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Anonymous wrote:So in what ways is the Mayor's seriousness manifesting itself? What actions has the Mayor taken to address high crime, and why have they failed?

You are using a red herring and diverting from the elected offices that are elected and materially empowered to deal with DC crime. They are the city council, the DC Attorney General, the US Attorney General and US Attorney's office and the US Congress.

The US Congress has done its bit by blocking portions of the catch and release crime bill and forcing its modification. The other offices above have done nothing.
The Mayor as argued against defunding of police, and argue against reduced sentencing that has caused more crime. But she is not empowered, nor is she elected under DC's system, to be addressing crime. We have an AG and USAG who decides prosecution policy and they do not in any way answer to her, a council which decides funding and does not answer to her. Those are the entities responsible for crime fighting, not, in DC, the Mayor.

Just astonishing that you think the Mayor - who runs the police force and the entire executive branch of the District of Columbia, who has veto power over the Council and writes and submits a budget to the Council, and works with the Council to get it passed - has no role or responsibility to fight crime. The Mayor's abdication of responsibility is a black mark on her record.

What is astonishing is you think the mayor funds the police force when she does not. Or that you think she passes laws on crime prosecution when she does not. It is bizarre that you are even commenting when nor knowing the basic of the running of DC govenrmence mechanisms

Who develops, negotiates, and signs the DC budget?
Who implements the laws and spends the money appropriated in the budget?
Who hires the Police Commissioner, and makes the day to day decisions about the police force?

It's the Mayor.

If you are telling me the Mayor is helpless to do anything about crime, then we need a new Mayor.

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Anonymous wrote:So in what ways is the Mayor's seriousness manifesting itself? What actions has the Mayor taken to address high crime, and why have they failed?

You are using a red herring and diverting from the elected offices that are elected and materially empowered to deal with DC crime. They are the city council, the DC Attorney General, the US Attorney General and US Attorney's office and the US Congress.

The US Congress has done its bit by blocking portions of the catch and release crime bill and forcing its modification. The other offices above have done nothing.
The Mayor as argued against defunding of police, and argue against reduced sentencing that has caused more crime. But she is not empowered, nor is she elected under DC's system, to be addressing crime. We have an AG and USAG who decides prosecution policy and they do not in any way answer to her, a council which decides funding and does not answer to her. Those are the entities responsible for crime fighting, not, in DC, the Mayor.

Just astonishing that you think the Mayor - who runs the police force and the entire executive branch of the District of Columbia, who has veto power over the Council and writes and submits a budget to the Council, and works with the Council to get it passed - has no role or responsibility to fight crime. The Mayor's abdication of responsibility is a black mark on her record.

What is astonishing is you think the mayor funds the police force when she does not. Or that you think she passes laws on crime prosecution when she does not. It is bizarre that you are even commenting when nor knowing the basic of the running of DC govenrmence mechanisms

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Anonymous wrote:So in what ways is the Mayor's seriousness manifesting itself? What actions has the Mayor taken to address high crime, and why have they failed?

You are using a red herring and diverting from the elected offices that are elected and materially empowered to deal with DC crime. They are the city council, the DC Attorney General, the US Attorney General and US Attorney's office and the US Congress.

The US Congress has done its bit by blocking portions of the catch and release crime bill and forcing its modification. The other offices above have done nothing.
The Mayor as argued against defunding of police, and argue against reduced sentencing that has caused more crime. But she is not empowered, nor is she elected under DC's system, to be addressing crime. We have an AG and USAG who decides prosecution policy and they do not in any way answer to her, a council which decides funding and does not answer to her. Those are the entities responsible for crime fighting, not, in DC, the Mayor.

Just astonishing that you think the Mayor - who runs the police force and the entire executive branch of the District of Columbia, who has veto power over the Council and writes and submits a budget to the Council, and works with the Council to get it passed - has no role or responsibility to fight crime. The Mayor's abdication of responsibility is a black mark on her record.

Anonymous wrote:Can we read this again, please: SIX PEOPLE shot and killed in ONE NIGHT last weekend????

95% of DC shootings are committed by released criminals. What do you expect when DC can no longer search faer jumpers who accounted for almost 15% of all illegal carried guns, and when DC prosecutors and judges ae letting other criminals carrying guns out on no cash bonds, and pleading down ADW or aggravated gun assult down to misdemeanors?

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Anonymous wrote:So in what ways is the Mayor's seriousness manifesting itself? What actions has the Mayor taken to address high crime, and why have they failed?

she opposed the broad relaxation of violent crime penalties pushed by the council.

OK, so in this case she did nothing but support a failed status quo. Anything else of note? Fill in the blank please "They Mayor has _____ to fight crime in DC"

Again you engage in red herring. What do you mean failed status quo? Ten years ago when sentences given and time served for violent crime were much higher and we had many more bad guys in jail where they could not hurt law abiding, we had under HALF the current violent crime rate. Federal and DC AG have emptied DC prisons and jails, largely to comply with low DC Council set incarceration rate targets.
So the mayor has done a LOT to fight crime, all while other elected officials are doing their best to enable it.

Anonymous wrote:So in what ways is the Mayor's seriousness manifesting itself? What actions has the Mayor taken to address high crime, and why have they failed?

