Anonymous wrote:I am completely in favor of all of this:

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/trump-could-federalize-dc-police-department-districts-gop-chair-suggests/3763442/?amp=1

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2024/11/08/dc-trump-home-rule/

The city council has proven they can’t tackle crime. Progressive criminal justice is an abject failure. The housing voucher program is a disaster where people take advantage of not paying their rent for years at the tune of hundreds of millions of dollars in loses. I am a liberal who lives in dc. I can’t believe Trump won. But if there is one slight hope it’s that he cleans the city up and cracks the fk down on car jackers.

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t vote for Trump but if his administration wants to make progress in DC then lift the “woke yoke” restrictions on MPD to allow them to pursue criminals, dangerous drivers, etc., the way nearly all police departments can do.

Anonymous wrote:Didn’t vote for Trump but if his administration wants to make progress in DC then lift the “woke yoke” restrictions on MPD to allow them to pursue criminals, dangerous drivers, etc., the way nearly all police departments can do.

Anonymous wrote:MPD need not be further federalized, it just needs to be given the resources and authorities to do what needs to be done to take criminals off the streets, supported by prosecutors who prosecute laws which enshrine meaningful penalties and with the involvement of judges who impose the sentences the laws envision. All that without wailing from the left about the demographic being taken out of circulation to do no further harm.

Anonymous wrote:I cannot wait for Trump to reopen Beach Drive and remove a bunch of bike lanes.

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Anonymous wrote:The Trump win is actually great for DC. Horrible ideologues like Matthew Graves and everyone else at the USAO office will be gone. And finally we can have some reasonable people prosecuting violent men who have been destroying the safety and quality of life for DC residents for years now. Things were much better in the Bush/Obama years.

The crime surge of the last few years began in 2018 under Trump's USAO. I'm not sure why people think he's going to do much of anything different.

They like the shocking crime on social media because it gives them talking points for their narrative of bashing DC.

Anonymous wrote:The Trump win is actually great for DC. Horrible ideologues like Matthew Graves and everyone else at the USAO office will be gone. And finally we can have some reasonable people prosecuting violent men who have been destroying the safety and quality of life for DC residents for years now. Things were much better in the Bush/Obama years.

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Anonymous wrote:How can carjacking be improved when it often involves multiple jurisdictions? (For example, the person committing the crime resides in P.G., but they commit the crime in D.C. or M.C.)

Is there anything he actually has the power to do about the lack of consequences for youth perpetrators across the metro area?

If punishment becomes certain (as it probably would under Trump’s new U.S. Attorney), these psychopaths will probably hesitate before sticking a gun in someone’s face.

The juvenile crime issue would probably require a partial repeal of home rule. I doubt Trump’s trifecta would entirely do away with home rule, but I could see them either directly wresting juvenile crime away from the city council, or otherwise exerting pressure on the council to do something.

Trump also wants to take over the city police force and deploy the national guard. Not sure if he’s serious about that or if he’s bluffing, but if he does either of those things, I expect criminals to actually feel some deterrence from committing crime