Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:54
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How come people aren't talking more about this...looks like it was 6pm. Is this normal? I am often in that area with my kids at that time.
Because then people will have to realize that voting for the council and county exec who are allowing this to happen was the wrong thing and they would never admit that.
The county council has nothing to do with this. You sound insane.
DP
Are you saying that local politicians have no influence over crime? I disagree. Crime can increase or decrease as a direct result of public policies that are out in place by our local politicians.
You do truly get what you vote for.
People who have food, housing and opportunity do not commit crime. When you have those things there is less crime. Yes I am saying our council has not negatively affected these things beyond what has happened with a global pandemic and inflations caused by corporate greed.
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:52
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How come people aren't talking more about this...looks like it was 6pm. Is this normal? I am often in that area with my kids at that time.
Well, the car jacking at Rockville Town Center a few weeks ago was at around 11:30am and I barely saw much about it on the news. The high school was on lockdown. But kids from RM go hang have lunch at Town Center often. They caught the DC teens who did it near Rockville Pike/Gude Drive later.
I guess it is the new normal.
The teens carjacking is an epidemic. I think it’s because teens want a car, and they’re hard to steal now. They want a car with a key, and that means carjacking someone. It’s so dumb and they have no plan except to ride around and then ditch the car. They’re too stupid to realize how easy it is for someone to get killed. We need the car companies to come up with technologies to prevent this ASAP. There needs to be a fast way to disable and recover the car. Possibly also we need dash cams, although I was on a carjacking jury where the stupid kids took their own pictures of themselves in the stolen car, then posted them to social media. So the level of idiocy is extremely high.
That is amazing re posting the pics. Such stupidity. None the less, they are minors and will probably get the recored expunged by a soft on crime judge in the county. No consequences. Crime runs amok across the country.
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:48
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How come people aren't talking more about this...looks like it was 6pm. Is this normal? I am often in that area with my kids at that time.
Well, the car jacking at Rockville Town Center a few weeks ago was at around 11:30am and I barely saw much about it on the news. The high school was on lockdown. But kids from RM go hang have lunch at Town Center often. They caught the DC teens who did it near Rockville Pike/Gude Drive later.
I guess it is the new normal.
The teens carjacking is an epidemic. I think it’s because teens want a car, and they’re hard to steal now. They want a car with a key, and that means carjacking someone. It’s so dumb and they have no plan except to ride around and then ditch the car. They’re too stupid to realize how easy it is for someone to get killed. We need the car companies to come up with technologies to prevent this ASAP. There needs to be a fast way to disable and recover the car. Possibly also we need dash cams, although I was on a carjacking jury where the stupid kids took their own pictures of themselves in the stolen car, then posted them to social media. So the level of idiocy is extremely high.
Cars have been stolen off of Old Georgetown Rd for decades, easy access to 495. All of a sudden you are worried about cars?
No no, I’m not worried about the cars! It’s the people. Getting carjacked is very dangerous. There was that horrible incident in the Navy Yard where a man was dragged and killed. Also it’s just really traumatic, much more traumatic than having your car stolen. But mainly the problem is the risk that it goes wrong and the kids use a weapon. I’m saying that making cars less appealing to carjack could help, just like theft deterrent technology has made them harder/less appealing to steal. It’s like phones, right? Phones used to get stolen a lot. Now there’s no point to stealing a phone for most petty thieves.
The less appealing the better for thieves. Most cars stolen are grey and honda or toyota.
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:48
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Police later released a description of the suspect, who they say is a man in his early 20s.
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:47
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How come people aren't talking more about this...looks like it was 6pm. Is this normal? I am often in that area with my kids at that time.
Because then people will have to realize that voting for the council and county exec who are allowing this to happen was the wrong thing and they would never admit that.
You think different people sitting in a building far away would have stopped this guy? Right. What are you smoking?
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:46
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How come people aren't talking more about this...looks like it was 6pm. Is this normal? I am often in that area with my kids at that time.
Because then people will have to realize that voting for the council and county exec who are allowing this to happen was the wrong thing and they would never admit that.
The county council has nothing to do with this. You sound insane.
DP
Are you saying that local politicians have no influence over crime? I disagree. Crime can increase or decrease as a direct result of public policies that are out in place by our local politicians.
