Anonymous wrote:See this is the main reason why I stay away from libraries and parks and such. I’m not discouraged by the occasional alcoholic or weed smoker but dismayed by the premature panic attack people like the OP who are quick to dial 911 every time they see a person of color.

don't smoke weed, be drunk, or deal drugs on the library steps, or pass out on the sidewalk, and I won't call 911.

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Anonymous wrote:See this is the main reason why I stay away from libraries and parks and such. I’m not discouraged by the occasional alcoholic or weed smoker but dismayed by the premature panic attack people like the OP who are quick to dial 911 every time they see a person of color.

I must have missed something.

How do you know what color the people OP was referring to are? I didn't see mention of race anywhere in this thread.

I'm an immigrant, so race can be confusing - how can you tell from OP's post that the person who passed out was not White?

Spare me the stupid hypotheticals you, me, & everybody knows damn well what the people the OP called the cops on looked like don’t play dumb.

I think it's sad in DC how we have conceded libraries to be drug zones and de factl shelters. Sad sad sad.

Anonymous wrote:See this is the main reason why I stay away from libraries and parks and such. I’m not discouraged by the occasional alcoholic or weed smoker but dismayed by the premature panic attack people like the OP who are quick to dial 911 every time they see a person of color.

I must have missed something.

How do you know what color the people OP was referring to are? I didn't see mention of race anywhere in this thread.

I'm an immigrant, so race can be confusing - how can you tell from OP's post that the person who passed out was not White?

See this is the main reason why I stay away from libraries and parks and such. I’m not discouraged by the occasional alcoholic or weed smoker but dismayed by the premature panic attack people like the OP who are quick to dial 911 every time they see a person of color.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not have called the police on any of them. Drug deal doesn’t last but a few minutes. They would be fine by the time cops showed up. Passed out in the middle of the street or the curb? If curb, it’s cool, he just needed to sober up. Most that overdose on something powerful aren’t dead. Just good crack

You sound awesome.

No, they just don't have children, if they did, they'd have an entirely different opinion on this matter.

19:40 here. It’s “permitted” only because nobody reports it. There would be several times when I walked out of the building and notice something off that nobody had reported to us inside. You should also be aware that MPD will probably not report to library admin anything that happens outside. Please let them know. https://www.dclibrary.org/contact

Anonymous wrote:As someone who used to work at that library—thank you for calling the police. You would not believe the shit that I’ve witnessed in the library, some of which started outside.

You're welcome. It's gotten noticeable worse in the past 4-5 years, as has all of Eastern Market and Barracks Row, and now moving up Penn Ave. Hopefully not also moving down 7th st. I just don't understand why people are permitted to sit on the library steps drunk and smoking weed. I have no problem sharing the library with everyone, but you'd think the community would draw the line at public drunkeness on the library steps ...

As someone who used to work at that library—thank you for calling the police. You would not believe the shit that I’ve witnessed in the library, some of which started outside.

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Anonymous wrote:I would not have called the police on any of them. Drug deal doesn’t last but a few minutes. They would be fine by the time cops showed up. Passed out in the middle of the street or the curb? If curb, it’s cool, he just needed to sober up. Most that overdose on something powerful aren’t dead. Just good crack

You sound awesome.

I wouldn't have called for the drug deal or passed out person. I might call for the OD because if they were really in trouble from opiods, narcan can reverse the OD and save a life (in some places, librarians are now being trained on how to administer opioid reversal drugs).

I call for the passed-out person because a)they may need medical help and b) it's a public nuisance and a sign of total breakdown to have people passed out literally in the middle of the sidewalk.

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Anonymous wrote:For all of you saying OP shouldn’t have called about the drug deal, are you aware that many shootings occur over a drug deal? Shootings are happening all over the city at all hours. The drug deal at the library could go from fine to dangerous in a matter of seconds.

I’m with OP. I’d absolutely call if I witnessed that.

OP here. Yes, that is why I called, exactly. I don't want there to be an open-market drug corner right there, with the attendant violence.

I don't know - I always found the drug dealers to be so much more polite then the drunks. They were business folks - wanted to keep everyone happy so they could ply their wares in peace. Only drive by I have ever had to duck from was a bunch of teenagers having a beef over a girl.

I prefer no drug dealers to move onto that corner, obviously.

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Anonymous wrote:For all of you saying OP shouldn’t have called about the drug deal, are you aware that many shootings occur over a drug deal? Shootings are happening all over the city at all hours. The drug deal at the library could go from fine to dangerous in a matter of seconds.

I’m with OP. I’d absolutely call if I witnessed that.

OP here. Yes, that is why I called, exactly. I don't want there to be an open-market drug corner right there, with the attendant violence.

I don't know - I always found the drug dealers to be so much more polite then the drunks. They were business folks - wanted to keep everyone happy so they could ply their wares in peace. Only drive by I have ever had to duck from was a bunch of teenagers having a beef over a girl.

Anonymous wrote:That’s why we moved! Couldn’t handle the type of crap on Capitol Hill anymore.

Opioid crap in Ohio is worse.

That’s why we moved! Couldn’t handle the type of crap on Capitol Hill anymore.

Anonymous wrote:I live in Capitol Hill and I've had to call 911 3 times in the past week -- twice just tonight! First time - open drug dealing at the library. Second time - passed out on the street. Third time -- walk past a man who OD'd, and I think he's dead.

This shit is depressing!

Well 311 or 911 what are you supposed to do about a dead or possibly on the way to it body? Library zones should be drug deal free. If free for a 2 block radius ? Libraries have nice stuff including story time and NE site has memory lab where you can digitalize old family home movies. Great. Grandma or oldsters can take old 8mm film and slides and deal with the drug stuff. Just not fair.

It is depressing. High call volume in 1 week but at least none were shots fired or you in a residence while others in [calls we've made but not in DC].