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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I smell a rat.  What I see from those numbers is that 44% of MPD just stopped doing their jobs because they are butthurt over "defund the police" talk that only amounted to 2.8%.   Those cops are in violation of their oath of duty and are fraudulently collecting checks from DC taxpayers.  [/quote]

Two police officers were recently convicted of murder because they pursued a criminal who fled from them, and the criminal recklessly drove into a car. People are really wondering why police are more reticent to enforce things these days? There’s a high likelihood a violent criminal will do something stupid and the city will ruin your life in response.[/quote]

DC police know very well what happened to 6 Baltimore city officers:

- Baltimore prosecuted the officers for doing their jobs (and that prosecutor is now herself a convicted criminal).

DC has made it abundantly clear it is seeking to prosecute police officers.

Why would any reasonable police officer risk his or her salary by doing their job, when DC seems to prosecute officers for doing their job and arresting criminals?

The current situation is not difficult to understand.[/quote]

That is certainly one piece of it, and not just salary but freedom and reputation even if did not do anything wrong? Somehow it's not always the bad apples who have life altering consequences. Another is the fact that prior to 2017, under various USAs the prosecution rate was in the 70s, common for D cities. Now it is in the low 30s, with up to 67% of cases being "no papered." Another is judges at DC and COA level who are re-living their days as public defenders, Supreme Court precedents not withstanding. [/quote]

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