You are using a red herring and diverting from the elected offices that are elected and materially empowered to deal with DC crime. They are the city council, the DC Attorney General, the US Attorney General and US Attorney's office and the US Congress.

The US Congress has done its bit by blocking portions of the catch and release crime bill and forcing its modification. The other offices above have done nothing.
The Mayor as argued against defunding of police, and argue against reduced sentencing that has caused more crime. But she is not empowered, nor is she elected under DC's system, to be addressing crime. We have an AG and USAG who decides prosecution policy and they do not in any way answer to her, a council which decides funding and does not answer to her. Those are the entities responsible for crime fighting, not, in DC, the Mayor.

Can we read this again, please: SIX PEOPLE shot and killed in ONE NIGHT last weekend????

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Anonymous wrote:I just got my concealed carry permit as well. It’s easy to carry in a holster next to my seat, and I already feel a lot safer. I hope I never have to use it, but if I do then I am prepared to do what I have to do in order to protect myself from great bodily harm or death.

Look forward to seeing your trial when you shoot someone. Have fun when you get sued.

That is same as saying: "Looking foreword to you or a loved one of yours assaulted or killed.
What is your problem with a person getting a concealed carry permit? People in DC, be the left, right or center are getting permits.

Don’t bother with these people. They will happily wish rape and death on your family if you have political differences. Then they will espouse their liberal moral superiority.

“Hate has no home here” — right liberals?

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Anonymous wrote:So in what ways is the Mayor's seriousness manifesting itself? What actions has the Mayor taken to address high crime, and why have they failed?

she opposed the broad relaxation of violent crime penalties pushed by the council.

OK, so in this case she did nothing but support a failed status quo. Anything else of note? Fill in the blank please "They Mayor has _____ to fight crime in DC"

Anonymous wrote:So in what ways is the Mayor's seriousness manifesting itself? What actions has the Mayor taken to address high crime, and why have they failed?

she opposed the broad relaxation of violent crime penalties pushed by the council.

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell me what the Mayor's plan is to address all this crime?

The mayor has to fight the Council before she can begin to seriously fight crime. That’s the problem. The Council is packed with Democrats-in-name only socialists. These aren’t 1980’s DC Democrats.

So your contention is that the Mayor, and the Police Chief, are helpless to do anything about crime besides fight with the Council? That she has no responsibility on her own and no independent authority to do anything? Are you serious?

The mayor is the most serious about fighting crime of any official in DC. The mayor has no ability to spend a nickel or do anything at all about criminal code without the council. Nor change prosecution policy pursued by separately elected DC AG or the Biden DOJ which controls US attorney's office for DC.

So in what ways is the Mayor's seriousness manifesting itself? What actions has the Mayor taken to address high crime, and why have they failed?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can anyone tell me what the Mayor's plan is to address all this crime?

The mayor has to fight the Council before she can begin to seriously fight crime. That’s the problem. The Council is packed with Democrats-in-name only socialists. These aren’t 1980’s DC Democrats.

So your contention is that the Mayor, and the Police Chief, are helpless to do anything about crime besides fight with the Council? That she has no responsibility on her own and no independent authority to do anything? Are you serious?

The mayor is the most serious about fighting crime of any official in DC. The mayor has no ability to spend a nickel or do anything at all about criminal code without the council. Nor change prosecution policy pursued by separately elected DC AG or the Biden DOJ which controls US attorney's office for DC.

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Anonymous wrote:I just got my concealed carry permit as well. It’s easy to carry in a holster next to my seat, and I already feel a lot safer. I hope I never have to use it, but if I do then I am prepared to do what I have to do in order to protect myself from great bodily harm or death.

Look forward to seeing your trial when you shoot someone. Have fun when you get sued.

That is same as saying: "Looking foreword to you or a loved one of yours assaulted or killed.
What is your problem with a person getting a concealed carry permit? People in DC, be the left, right or center are getting permits.

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Anonymous wrote:Can a lawyer weigh in on why parents can't be held responsible for crimes committed by minors? From what I can tell, DC Counsel keeps arguing that the "juvenile" brain isn't fully formed until age 25 or so and we need to go even easier on these kids. If 14 year olds are committing carjackings, armed robberies etc but basically can't get punished. Then who is responsible? No ONE? this is a crime lovers paradise. Can't parents be prosecuted if their kid uses a gun n the home to shoot someone? Seems like if a parent is so lax that their 12 year old if committing crimes at 1am, then they should also be held responsible.

From Day #1 DCPS hammers into AA kids that they are victims and the system is structurally against them. They watch YouTube videos of kids taking whatever they want with zero consequences. After five years of this they are sadly fully programmed and armed and dangerous. It can turn out no other way.

Looney white folk on here will attack you, but this is sadly the truth although a bit dramatized. And this is the reason that my AA son is now far away from DCPS.

No it's not. You are absolutely ridiculous.

Anonymous wrote:Now that Monumental Sports is complaining about crime in china town (and threatening to move the arena to NoVa), the city council and mayor will likely start to crack down on more of petty stuff in order to stop the bigger stuff later on. money talks in DC.

Ted Leonsis is never moving his teams to NoVA. Good one!