You do truly get what you vote for.
If you look at the data on this it’s largely untrue. Policies matter but in general crime goes up or down because of bigger factors. County councils don’t cause huge policy changes that can affect crime. I do think unofficial police strikes can, but that’s not policy.
Moral in the police is low, and they are having trouble recruiting. That is largely due to council policies of "defund the police", or "police are bad".
Cops don't stop crime they only respond to it.
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:45
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How come people aren't talking more about this...looks like it was 6pm. Is this normal? I am often in that area with my kids at that time.
Because then people will have to realize that voting for the council and county exec who are allowing this to happen was the wrong thing and they would never admit that.
The county council has nothing to do with this. You sound insane.
DP
Are you saying that local politicians have no influence over crime? I disagree. Crime can increase or decrease as a direct result of public policies that are out in place by our local politicians.
You do truly get what you vote for.
If you look at the data on this it’s largely untrue. Policies matter but in general crime goes up or down because of bigger factors. County councils don’t cause huge policy changes that can affect crime. I do think unofficial police strikes can, but that’s not policy.
Moral in the police is low, and they are having trouble recruiting. That is largely due to council policies of "defund the police", or "police are bad".
Then they’re crybabies and we needed to reform the force anyway.
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:44
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How come people aren't talking more about this...looks like it was 6pm. Is this normal? I am often in that area with my kids at that time.
Well, the car jacking at Rockville Town Center a few weeks ago was at around 11:30am and I barely saw much about it on the news. The high school was on lockdown. But kids from RM go hang have lunch at Town Center often. They caught the DC teens who did it near Rockville Pike/Gude Drive later.
I guess it is the new normal.
The teens carjacking is an epidemic. I think it’s because teens want a car, and they’re hard to steal now. They want a car with a key, and that means carjacking someone. It’s so dumb and they have no plan except to ride around and then ditch the car. They’re too stupid to realize how easy it is for someone to get killed. We need the car companies to come up with technologies to prevent this ASAP. There needs to be a fast way to disable and recover the car. Possibly also we need dash cams, although I was on a carjacking jury where the stupid kids took their own pictures of themselves in the stolen car, then posted them to social media. So the level of idiocy is extremely high.
Cars have been stolen off of Old Georgetown Rd for decades, easy access to 495. All of a sudden you are worried about cars?
No no, I’m not worried about the cars! It’s the people. Getting carjacked is very dangerous. There was that horrible incident in the Navy Yard where a man was dragged and killed. Also it’s just really traumatic, much more traumatic than having your car stolen. But mainly the problem is the risk that it goes wrong and the kids use a weapon. I’m saying that making cars less appealing to carjack could help, just like theft deterrent technology has made them harder/less appealing to steal. It’s like phones, right? Phones used to get stolen a lot. Now there’s no point to stealing a phone for most petty thieves.
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:43
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How come people aren't talking more about this...looks like it was 6pm. Is this normal? I am often in that area with my kids at that time.
Because then people will have to realize that voting for the council and county exec who are allowing this to happen was the wrong thing and they would never admit that.
The county council has nothing to do with this. You sound insane.
DP
Are you saying that local politicians have no influence over crime? I disagree. Crime can increase or decrease as a direct result of public policies that are out in place by our local politicians.
You do truly get what you vote for.
If you look at the data on this it’s largely untrue. Policies matter but in general crime goes up or down because of bigger factors. County councils don’t cause huge policy changes that can affect crime. I do think unofficial police strikes can, but that’s not policy.
Moral in the police is low, and they are having trouble recruiting. That is largely due to council policies of "defund the police", or "police are bad".
