Anonymous wrote:Just when we thought it was coming to an end...the NG are there as his security guards in addition to the other detail he has

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Anonymous wrote:So is crime and violent crime in DC lower now than it was before the president's intervention?

Of course it is. You could have googled that instead of reactivating a old thread.

Anonymous wrote:So is crime and violent crime in DC lower now than it was before the president's intervention?

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Anonymous wrote:So is crime and violent crime in DC lower now than it was before the president's intervention?

No it is higher and the feds are lawless. They will open fire on you if you make a lane change.

Can you stop shooting from the hip and provide some sourcing?

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Anonymous wrote:So is crime and violent crime in DC lower now than it was before the president's intervention?

No it is higher and the feds are lawless. They will open fire on you if you make a lane change.

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Anonymous wrote:So is crime and violent crime in DC lower now than it was before the president's intervention?

No it is higher and the feds are lawless. They will open fire on you if you make a lane change.

Anonymous wrote:So is crime and violent crime in DC lower now than it was before the president's intervention?

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotal Annie here: I'm working down near Union Station for a few weeks. Had my first NG siting at Union Station and honestly? It felt like a huge relief just to have extra presence around. To get there for lunch, I walk a gauntlet of homeless folks who have posted up in front of the Post Office Museum. Last week, one of them was screaming and grunting, zig zagging up and down the sidewalk. As a bystander, and a DC resident of 20 years (no snowflake) it was scary. It made me angry. Especially when you see where schizophrenia can lead like what happened in Charlotte. This person needs to be involuntarily committed and receive serious help and medication, but while we wait for that to happen, I'm grateful for the larger law enforcement presence, wherever it comes from.

Reagan closed all of the places where people can be committed. It is part of why there was such a huge homeless explosion since the 1980's. GOP cuts to health and human services and the VA pretty much guarantees this is the result.

That was 40 years ago. No one has tried to reinstate it. In fact most of you would flip your lids if it came back.

Are you, perhaps, basing that last bit solely on the voices in your head? Most of us would like people with severe Meny Tao health issues — who are dangerous to themselves or others — to receive humane treatment. Most of us would like the homeless to be housed. No lids flipped. Go for it OP, I’d be glad to help. I’d be happy for US tax dollars to be spent on the welfare and well-being of US citizens.

At this point, huge numbers of people now in US prisons have untreated mental illness and/or diagnosable disorders. No lids flipped if PP would like to advocate for humane and appropriate treatment for them as well.

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Anonymous wrote:Anecdotal Annie here: I'm working down near Union Station for a few weeks. Had my first NG siting at Union Station and honestly? It felt like a huge relief just to have extra presence around. To get there for lunch, I walk a gauntlet of homeless folks who have posted up in front of the Post Office Museum. Last week, one of them was screaming and grunting, zig zagging up and down the sidewalk. As a bystander, and a DC resident of 20 years (no snowflake) it was scary. It made me angry. Especially when you see where schizophrenia can lead like what happened in Charlotte. This person needs to be involuntarily committed and receive serious help and medication, but while we wait for that to happen, I'm grateful for the larger law enforcement presence, wherever it comes from.

Reagan closed all of the places where people can be committed. It is part of why there was such a huge homeless explosion since the 1980's. GOP cuts to health and human services and the VA pretty much guarantees this is the result.

That was 40 years ago. No one has tried to reinstate it. In fact most of you would flip your lids if it came back.

Agree completely.

So I will come right out and say it clearly:

- many homeless people, if they are severely mentally ill, would be better off if they were involuntarily committed to a mental health hospital where they could receive the care they need.