Anonymous wrote:I remember in the 90s people getting robbed at gunpoint in Georgetown—but not usually in the main drag.
Is PP correct that there have been multiple shootings at the Columbia heights metro station during prime time hours? I had t heard that, and find that super concerning.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

Actually I’ve always cared about those kids and have worked to reduce gun violence but if you don’t see that someone being shot at prime time in what has traditionally been a ‘safer’ part of town as a concerning shift, then I don’t know what to tell you.

Are you a city leader?? I sure hope so. Because this tells me all I need to know - that you live in a sheltered, privileged bubble and don’t actually care about this city or the people in it outside of your precious “safe” (aka white) neighborhoods. But keep telling yourself you’re working to reduce gun violence by getting worked up over shootings in *gasp* Georgetown.

This crap is so played out and simplistic and disingenuous. It’s also exactly why crime will only increase across the coty and eventually will have severe consequences for the economic health of DC.

Is the gun violence getting a little too close to your upper northwest neighborhood?

The only problem I see with this is the city will commit even more police resources to Georgetown and upper NW. If they took a few of the cops who sit on MacArthur Blvd all damn day hoping to catch some mom in her expensive SUV going 35 mph and move them to the neighborhoods that desperately need them, gun violence would go down. But instead this city is beholden to keeping wealthy white neighborhoods safe, while letting black youth grow up in war zones. I’m sure they find that crap played out and simplistic, too.

If you were an officer in this environment… would you want to patrol those areas? I’d stick with giving speeding tickets.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

Actually I’ve always cared about those kids and have worked to reduce gun violence but if you don’t see that someone being shot at prime time in what has traditionally been a ‘safer’ part of town as a concerning shift, then I don’t know what to tell you.

Are you a city leader?? I sure hope so. Because this tells me all I need to know - that you live in a sheltered, privileged bubble and don’t actually care about this city or the people in it outside of your precious “safe” (aka white) neighborhoods. But keep telling yourself you’re working to reduce gun violence by getting worked up over shootings in *gasp* Georgetown.

This crap is so played out and simplistic and disingenuous. It’s also exactly why crime will only increase across the coty and eventually will have severe consequences for the economic health of DC.

Is the gun violence getting a little too close to your upper northwest neighborhood?

The only problem I see with this is the city will commit even more police resources to Georgetown and upper NW. If they took a few of the cops who sit on MacArthur Blvd all damn day hoping to catch some mom in her expensive SUV going 35 mph and move them to the neighborhoods that desperately need them, gun violence would go down. But instead this city is beholden to keeping wealthy white neighborhoods safe, while letting black youth grow up in war zones. I’m sure they find that crap played out and simplistic, too.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

So I’m not allowed to be upset when there is a shooting in my neighborhood? People do care. What would you like me to do beyond donating and voting? Do I need to personally rescue a child from southeast before I’m allowed to be concerned about this? Please do tell me your parameters!

Are you a city leader?

Yes - I am a city leader who thought that the best thing to do in the wake of a fatal shooting was to start a thread on DCUM. TF is wrong with you? Also please don’t talk to me about the poor kids in the US until you have taken care of all the children in war torn Syria or else your opinion doesn’t matter.

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Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

So I’m not allowed to be upset when there is a shooting in my neighborhood? People do care. What would you like me to do beyond donating and voting? Do I need to personally rescue a child from southeast before I’m allowed to be concerned about this? Please do tell me your parameters!

Are you a city leader?

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Anonymous wrote:Oh good, now the shootings are happening in Georgetown. Maybe our city leaders will start to actually give a f*ck. 13 year olds shooting at each other in broad daylight last week at a busy intersection in NE doesn’t get anyone to care, but oooooh not Georgetown!!!!

So I’m not allowed to be upset when there is a shooting in my neighborhood? People do care. What would you like me to do beyond donating and voting? Do I need to personally rescue a child from southeast before I’m allowed to be concerned about this? Please do tell me your parameters!