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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DC crimes are not prosecuted. They declined to prosecute 67% of local arrests. Philly was only 4% to give an example
 DC is allowing crime to happen and not chosing to prosecute it they are eventually asking for it and voters are supporting it
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This is it right here. I personally know 3 DC residents who were the victims of crime and none of their cases were prosecuted. They returned "no paper" on every single case.

1. Carjacking. Victim provided very good description of the guys who did it, including a pair of distinct shoes. The guys were caught in the stolen car nearby. The descriptions matched and the one guy was wearing the shoes. Prosecutor chose to no paper due to lack of evidence. This was in 2022.

2. Robbery. Surveillance footage of the robbery was provided to the police. No prosecution. What's even better in this case is that the victim went to the location where her belongings were recovered and spoke with the manager of the business about security footage. The manager would not send her the footage (said the police could get it, tho) but allowed her to use her cell phone to record the screen. The person who robbed her and the person who ditched the belongings are the same. The police never even asked about any security footage from either location. This was in 2023.

3. B&E. Ring footage and inside video footage provided to the police. No prosecution. This was in 2023.

Make it make sense, please.

The young people of DC know they can pretty much do what they want and get away with it. [/quote]

If you're a victim of crime in DC, you realize pretty quickly that neither MPD nor the USAO are doing their jobs. On purpose.

I've been a DC resident for fifteen years and something has definitely changed...and its not the laws. MPD can be outright hostile to victims of crime.

Until you witness it yourself, you don't know what you're talking about.

So yes, the criminals act with impunity because they know MPD and USAO are on their side. It's crazy.[/quote]

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