Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 12:47     Subject: Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
Guys, the violent crime rate in DC is in no way comparable to that in most suburbs. That’s reality. Stop pretending DC is as safe as the suburbs. Can you not handle the truth?
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 12:46     Subject: Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
Anonymous wrote:Don't worry. Mayor is on it:

“We’re devastated,” said D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D), who attended the briefing. “We have to say to the community, ‘we’re going to stand against gun violence.’ ”


Bowser is the actual worst
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 12:41     Subject: Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
This is America - get into a verbal beef with someone and you run a good chance of getting shot. This is certainly not unique to cities. It's tragic.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 12:40     Subject: Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
Anonymous wrote:Does anyone have more details on the actual incident? Was this a razor scooter or an electric one? Did the shooter know the victims? Were there witnesses?


It was an electric dockless one. The witnesses were the other sibling and the woman's husband. (They've been named in the press already) The shooter is at large.

More details:

https://wtop.com/dc/2021/05/mother-son-injured-in-dc-after-dispute-over-scooter/
https://www.fox5dc.com/news/search-for-suspect-continues-after-mother-child-shot-in-northwest-dc
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/two-critically-wounded-near-shaw-logan-circle-dc-fire-department-says/2021/05/18/569693ec-b833-11eb-a5fe-bb49dc89a248_story.html
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 12:31     Subject: Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the ones who bailed on DC a couple months ago with crime escalating and other quality of life issues going down the tubes. The story of the mother and child being shot in front of their home by a stranger should shake some people up- it's horrifying. They were shot in front of their husband/dad and other sibling, all over a scooter being parked on the block by an obviously really bad guy. It's time to leave DC. Take your tax dollars and join me away from the city. The council, the mayor, no one else will listen or do anything about the problems. Even if they catch the guy who shot this family, good luck seeing actual justice done. It'll be like the Uber Eats driver who was killed, and the perps got, what, a 2-4 years? Vote with your feet!!


I could not be any more horrified at people like you using events like this to push an agenda. I could google and list a ton of disturbing crimes that have happened in Bethesda, Potomac, Falls Church or whatever suburb you fled to. Crime is not unique to a city. You are gross and I am actually glad you left our city.




How many homicides have occurred in the City of Falls Church over the last 30 years?


You pick a "city" with a population of 14k?
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 12:29     Subject: Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the ones who bailed on DC a couple months ago with crime escalating and other quality of life issues going down the tubes. The story of the mother and child being shot in front of their home by a stranger should shake some people up- it's horrifying. They were shot in front of their husband/dad and other sibling, all over a scooter being parked on the block by an obviously really bad guy. It's time to leave DC. Take your tax dollars and join me away from the city. The council, the mayor, no one else will listen or do anything about the problems. Even if they catch the guy who shot this family, good luck seeing actual justice done. It'll be like the Uber Eats driver who was killed, and the perps got, what, a 2-4 years? Vote with your feet!!


I could not be any more horrified at people like you using events like this to push an agenda. I could google and list a ton of disturbing crimes that have happened in Bethesda, Potomac, Falls Church or whatever suburb you fled to. Crime is not unique to a city. You are gross and I am actually glad you left our city.



NP. You do you. But I’m horrified that DC has gotten significantly less safe in the past 12 months. A mother and young son were shot in broad daylight in their front yard. An Uber driver died in an armed car jacking. Members of the city council were car jacked in the middle of the day. Enough is enough. You think this happens in the burbs?


+1. An armed robbery happened in broad daylight (11:00 a.m.) last Friday morning in Cleveland Park. Does everyone know about that?!


Yikes. I didn’t know about this. Did it make the news?
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 12:22     Subject: Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the ones who bailed on DC a couple months ago with crime escalating and other quality of life issues going down the tubes. The story of the mother and child being shot in front of their home by a stranger should shake some people up- it's horrifying. They were shot in front of their husband/dad and other sibling, all over a scooter being parked on the block by an obviously really bad guy. It's time to leave DC. Take your tax dollars and join me away from the city. The council, the mayor, no one else will listen or do anything about the problems. Even if they catch the guy who shot this family, good luck seeing actual justice done. It'll be like the Uber Eats driver who was killed, and the perps got, what, a 2-4 years? Vote with your feet!!


Why do you care if we stay in D.C.? You didn't want to live here anymore; you left. Great, good for you. We still want to live here; we're staying. Do you need to come harangue us constantly about how afraid we should be?
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 12:10     Subject: Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the ones who bailed on DC a couple months ago with crime escalating and other quality of life issues going down the tubes. The story of the mother and child being shot in front of their home by a stranger should shake some people up- it's horrifying. They were shot in front of their husband/dad and other sibling, all over a scooter being parked on the block by an obviously really bad guy. It's time to leave DC. Take your tax dollars and join me away from the city. The council, the mayor, no one else will listen or do anything about the problems. Even if they catch the guy who shot this family, good luck seeing actual justice done. It'll be like the Uber Eats driver who was killed, and the perps got, what, a 2-4 years? Vote with your feet!!


