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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think the rise in car jackings is related to the non-enforcement of license plates. Very easy to carjack and slap on some fake paper tags. You can keep the car a lot longer if cops won’t even bother to pull you over and check paper tags for legality.

The vehicle is then used for a host of other crimes.

So let’s look at the order in which things devolved:
1. Council no longer requires drivers to pay off fines in order to renew license or car registration because it’s not fair to poor people.
2. Council tells MPD to stop pursuing stolen vehicles or pulling over vehicles for violations due to risks to innocent bystanders
3. People start using fake paper tags to get out of camera tickets. Becomes an engrained part of DC driver culture since the pandemic. No one enforces license plate rules because of #2 above
4. Car jackings and stolen vehicles skyrocket due to #3, they can just slap on a fake paper tag and blend in with the crowd

The council has incentivized a culture of driver lawlessness. Criminals are taking advantage of that stance, as they have been incentivized by the Council to commit crimes when the cops are not looking. Basically, the Council started off with a good idea (providing relief to poor people) but it ended up making the job easier for legit criminals.

Law of unintended consequences.[/quote]

Then why are carjackings up even in other jurisdictions without the same problems?[/quote]

Good question. I guess not requiring license plates and enabling criminals was a good idea after all.[/quote]

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