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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Someone posted on Nextdoor that a woman was knocked to the ground and had her purse stolen at 11 am at the giant on ew highway. Nice to see silver spring continuing its descent into third world country status. [/quote]

DCUMers would say she should feel lucky they didn’t hurt her.  It is the price to pay to live in a vibrant city.  More police will only hurt the minorities.  [/quote]

“More police” won’t protect you. The guy who killed his pregnant girlfriend and the gas station check lived in a building where you can see the police station. That’s certainly “more police” than would be mustered to DTSS and yet it didn’t stop him from murdering his pregnant gf at home or the gas station clerk nearby. “More police” just makes (White) people feel safer when they are around Black and Brown people. No evidence that it keeps law-abiding people of color safer. [/quote]

So what is your solution for the rising crime rates in DTSS? If you believe police can’t help, what will?

I’m genuinely curious. The task force suggestion to reduce policing levels by 50% in the midst of rising crime seems very illogical to me. If you have a solution that doesn’t involve police, please share it.

Cameras? Community volunteers willing to walk the area? Volunteer escorts to/from garages? Reduced hours for the metro? How should the county respond when violent crimes continue in spite of these efforts?
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Limiting Metro hours just makes it harder for service workers in DTSS. They can’t afford to live here and if the Metro started closing early, how could they afford to work here either? I’ve been an hourly wage worker dependent on Metrobus and Ride-On. It’s horrible. One bus doesn’t show or runs late and you miss your connector and end up 30-60 min late.[/quote]
Do you think you live in SOHO or something?[/quote]

I live in DTSS now, but I had the personal experience for years of not owning a car while working two hourly wage jobs in Rockville. It’s hard enough when busses run late or are cancelled. If the hours were curtailed, waitstaff and retail workers can’t afford to simply jump in an Uber.[/quote]
You’re making a lot of assumptions about people that are offensive. There is not some unwashed masses of service workers in Silver Spring that your white saviorism is going to help. You also assume the people you think are indigent don’t have a car or a family member with a car and that they want to live in DTSS like you. It’s incredible. Your neighborhood is not posh and despite what you may think, it’s not a widely desirable place to live by the people who you believe to wash your dishes. Before making assumptions about people based on stereotypes, you should probably meet them and talk to them first. Particularly since these are the people who provide your services and you pretend to be concerned about their welfare. [/quote]

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