I could not be any more horrified at people like you using events like this to push an agenda. I could google and list a ton of disturbing crimes that have happened in Bethesda, Potomac, Falls Church or whatever suburb you fled to. Crime is not unique to a city. You are gross and I am actually glad you left our city.



NP. You do you. But I’m horrified that DC has gotten significantly less safe in the past 12 months. A mother and young son were shot in broad daylight in their front yard. An Uber driver died in an armed car jacking. Members of the city council were car jacked in the middle of the day. Enough is enough. You think this happens in the burbs?


+1. An armed robbery happened in broad daylight (11:00 a.m.) last Friday morning in Cleveland Park. Does everyone know about that?!
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 12:08     Subject: Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
Anonymous wrote:OP here. I wrote to CM Allen over and over again to no avail. I wrote to the police. I did my part. At some point, you gotta walk and stop contributing to the problem by propping it up with your tax dollars. Vote with your feet- cut the money off and leave the clowns in that city with one less victim to harass/harm.

For those who want to stay, good luck staying in the District. It's a personal choice I wouldn't advise my loved ones to make.


Ok congratulations? I don't understand why you're so upset at the people who have decided to stay. You do you and we'll do us.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 12:07     Subject: Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
Does anyone have more details on the actual incident? Was this a razor scooter or an electric one? Did the shooter know the victims? Were there witnesses?
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 12:07     Subject: Re:Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
Anonymous wrote:LOL Bye OP. When are you going to start a thread on the mass shooting in your suburbs?


Damn you really don't care about the victims do you? Is it because they aren't a couple of white girls?
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 12:06     Subject: Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
OP here. I wrote to CM Allen over and over again to no avail. I wrote to the police. I did my part. At some point, you gotta walk and stop contributing to the problem by propping it up with your tax dollars. Vote with your feet- cut the money off and leave the clowns in that city with one less victim to harass/harm.

For those who want to stay, good luck staying in the District. It's a personal choice I wouldn't advise my loved ones to make.
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 12:04     Subject: Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the ones who bailed on DC a couple months ago with crime escalating and other quality of life issues going down the tubes. The story of the mother and child being shot in front of their home by a stranger should shake some people up- it's horrifying. They were shot in front of their husband/dad and other sibling, all over a scooter being parked on the block by an obviously really bad guy. It's time to leave DC. Take your tax dollars and join me away from the city. The council, the mayor, no one else will listen or do anything about the problems. Even if they catch the guy who shot this family, good luck seeing actual justice done. It'll be like the Uber Eats driver who was killed, and the perps got, what, a 2-4 years? Vote with your feet!!


I could not be any more horrified at people like you using events like this to push an agenda. I could google and list a ton of disturbing crimes that have happened in Bethesda, Potomac, Falls Church or whatever suburb you fled to. Crime is not unique to a city. You are gross and I am actually glad you left our city.




How many homicides have occurred in the City of Falls Church over the last 30 years?
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 11:58     Subject: Re:Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:LOL Bye OP. When are you going to start a thread on the mass shooting in your suburbs?


Even with mass shootings, the suburbs are categorically safer. Even if we had 10x the number of school shootings, all in the suburbs. They'd still be safer.


Not for the UMC/MC - the mass shootings are almost all targeting like-minded socioeconomic people in those neighborhoods. The shooters are targeting their own schools, their own churchs, their own grocery stores, their own workplaces.

In the city the victim of a shooting is most likely to be poor and/or in extremely violent circumstances already.


I don’t think that sentiment applies well here. Unless you think the four year old socialized with violent criminals?
Anonymous
Post 05/19/2021 11:54     Subject: Mother and Child Shot at P and 10th NW
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm one of the ones who bailed on DC a couple months ago with crime escalating and other quality of life issues going down the tubes. The story of the mother and child being shot in front of their home by a stranger should shake some people up- it's horrifying. They were shot in front of their husband/dad and other sibling, all over a scooter being parked on the block by an obviously really bad guy. It's time to leave DC. Take your tax dollars and join me away from the city. The council, the mayor, no one else will listen or do anything about the problems. Even if they catch the guy who shot this family, good luck seeing actual justice done. It'll be like the Uber Eats driver who was killed, and the perps got, what, a 2-4 years? Vote with your feet!!


I could not be any more horrified at people like you using events like this to push an agenda. I could google and list a ton of disturbing crimes that have happened in Bethesda, Potomac, Falls Church or whatever suburb you fled to. Crime is not unique to a city. You are gross and I am actually glad you left our city.



unless you stretch the time frame, that's a very doubtful statement


Agreed. I love the city and reside here. But I'm not stupid enough to wear rose-tinted glasses. Crime is worse in every regard compared to NoVa/MoCo. This is simply true in nearly ever respect. It is the trade-off of living in the city. Now the trade-off was less true from 2010-2017. But under Bowser, that trend has reversed. Now is this her fault, or is it true in every city? Open, but legit question.