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:42
Subject: Re:Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
I hate progressive policies, but from what I understand, crime is going up everywhere, including red areas.
https://news.yahoo.com/republican-controlled-states-have-higher-murder-rates-than-democratic-ones-study-212137750.html
another:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/10/crime-rate-justice-republicans-2022-elections/671800/
Having stated that, I do think that the acrimonious relationship between the county exec/council and police aren't helping matters. Morale in the police is very low, and they are having trouble recruiting. Well, yea, who wants a hostile work environment.
https://news.yahoo.com/republican-controlled-states-have-higher-murder-rates-than-democratic-ones-study-212137750.html
Few large cities are governed by Republicans — only 26 of the 100 largest U.S. cities have Republican mayors — making apples-to-apples comparisons difficult. But cities that do have Republican mayors do not have lower murder rates than similarly sized Democratic-led cities, the study found.
another:
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2022/10/crime-rate-justice-republicans-2022-elections/671800/
Having stated that, I do think that the acrimonious relationship between the county exec/council and police aren't helping matters. Morale in the police is very low, and they are having trouble recruiting. Well, yea, who wants a hostile work environment.
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:41
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How come people aren't talking more about this...looks like it was 6pm. Is this normal? I am often in that area with my kids at that time.
Because then people will have to realize that voting for the council and county exec who are allowing this to happen was the wrong thing and they would never admit that.
The county council has nothing to do with this. You sound insane.
DP
Are you saying that local politicians have no influence over crime? I disagree. Crime can increase or decrease as a direct result of public policies that are out in place by our local politicians.
You do truly get what you vote for.
If you look at the data on this it’s largely untrue. Policies matter but in general crime goes up or down because of bigger factors. County councils don’t cause huge policy changes that can affect crime. I do think unofficial police strikes can, but that’s not policy.
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:41
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How come people aren't talking more about this...looks like it was 6pm. Is this normal? I am often in that area with my kids at that time.
Well, the car jacking at Rockville Town Center a few weeks ago was at around 11:30am and I barely saw much about it on the news. The high school was on lockdown. But kids from RM go hang have lunch at Town Center often. They caught the DC teens who did it near Rockville Pike/Gude Drive later.
I guess it is the new normal.
The teens carjacking is an epidemic. I think it’s because teens want a car, and they’re hard to steal now. They want a car with a key, and that means carjacking someone. It’s so dumb and they have no plan except to ride around and then ditch the car. They’re too stupid to realize how easy it is for someone to get killed. We need the car companies to come up with technologies to prevent this ASAP. There needs to be a fast way to disable and recover the car. Possibly also we need dash cams, although I was on a carjacking jury where the stupid kids took their own pictures of themselves in the stolen car, then posted them to social media. So the level of idiocy is extremely high.
Cars have been stolen off of Old Georgetown Rd for decades, easy access to 495. All of a sudden you are worried about cars?
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:39
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Anonymous wrote:How come people aren't talking more about this...looks like it was 6pm. Is this normal? I am often in that area with my kids at that time.
Yes it's normal. There is always crime near restaurants, bars and banks.
There was murder at lulu lemon in bethesda years ago, a rape in the parking lot garage is not uncommon.
You don't hear about white on white crime. This must be black on black crime, which is why it is being reported.
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:39
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How come people aren't talking more about this...looks like it was 6pm. Is this normal? I am often in that area with my kids at that time.
Well, the car jacking at Rockville Town Center a few weeks ago was at around 11:30am and I barely saw much about it on the news. The high school was on lockdown. But kids from RM go hang have lunch at Town Center often. They caught the DC teens who did it near Rockville Pike/Gude Drive later.
I guess it is the new normal.
The teens carjacking is an epidemic. I think it’s because teens want a car, and they’re hard to steal now. They want a car with a key, and that means carjacking someone. It’s so dumb and they have no plan except to ride around and then ditch the car. They’re too stupid to realize how easy it is for someone to get killed. We need the car companies to come up with technologies to prevent this ASAP. There needs to be a fast way to disable and recover the car. Possibly also we need dash cams, although I was on a carjacking jury where the stupid kids took their own pictures of themselves in the stolen car, then posted them to social media. So the level of idiocy is extremely high.
Anonymous
10/24/2022 09:39
Subject: Armed robbery - Apple Store Bethesda Row
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:How come people aren't talking more about this...looks like it was 6pm. Is this normal? I am often in that area with my kids at that time.
Because then people will have to realize that voting for the council and county exec who are allowing this to happen was the wrong thing and they would never admit that.
The county council has nothing to do with this. You sound insane.
DP
Are you saying that local politicians have no influence over crime? I disagree. Crime can increase or decrease as a direct result of public policies that are out in place by our local politicians.
You do truly get what you vote for.