Even if they catch the guy who shot this family, good luck seeing actual justice done. It'll be like the Uber Eats driver who was killed, and the perps got, what, a 2-4 years? Vote with your feet!![/quote]

I could not be any more horrified at people like you using events like this to push an agenda. I could google and list a ton of disturbing crimes that have happened in Bethesda, Potomac, Falls Church or whatever suburb you fled to. Crime is not unique to a city. You are gross and I am actually glad you left our city.

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NP. If you think as many children are killed by gun violence in Bethesda as in DC, I don’t know what to tell you. You really should educate yourself. [/quote]

"You are gross"?

I understand that PP urging people to leave the city sounds extreme, but boycotting is a form of social protest when other measures of drawing attention to an issue have failed. Restorative justice and "police reform: are in full swing thanks to Charles Allen and our city council. But what are the parts of these movements that provide crime prevention and criminal reform? Is societal safety at large still a goal? How will it be ensured? How is it measured? As the unsolved crimes ratchet up from  car theft and jackings to brazen murders , the Mayor and Council need to acknowledge that crime, homelessness, drug abuse and mental health are challenges that DC needs to address in more ways than "but guns!" "but police reform!" "but early release!" "but equity!". Until they do outline clear preventive, detecting/adjudicating/convicting  and criminal reform proposals, people can and will vote with their feet as the most dramatic way of saying "no thanks". And that comes as a hardship to them as well. When families uproot over safety, it is the city that has done them a disservice.[/quote]

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