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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As understaffed as MPD might, I think they have a pretty good track record in terms of responding to and solving violent crimes and apprehending the suspects.  There needs to be more proactive community policing and crime suppression.  Policing Metro is much more problematic when there are random assaults by groups of individuals under the age of 18, but even then a significant number of high profile assaults have resulted in arrests.  [/quote]

Arrests, but no charges.  Not that much deterrence.  [/quote]

I thought we were debunking the BS that is the "Ferguson effect," not discussing whether prosecutions (or lack of same) have a deterrent effect.  Off the top of my head I'm not aware of any high-profile cases where there was an arrest but charges were dropped by the US Attorney except where juveniles were the alleged perpetrators or the victim couldn't positively ID a specific assailant:  [/quote]

All the high profile instances of groups of teens attacking strangers on the metro were juveniles.  Also, groups of teens attacking people outside the metro in DC are all juveniles.  [/quote]

Have the guys who attacked the GDS kid even been arrested?[/quote]

Do you have any leads to share with detectives or just pearl clutching?[/quote]

New poster, but your condescension is disgusting.  People have every reason to inquire whether police have identified and taken measures against the people who committed this assault and theft.  I don't wear pearls, and there's no clutching.   I am a citizen asking whether or not our police are doing a sufficient job protecting people in DC. Oh, and I was a rimjb defense attorney for over 15 years before transitioning to another area of law.  No pearls, just too much exertion exerts criminals and the expansion of unchecked criminal conduct.  [/quote]

+1. Thank you.[/quote]

Rimjob defense attorney?  That must have been interesting.  If you're so concerned, please reach out to one of any number of community resources.  You know, like MPD (I assume you know where the District station is located) or your PSA liaison.  There's also the ANC and MOCRS liaison.  There's also community listservs and the Current.  Let us know what you find out.  [/quote]

That was intended to read "criminal defense attorney" and got garbled by my phones dictation function.  More importantly,  I don't work for you  and do not need to report back to you.  I well know the resources available, and I am an active community member on these types of issues. Your  condescension in dismissing the previous poster's concern as pearl clutching was of obnoxious and only detracts from the sad facts on the ground. [/quote]

You seem to have a higher tolerance for laziness than I.  Several suspects allegedly connected to a knife-point robbery were apprehended at WHS yesterday afternoon.  Maybe they were responsible for other assaults, maybe not.  I seem to recall that one adult was arrested for one of the Tenleytown incidents.  I'm sure the detectives are working the case and will make whatever statement is warranted.  Either way, perhaps the Politics forum of DCUM isn't the best place to obtain accurate information relating a robbery which did not result in serious injury.  NW isn't Mayberry.  [/quote]

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