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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The answer is probably one of two reasons:

-the tags aren’t fake—you can buy temporary tags from dealerships that are basically just fronts for temp tag sales (see: Texas)

-the tages are fake but you can’t tell—the info isn’t entered into a database so unless you run the VIN you can’t tell the tag isn’t legit. I’d be pretty annoyed if I kept getting pulled over for a VIN check because I have temporary dealer tags. A temp tag isn’t probably cause anyway. [/quote]

First of all, the tags are absolutely fake. Oftentimes they are absurdly fake, like printed off at home.

Second, these ghost cars are a major problem in fighting crime in the district right now. So take them off the streets. I don’t care if it’s more work for the cops and a possible minor inconvenience for people with legit tags. [/quote]

Taking them off the street wouldn’t be equitable and the Council legally prohibited the cops from chasing for traffic violations.[/quote]

Correct. This isn't a rumor we're speculating about. It is explicit and in writing for all to see.[/quote]

Still waiting for the link to the “explicit” and “in writing” policy on paper tags you keep referring to …[/quote]

https://twitter.com/JWPascale/status/1577728254013837336

https://ggwash.org/view/88886/fake-tags-are-a-real-problem

I have a feeling you're the kind of person who won't come back and acknowledge that here it is for you to see. What other assumptions are you wrong about? (hint: all of them).

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Actually, I’m the OP and I’m trying to get to the root of the problem so I can figure out who to complain to. (My CM is Charles Allen so that’s useless). Looks like they (the mayor?) had a task force that looked at the problem and decided all the proposed solutions would have a disparate impact on people of color. Hard to know whether that’s a smart decision without knowing what was proposed (unless the proposed solutions were “pull over more Black people,” I suspect that decision was misguided).

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This is how you know the premise of “Maryland” is b.s., because DC politicians wouldn’t care one whit about disparate impacts on Maryland residents. In fact, not too long ago the DC crime story the mayor was trying to tell was that it was Maryland residents inflicting crime on DC.

They may be “Maryland” tags, but it’s DC residents forging them and using them in DC. So the name of the state on the tags are irrelevant. They could say Hawaii and the point would remain the same. [/quote]

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