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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is great news. The state shouldn't be able to take away the ability of hard working people to get to their jobs. This is another nail in the coffin of generational poverty for BIPOC.[/quote]

Gotta love the idea that BIPOC can’t possibly just drive safely or follow the law.  Casual racism displays itself in many ways. [/quote]

This. Years ago, I was offered a ride by immigrant Hispanic neighbors I knew from our kids' school. I was young and stupid and not strictly inclined to use my seatbelt, but they politely asked me to belt up so they wouldn't get stopped by MPD (or wouldn't be found to have violated any rules if they were stopped for some other reason). They were right about safety but also right to insist on basic precautions to avoid citations they couldn't afford. I don't understand why this can't be a basic expectation for everyone. People who can't moderate their speed shouldn't drive, and should expect consequences if they do.[/quote]
And yet it’s been empirically proven that cameras are placed disproportionately in predominantly Black communities. 
https://www.thenewspaper.com/rlc/docs/2018/dc-policycenter.pdf
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You can dissect data on minor, major, and fatal crashes in DC here: https://www.arcgis.com/apps/dashboards/a2f1cca5159e4c6eae197895d2e08336

Between January 1st, 2018 and July 15, 2022, 158 people were killed on DC streets. 46 percent of those fatalities occurred on the streets of Wards 7 and 8, an area which houses only 22 percent of DC's population.

Residents of wards 7 and 8 are disproportionally victimized by traffic violence. Anyone who argues that relaxing enforcement is beneficial to the residents of those wards clearly isn't thinking much about those victims.[/quote] 
I love patronizing people who think they know what’s in the best interest of people of color. If only they understood that taking away their drivers licenses was in their best interests? You’re not trying to punish them but only to save them from “traffic violence”. Right?[/quote]

It’s very clear that you don’t care about the interests of anyone other than yourself and those with whom you share a coincidence of interest due to their similar inability to adhere to the basic rules that make streets safe for use by the rest of the population. There isn’t - or, thanks to our Council, shouldn’t - be no divine right to drive. If you cannot do so without endangering the lives of others, either get lessons or find another mode of transport. In the meantime, please stop pathetically pretending to represent those about whom you manifestly have no concern whatsoever. (You may also be a Macedonian troll and, if so, I commend your effort.)[/quote]

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