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Anonymous wrote:If you have a neighbor/ANC commissioner/etc. who may have a more balanced approach to crime, please encourage them to consider running or at least making some serious noise. I'm tired of Charles Allen's "it's literally never their fault when they point a gun in your face" approach.

Have you called his office to voice this? I have. They very courteously tell you how much you are misunderstanding the worthiness of his approach. I mean, I guess they have to defend it since its his platform, but I've had some pretty Seussical conversations with his staff.

Anonymous wrote:To the question about where he is on DCPS and charters... He certainly has not been a charter supporter, though he tries to hide it and a lot of charter parents aren't aware, unless they ask their school leader or the charter association, or really follow his votes. Whoever pointed out how closely he hews to the WTU party line is spot on...

I'd like to see a Black, more centrist candidate who will advance economic opportunity, focus on public safety (which can be fair - there is a middle ground between stop and frisk and abolish the police), and be open to choices in the public education system.

Anonymous wrote:If you have a neighbor/ANC commissioner/etc. who may have a more balanced approach to crime, please encourage them to consider running or at least making some serious noise. I'm tired of Charles Allen's "it's literally never their fault when they point a gun in your face" approach.

Anonymous wrote:Wonder what Charles Allen thinks about Rayful Edmonds, who was directly responsible for hundreds of murders in DC in the 1980s. His federal life sentence has been reduced, mainly because he's a huge snitch:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/rayful-edmond-prison-sentence-reduction/2021/02/23/efa9d0b6-48c2-11eb-839a-cf4ba7b7c48c_story.html

(Edmonds likely isn't getting out anytime soon because Allen's idiotic law can't touch the 30-year Pennsylvania sentence for running his drug empire from prison.)

Anonymous wrote:I think you could get people from across DC to financially support this.
-Ward 3

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Anonymous wrote:You'd be better off focusing on the redistricting process and getting his house zoned out of Ward 6. This was easier when he lived closer to the ward boundary, especially since people on Capitol Hill aren't going to want to be in Ward 5 or 7, but Ward 6 is going to have to shrink somewhere. If Capitol Hill residents really don't like having them as their councilmember this may be the easiest way out. Of course, that assumes they prefer McDuffie or Gray instead.

I actually think Charles Allen is most popular on the Hill within Ward 6.

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Anonymous wrote:From Allen's latest Ward 6 Update: "I wanted to quickly provide some information around the increase the District is seeing in car thefts and carjackings... In understanding possible motives for younger defendants, OAG reports that the reasons behind the thefts vary from being engaged in other acts of violence, to using the car as a warm place to stay. This is obviously only a limited sample, but when I talk about understanding the root causes of crime, this kind of context is helpful to understand both what justice should look like and understanding how we can head it off for someone in a similar situation -- i.e. people need housing and heat."

It's depressing to think that it's impossible to beat a candidate who attributes the large uptick in carjackings over the last sixth months is due to people wanting a "warm place to stay."

OMG

Is he of sound mind?

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Anonymous wrote:Thank you for reading up, though Im disappointed in your side stepping the point I made vis Allens judgment. The convicted individual was up for clemency and Charles Allen scolded the judge for taking the originating charge, aiding and abetting a violent home invasion child rape, into consideration when reviewing the clemency appeal. That is the point I made. If Charles Allen and you dont believe sexually violent crimes against children in Washington, DC should be considered when weighing clemency considerations, then in my books, you are rape friendly. In the age of #metoo, I cant believe Charles Allen gets away with this sexual violence victim-hostile stance.

I generally agree that individuals who have served 37 years for crimes committed when they were 17 should be given consideration for sentence reductions if they can demonstrate rehabilitation. According to this report:

https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/tssp16.pdf

The median time served for rape is 4.2 years. I think rape friendly is a description better used for those satisfied with 4.2 years rather than those who believe 171 is extreme.

A violent home invasion, parent raped, attention then turned to child while parent helplessly looked on. Charles Allen took time from his day to write a letter to the judge to chastise him/her for considering the facts around the original conviction when weighing clemency. In the case in India where the University student was raped on the bus and eventually died from her injuries, her perpetrators were also youthful. When the ones who werent sentenced to death come up for clemency should only their prison record be considered? Honestly, I have no words for how victims of violent and sadistic sexual violence are treated in this country.

If the crime, including car theft, keeps ticking up, folks with means will either leave or leave no doubt when threatened, especially in the home. This is always the cycle that takes place.

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jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Thank you for reading up, though Im disappointed in your side stepping the point I made vis Allens judgment. The convicted individual was up for clemency and Charles Allen scolded the judge for taking the originating charge, aiding and abetting a violent home invasion child rape, into consideration when reviewing the clemency appeal. That is the point I made. If Charles Allen and you dont believe sexually violent crimes against children in Washington, DC should be considered when weighing clemency considerations, then in my books, you are rape friendly. In the age of #metoo, I cant believe Charles Allen gets away with this sexual violence victim-hostile stance.

I generally agree that individuals who have served 37 years for crimes committed when they were 17 should be given consideration for sentence reductions if they can demonstrate rehabilitation. According to this report:

https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/tssp16.pdf

The median time served for rape is 4.2 years. I think rape friendly is a description better used for those satisfied with 4.2 years rather than those who believe 171 is extreme.

A violent home invasion, parent raped, attention then turned to child while parent helplessly looked on. Charles Allen took time from his day to write a letter to the judge to chastise him/her for considering the facts around the original conviction when weighing clemency. In the case in India where the University student was raped on the bus and eventually died from her injuries, her perpetrators were also youthful. When the ones who werent sentenced to death come up for clemency should only their prison record be considered? Honestly, I have no words for how victims of violent and sadistic sexual violence are treated in this country.

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Anonymous wrote:He's going to run for mayor, and lose badly. That's how we get rid of him.

Oooh!

Remember when Tommy Wells ran for mayor? Or when Ed Lazere ran multiple times for citywide office?

Allen will do worse. But his ego is massive and blinding him to the fact that DC will never, ever elect a white male who is pillow-soft on crime