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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It’s comical that with rising crime the city is going to reform the criminal justice code so it’s more lenient.[/quote]

The criminal code reform is not about making it more lenient. It is about modernizing it. The DC criminal code has not undergone a comprehensive revision in about a century, which is way out of step with what other jurisdictions have done. The recommendations that formed the foundation for the current bill were formed over the course of 4 years by a diverse group of participants. They are not winging it to be soft on crime. If you are interested in learning more, I'd suggest you check out: https://ccrc.dc.gov/page/frequently-asked-questions-8[/quote]

I’m calling you out.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/546027-dc-police-reform-commission-recommends-shrinking-size-of-force/amp/

This quote: “ “Decentering police requires shifting our collective focus and resources to invest far more in community-centered programs that prevent harm, while simultaneously realigning and reducing the size, responsibilities, and budget of MPD in line with a narrower scope of work for police,” the commission wrote in its recommendation.”

So reducing the scope of work of the police? Letting social workers handle someone going nuts on drugs esssentially. What happens when one of those unarmed social workers is attacked or raped?

Or does reducing the scope basically mean changing the scope of what’s considered a crime?

All of this just sounds like nonsense that won’t work and we will have fix in 10 years when the pendulum swings back to the actual enforcement of crimes in order to lower the crime rate (if they even allow crime reporting in the future).[/quote]

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