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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The shooters in Dupont today and yesterday on K st were not kids. They were grown men. Most likely with a record. This violence is not about poor hungry kids. It’s about mentally ill people and sociopaths emboldened by the lawlessness in this city.[/quote]

Again, many people don't realize that the St. Elizabeth's mental asylum location was closed and they dumped a bunch of mentally I'll people on the street. Today that location is in full swing development for a basketball plaza. When you fail the broken in society this is what happens. [/quote]

St. Elizabeth's was closed in 2006. This most recent crime spike started 2-3 years ago at most.[/quote]

No, it did not. Part of the campus was developed but the hospital still operates. I know of someone there now. Hinckley was only released in 2016. Why are so many confused about this?

https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2022-06-01/judge-grants-john-hinckley-unconditional-release-four-decades-after-shooting-reagan

https://dbh.dc.gov/page/saint-elizabeths-hospital[/quote]

Even if we have enough 'beds' for all the people who really need to be treated, it's kind of moot. DC needs laws changed (Council are you there????) like CA has done to make involuntary holds easier to appropriately apply. I call 311 all the time for people in distress or ranting or threatening. If the mobile team gets to them in time (they are super slow and guess what? A homeless person can hop on a bus and make tracks in no time), the mobile team will just offer them support that the homeless person will refuse. Please keep calling stuff in--I think it's good to have a record of citizen reports-but the laws themselves need to change and our elected officials are the ones who need to do that.[/quote]

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