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An elderly man was car jacked in Bethesda.

The politicians in charge, including at the state level, view the people who commit crimes as the real victims. And the politicians have adjusted laws/practices accordingly. Same thing in DC, so we get bleed-over, as well. This is the new normal.

I say this as a liberal who understands that historically, our multiple criminal justice systems have been too brutal. But the policy makers have gone in the completely opposite direction. Instead, they should match rational punishments to the crime. Clear, known consequences, swiftly imposed. People will reoffend when they see there are no consequences to their actions.

No one has any idea what might work to either rehabilitate or deter offenders. There are only two practical choices in the US at the moment: incapacitate offenders via mass incarceration, or accept a higher level of crime than anyone wants with the attendant consequences on victims and social order. That’s it: everything else is just wishful thinking by those who want to avoid acknowledging this harsh truth.

That's not true. There are decades of research showing what does and what does not work. Evidence-based policing, prosecution, and violence prevention practices all get lost in the political posturing and self-promoting chatter.

How about looking at root causes?
Fatherless homes, for one.

No, because abusive or addicted fathers in the homes are even worse. It's not the absence of a father but rather the absence of sufficient income.

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Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/cordelltraffic/status/1628206904118837253?s=21&t=n0qeGoOuMm03Lc43eqHwSw

An elderly man was car jacked in Bethesda.

The politicians in charge, including at the state level, view the people who commit crimes as the real victims. And the politicians have adjusted laws/practices accordingly. Same thing in DC, so we get bleed-over, as well. This is the new normal.

I say this as a liberal who understands that historically, our multiple criminal justice systems have been too brutal. But the policy makers have gone in the completely opposite direction. Instead, they should match rational punishments to the crime. Clear, known consequences, swiftly imposed. People will reoffend when they see there are no consequences to their actions.

No one has any idea what might work to either rehabilitate or deter offenders. There are only two practical choices in the US at the moment: incapacitate offenders via mass incarceration, or accept a higher level of crime than anyone wants with the attendant consequences on victims and social order. That’s it: everything else is just wishful thinking by those who want to avoid acknowledging this harsh truth.

That's not true. There are decades of research showing what does and what does not work. Evidence-based policing, prosecution, and violence prevention practices all get lost in the political posturing and self-promoting chatter.

How about looking at root causes?
Fatherless homes, for one.

No, because abusive or addicted fathers in the homes are even worse. It's not the absence of a father but rather the absence of sufficient income.

These kids are NOT carjacking "because they are poor."

They are also NOT carjacking due to the absence of an abusive father!

They are carjacking because their culture accepts and glorifies it. If we’re being real.

This.

I’m an AA with hundreds of AA friends and acquaintances in this area. WE DO NOT promote or encourage carjackings OR any other type of crimes. You are beyond ridiculous for saying that carjacking is cultural.

I’m an AA as well. It’s not inherently part of black culture, but it’s inherently part of hood / rap culture these days, just like “having oops” (enemies from a rival neighborhood) is. You can pretend that these things don’t exist because they are upsetting to you, but that doesn’t solve the problem.

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Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/cordelltraffic/status/1628206904118837253?s=21&t=n0qeGoOuMm03Lc43eqHwSw

An elderly man was car jacked in Bethesda.

The politicians in charge, including at the state level, view the people who commit crimes as the real victims. And the politicians have adjusted laws/practices accordingly. Same thing in DC, so we get bleed-over, as well. This is the new normal.

I say this as a liberal who understands that historically, our multiple criminal justice systems have been too brutal. But the policy makers have gone in the completely opposite direction. Instead, they should match rational punishments to the crime. Clear, known consequences, swiftly imposed. People will reoffend when they see there are no consequences to their actions.

No one has any idea what might work to either rehabilitate or deter offenders. There are only two practical choices in the US at the moment: incapacitate offenders via mass incarceration, or accept a higher level of crime than anyone wants with the attendant consequences on victims and social order. That’s it: everything else is just wishful thinking by those who want to avoid acknowledging this harsh truth.

That's not true. There are decades of research showing what does and what does not work. Evidence-based policing, prosecution, and violence prevention practices all get lost in the political posturing and self-promoting chatter.

How about looking at root causes?
Fatherless homes, for one.

No, because abusive or addicted fathers in the homes are even worse. It's not the absence of a father but rather the absence of sufficient income.

These kids are NOT carjacking "because they are poor."

They are also NOT carjacking due to the absence of an abusive father!

They are carjacking because their culture accepts and glorifies it. If we’re being real.

This.

I’m an AA with hundreds of AA friends and acquaintances in this area. WE DO NOT promote or encourage carjackings OR any other type of crimes. You are beyond ridiculous for saying that carjacking is cultural.

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Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/cordelltraffic/status/1628206904118837253?s=21&t=n0qeGoOuMm03Lc43eqHwSw

An elderly man was car jacked in Bethesda.

The politicians in charge, including at the state level, view the people who commit crimes as the real victims. And the politicians have adjusted laws/practices accordingly. Same thing in DC, so we get bleed-over, as well. This is the new normal.

I say this as a liberal who understands that historically, our multiple criminal justice systems have been too brutal. But the policy makers have gone in the completely opposite direction. Instead, they should match rational punishments to the crime. Clear, known consequences, swiftly imposed. People will reoffend when they see there are no consequences to their actions.

