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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Found this thread because I live farther away than OP (on Yuma St) and the sirens have been getting louder. Today I can hear them inside my house.

Is there really nothing that can be done about this? [/quote]

DC has very prescriptive noise ordinances: 
https://dob.dc.gov/sites/default/files/dc/sites/dob/Noise%20Regulation%20Handbook.pdf

[quote][i]Musical instruments, loudspeakers, radio, tape recorder, TV, CD player, stereo, and car stereos, unamplified voices
Maximum Level (in dB): 60 or zone max
Time: Any
Measurement Locations: 1 meter from source[/i][/quote]

MPD is supposed to enforce this. If they are refusing to enforce, then this constitutes a work stand-down.

Next step is for local residents to file for injunctive relief with the DC Courts for the Mayor's office to act on the issue. So get a local attorney in the neighborhood to draw up an action for relief. The protestors must keep all amplified sound at 60db or less when measured from 1 meter away. If you can hear it on Yuma Street, it's breaking the noise ordinance. [/quote]

Or, just go get the abandoned trash and dispose of it.[/quote]

+1. That no one in the neighborhood has done this is insane. The MPD is refusing to enforce the law about noise? OK. Why do you think they're going to enforce the law against you if you throw these out? That would look terrible for the city. Not everything has to be about lawyers. [/quote]

Because when you have progressive criminal prosecutors wanting to create an "equitable" justice system they will absolutely arrest someone considered "privileged" who violated the law. Also, residents have a lot to lose by engaging these protestors as they have threatened and assaulted people who are Jewish or appear to support Israel.[/quote]

What law is being violated when a citizen disposes of abandoned trash left on the sidewalk?[/quote]

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