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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Bad guys need to: (1) get caught, and (2) go to jail for a long time. Period. End of story. We need to take our city back.

We simply cannot live with the carjackings, property crimes, shootings, and chaos with no consequences for the perpetrators.

Who in local politics can make this happen?[/quote]

[b]The key is getting rid of Bowser.  With her, goes her unqualified Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and the incompetent leadership in the Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel - that is the office that provides legal advice to the agencies. No one in either of these offices has ever served as a criminal prosecutor or has any true experience litigating cases in the courtroom. 
And Muriel hides the ball when you try to get information - look it up the opinion on BEGA (https://www.open-dc.gov/sites/default/files/MOLC%20AO%20re%20FOIA%20Appeals%206.29.2022-signed.pdf) - they were massively behind processing FOIA appeals and then quickly moved the guy who wasn't answering them in time to OAG. Her administration is a total sh*t show.  Despite Fenty's missteps, he picked better staff.[/quote][/b]

Unfortunately, she was just re-elected. The key is to keep pressure up on reforming MPD and in general.  Maybe if she keeps feeling the heat she'll actually do something other than introduce unnecessary criminal laws, roll back police reform, and pass the buck on the crime lab, MPD, and other city agencies she's in charge of.

USAO has said MPD body-worn camera footage raises constitutional issues and they can't prosecute.  Huge HUGE red flag that no one seems interested in addressing.

How she has managed to escape scrutiny, accountability, and getting ensnared in the various scandals that keep keep cropping up in her administration is beyond me. [/quote]

I do not agree that MPD is the biggest problem at present.

Many cities allow police to review camera footage when writing reports in non-police misconduct cases. That way it does not become a game of "gotcha" with small discrepancies in memory a reason not to prosecute, unless of course, that is the goal. DC changed to not allow it. It may be changed back under pending legislation.

The lax, public defender ethos of AG, USAO and many judges is far more of a concern as is the complete breakdown of agency supervision of those on release, whether DC or fed agencies. The number of no papered gun cases by USAO is staggering, up to 67% of arrests are no papered, including gun cases and felonies. In contrast, Philadelphia prosecutes 85% of arrests, not 33%. Baltimore is doing the same and crime stats in both nearby cities are better than DC and improving. DC has over 1,000 outstanding unserved warrants for failure to appear or violation of terms of release. Bowser could have asked for federal partner help at the meeting on the Hill this week, or help re: lab, but, did not, politics. Most crime is committed by a small number of repeat offenders. Just serving the warrants could cause crime to go down significantly, we know the names and locations. [/quote]

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