Anonymous wrote:Philly is going to follow NYC's lead by electing a Black mayor who pledges to be tough on crime. This news should have the Charles Allens and Brianne Nadeaus of the world extremely worried about their futures (I know for a fact that Allen thinks he's going to be DC's mayor in the future and had to be talked out of running last year by people who advised him that he would get embarrassed).

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/17/parker-philadelphia-mayor-primary/?utm_campaign=wp_main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

The telling quote from that story about Cherelle Parker, who will be Philly's next mayor:

More broadly, Parker said during the campaign that policy solutions should come from “the community,” not “people thinking they’re coming in to save poor people.”

“They know it’s not Cherelle engaging in what I call ‘I know what’s best for you people’ policymaking, but it’s come from the ground up,” Parker said Tuesday morning at a polling place.

Anonymous wrote:FYI, Walmart recently closed all of their other urban format stores in other cities as well. I'm not arguing that the location was actually performing well, or that theft was not also a problem. But I do think that part of the issue was that Walmart never really figured out how to make smaller format stores in city locations like H St. work within their broader business model.

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t quite understand the argument that people should leave the city due to crime, when suburbs also have troubling crime? People are cherry picking a scenario where a family is living in east Capitol Hill (which, yes, has seen a troubling crime uptick) and moving to, like, Olney or Potomac or somewhere with less crime.

We live in NE DC and while there is crime and we don’t like it, the suburbs we can afford and that make sense in terms of commute have similar crime problems. There are upsetting violent crimes in places like Wheaton, Hyattsville, Arlington, etc., all the time. Our friends in the suburbs complain about carjackings and shootings near their homes. The gun laws in VA make a lot of people (me included) anxious about gun violence there.

We are looking to move out of DC due to the school issues, but don’t view there to be a clear difference in crime between where we live in DC and where we might move in MD or VA. Many close in suburbs have fairly similar crime stats to where we live now, and moving very far out means spending a lot more time commuting (plus worrying about traffic accidents with all the added car time).

There is absolutely a difference between urban areas and suburbs with mostly educated families. White flight is a real thing. If you move to most suburbs or towns you’ll find a local government that does everything it can to fight and prevent crime along with zoning and other laws to keep crime out. The best way to avoid crime is to not live anywhere close to public transportation and to not live where there is inexpensive housing.

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Anonymous wrote:What? I'm no friend to our boy Chuck, this is ridiculous statement.

Here's an example where Charles Allen wrote to a judge saying she made a mistake in denying a serial rapist's parole based on the fact that one of the victims he raped was a 9 year old child. As he say says, the law he co-authored (and was passed by the council) said that judges weren’t supposed to take into account the nature of the crime when considering early release:

https://twitter.com/kdrkrepp/status/115883954...hSMxxnLsXbwTdY_tEBnA

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Anonymous wrote:My young kids were caught in the middle of a gun battle on 295 on Saturday. Two cars stopped on the highway in front of them and BOTH drivers started firing at eachother. They had to duck down in the wheel well while people started abandoning their cars and running past them. it was barely news. They thought they were going to die. This city is a nightmare.

I’m so sorry this happened to you and it is WILD that this wasn’t news. I heard about it only from Twitter. I hate it here. I really want to leave.

Anonymous wrote:What? I'm no friend to our boy Chuck, this is ridiculous statement.

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Anonymous wrote:My young kids were caught in the middle of a gun battle on 295 on Saturday. Two cars stopped on the highway in front of them and BOTH drivers started firing at eachother. They had to duck down in the wheel well while people started abandoning their cars and running past them. it was barely news. They thought they were going to die. This city is a nightmare.

I’m so sorry this happened to you and it is WILD that this wasn’t news. I heard about it only from Twitter. I hate it here. I really want to leave.

Anonymous wrote:My young kids were caught in the middle of a gun battle on 295 on Saturday. Two cars stopped on the highway in front of them and BOTH drivers started firing at eachother. They had to duck down in the wheel well while people started abandoning their cars and running past them. it was barely news. They thought they were going to die. This city is a nightmare.

Anonymous wrote:Seriously:

- what is really wrong with some rape, murder, and crimes of violence?

I mean, come on! It is all just part and parcel of big city life.

Most women quickly physically recover from a rape, you know. What’s the big deal?

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously:

- what is really wrong with some rape, murder, and crimes of violence?

I mean, come on! It is all just part and parcel of big city life.

Most women quickly physically recover from a rape, you know. What’s the big deal?

There are white liberal women in D.C. who actually believe this.

There's a white male council member from Ward 6 who actually believes this.

Anonymous wrote:The leftist termite controls the newspapers and social media platforms and forums (like this one) and he does not allow free speech. Where he does not control, eg, Twitter, you can speak freely. This comment will be deleted shortly by the termites that curate this forum.

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously:

- what is really wrong with some rape, murder, and crimes of violence?

I mean, come on! It is all just part and parcel of big city life.

Most women quickly physically recover from a rape, you know. What’s the big deal?

And "Baby K" is mostly likely relishing this notorious label foolishly bestowed him by DC idiots furthering this insanity.

I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought that referring to him as “Baby K” was utterly ridiculous. He had an adult warrant out for him in PG County, and PG has now put his real name out there, but ok DC OAG we can pretend that no one should know his true name because brain development

I wondered about that. I understand keeping a minors name out of papers - is he 18 now? Or does PG County just not play?

He’s charged as an adult in PG so that strips all the confidentiality that is afforded to minors charged in juvenile court. Also, credit to PG and their State’s Attorney’s Office, they do not play with violent juvenile offenders. They charged him as an adult and argued for him to be placed in an adult detention facility. I think there is also something to be said for the fact that it is not an office run by white liberals with a savior complex.

Jawando is a white liberal with a savior complex?

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Anonymous wrote:Seriously:

- what is really wrong with some rape, murder, and crimes of violence?

I mean, come on! It is all just part and parcel of big city life.

Most women quickly physically recover from a rape, you know. What’s the big deal?

There are white liberal women in D.C. who actually believe this.