No one has any idea what might work to either rehabilitate or deter offenders. There are only two practical choices in the US at the moment: incapacitate offenders via mass incarceration, or accept a higher level of crime than anyone wants with the attendant consequences on victims and social order. That’s it: everything else is just wishful thinking by those who want to avoid acknowledging this harsh truth.

That's not true. There are decades of research showing what does and what does not work. Evidence-based policing, prosecution, and violence prevention practices all get lost in the political posturing and self-promoting chatter.

How about looking at root causes?
Fatherless homes, for one.

No, because abusive or addicted fathers in the homes are even worse. It's not the absence of a father but rather the absence of sufficient income.

These kids are NOT carjacking "because they are poor."

They are also NOT carjacking due to the absence of an abusive father!

They are carjacking because their culture accepts and glorifies it. If we’re being real.

This.

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Anonymous wrote:Things won’t get better if Mink and Jawando’s bill passes.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/02/24/jawando-and-mink-introduce-bill-to-limit-traffic-stops/

Two things can be true, one is that it is a bad and very stupid bill that is totally out of step with reality and two, Adam Pagnucco is probably racist. He was a huge Leggett critic and now he’s a huge Jawando, Sales and Mink critic. Never had a bad word to say about that clown Casey Anderson though. There’s no reason to listen to him at all.

LOL what? He was hammering the planning board and Casey for weeks.

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Anonymous wrote:https://twitter.com/cordelltraffic/status/1628206904118837253?s=21&t=n0qeGoOuMm03Lc43eqHwSw

An elderly man was car jacked in Bethesda.

The politicians in charge, including at the state level, view the people who commit crimes as the real victims. And the politicians have adjusted laws/practices accordingly. Same thing in DC, so we get bleed-over, as well. This is the new normal.

I say this as a liberal who understands that historically, our multiple criminal justice systems have been too brutal. But the policy makers have gone in the completely opposite direction. Instead, they should match rational punishments to the crime. Clear, known consequences, swiftly imposed. People will reoffend when they see there are no consequences to their actions.

No one has any idea what might work to either rehabilitate or deter offenders. There are only two practical choices in the US at the moment: incapacitate offenders via mass incarceration, or accept a higher level of crime than anyone wants with the attendant consequences on victims and social order. That’s it: everything else is just wishful thinking by those who want to avoid acknowledging this harsh truth.

That's not true. There are decades of research showing what does and what does not work. Evidence-based policing, prosecution, and violence prevention practices all get lost in the political posturing and self-promoting chatter.

How about looking at root causes?
Fatherless homes, for one.

No, because abusive or addicted fathers in the homes are even worse. It's not the absence of a father but rather the absence of sufficient income.

These kids are NOT carjacking "because they are poor."

They are also NOT carjacking due to the absence of an abusive father!

They are carjacking because their culture accepts and glorifies it. If we’re being real.

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Anonymous wrote:Things won’t get better if Mink and Jawando’s bill passes.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/02/24/jawando-and-mink-introduce-bill-to-limit-traffic-stops/

This is really poor timing on Jawando's part. Even though there might be some merit to decreasing stops for these incidents, now is not the time to put forth something like this when the county is suffering from a fear-inducing crime wave.

Hopefully this fails and he catches the hint.

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Anonymous wrote:Things won’t get better if Mink and Jawando’s bill passes.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/02/24/jawando-and-mink-introduce-bill-to-limit-traffic-stops/

Two things can be true, one is that it is a bad and very stupid bill that is totally out of step with reality and two, Adam Pagnucco is probably racist. He was a huge Leggett critic and now he’s a huge Jawando, Sales and Mink critic. Never had a bad word to say about that clown Casey Anderson though. There’s no reason to listen to him at all.

Anonymous wrote:Things won’t get better if Mink and Jawando’s bill passes.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/02/24/jawando-and-mink-introduce-bill-to-limit-traffic-stops/

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Anonymous wrote:I always follow what goes on in Takoma Park because it exposes the true hypocrisy of Montgomery County government, because it’s where the county politicians and their supporters live. And what we see now is that they are going tough on crime in their neighborhood while preventing that same tough on crime policing throughout the rest of the county. This is how you know that these people don’t believe their own b.s. And it’s the same about everything.

Which County Council members live in Takoma Park?

Not Council but Jamie Raskin lives there.

No, he is or was in Chevy Chase. Has he moved?

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Anonymous wrote:I always follow what goes on in Takoma Park because it exposes the true hypocrisy of Montgomery County government, because it’s where the county politicians and their supporters live. And what we see now is that they are going tough on crime in their neighborhood while preventing that same tough on crime policing throughout the rest of the county. This is how you know that these people don’t believe their own b.s. And it’s the same about everything.

Which County Council members live in Takoma Park?

Not Council but Jamie Raskin lives there.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it true there have been SEVEN car jackings at Wheaton Plaza, just in 2023?? Thats insane.

Wheaton is an absolute cesspool. I was arguing this a few years ago and all these people were coming out of the woodwork acting like I was crazy and it's such a nice area. WTF is nice about it unless crime counts as a bonus in your mind

these people consider that to make an area “vibrant”. Now that democrats have fled, ruined frederick their next target is WV

Anonymous wrote:Things won’t get better if Mink and Jawando’s bill passes.

https://montgomeryperspective.com/2023/02/24/jawando-and-mink-introduce-bill-to-limit-traffic-stops/