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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I still don't understand how it is lost on people that crime will increase when crime at the very top of our society is not only not enforced but glorified and accepted and that anyone who follows the rules is somehow a cu%k.

The law is not being enforced on those at the top. There are no social norms any more. There is no culpability. There is glorification of getting over everyone else, avoiding taxes, skirting within the grey areas, trading state secrets, etc. Corporations are allowed to do what the he%k they want because they have power and money. The rhetoric surrounding the poor and minorities and immigrants is abysmal. Education is completely underfunded at the local level- not underfunded for admin/chromebook providers/ed tech companies (see corporations). 95% of local policing is a solution to problems that weren't handled by effective social policies. But I am sure that locking up even more kids and young adults will somehow have a better outcome and that those private prison corporations will make someone rich so they can do more "philanthropy" which as pointed out at the recent world economic forum, is just tax avoidance with a pretty bow on it. 
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We get it. Chill out. You vote for Bernie Sanders. That’s great. We know you don’t like “wealthy tax cheats” and all that hippie sht. We get they use tax havens and we get lobbying and how it helps the wealthy. That’s cool. It sucks. But at the same time those dudes are not the ones pushing all these violent criminals to actually go out and mug people. They are physically forcing them to do it. We need accountability.

Your little distraction story, and a broader implication of the ills of wealth inequality and blah blah is important. But to the topic at hand. We need to arrest violent criminals. That’s it. Stop your long winded diatribe about addressing the root cause of poverty first. No. Tell me the best way to immediately stop violent crime. You know it. I know it.

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Nope actually think Bernie Sanders is a problem thanks. 
You mean violent crime like rape, sexual assault, pedophiles, etc? 
I am saying dont be surprised when people become opportunists when they see those in power being opportunists. 
And you all are only up in arms about crime rates when it spills outside of the wards. Just like with crack vs fentanyl/opiates/weed. Drugs are only a problem when poor brown people use them. Otherwise, its just a good time. White kids can go 100 mph on the beltway and its just a bad decision/too much car for a kid. Black kids driving ATVs- throw them in jail, that will teach them!

And yes social problems do alter arrests and prosecution:

"But in the district, most crimes committed by adults are prosecuted by an appointed U.S. attorney, not an elected district attorney. U.S. Attorney Matthew Graves has taken flak for declining during fiscal year 2022 to charge, at the time of arrest, 67% of offenses that would have been tried in D.C. Superior Court, the usual venue for non-federal crimes.
Graves, in office since 2021, said the rate is driven by several factors beyond his control, [b]one being the D.C. crime lab’s lack of accreditation.[/b]"

And I would be even more interested to see the data on those that are arrested, how many are actually from DC versus surrounding areas/instigators. Organized crime is going to continue to increase. 
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Enough with sensationalist Che Guevara stuff. You don’t need to write a novel full of flowery prose and righteous indignation where the protagonist “sticks it to the man”. Let’s focus on brass tacks. We need to arrest and lock up the violent criminals and thieves who are causing the safety and quality of life to decline, correct? [/quote]

They are getting arrested and not being able to be prosecuted because the crime lab isn't accredited. It has to be more than arrests ahole. That is the opposite of sensationalist, it's pragmatic.

Brass tacks my A$$ you just want an immediate fix...because jailing large portions of any population has always resulted in improvements. [/quote]

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