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Anonymous wrote:One of our "unhoused" drew 150 swastikas in Union Station but gets less press than a DCPS high schooler accused of making racist statements on Facebook.

https://wtop.com/dc/2022/01/dc-police-arrest-suspect-for-swastika-vandalism-at-union-station/

Look that sh*t was terrible but the fact that it was done by a mentally unstable person actually makes me feel better.

Mentally unstable? Or criminal?

A twice-deported Mexican citizen with a 15-year criminal history was arrested for allegedly drawing swastikas at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station, but reportedly does not face deportation under the Biden administration's standards for arrest or removal.

"The criminal who defaced Union Station with antisemitic symbols, Geraldo Pando, should not have been able to commit this act of hatred. He is a convicted felon and an unlawful migrant with a criminal history of deportations and arrests, including for assault on a first responder," Sen. Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, told the Washington Examiner.

Geraldo Pando was arrested last month and charged with the display of certain emblems and defacing private/public property, the Washington Examiner reported. He allegedly drew the swastika symbols one day after International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the incident is being investigated as a possible hate crime.

Pando, 34, has a 15-year criminal history, including a 35-page criminal history in Colorado for crimes stretching from possession of drugs to misdemeanor theft.

He had been detained by police earlier in January for vandalizing the U.S. Capitol Police headquarters, a senior Senate aide told the Washington Examiner. He was released, however, because ICE did not ask for him to be held until he was in federal custody.

"It is inexcusable that ICE did not process him and he was released back into the community to commit such a heinous crime," Portman told the outlet. "This administration’s poor policies and reluctance to remove criminals from our streets continue to result in additional harm to our country."

Anonymous wrote:It would be nice, if we the majority, could somehow have these people removed from office, declared mentally unfit to serve civilized society. The overwhelming danger to the public is too great to allow these people to continue in their roles.

DC had a big drop in population in the past 2 years, I expect that to accelerate.

What impact will some of the housing policies have on Deal and Wilson which are already over capacity? https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/02/02/new-affordable-housing-hptf-ward-3/

It was one thing to tolerate DC crime before I was a parent and when DC was cheap to live in. Now, the calculus looks different. Then much crime was after dark, now carjackings by kids with guns can and does happen in broad daylight. My CVS store has lost a lot of staff, one manager had his jaw broken by robbers. The basic fabric of society is rended when safety and order are not prioritized.

There's a lot of blame shifting among DC "leaders" - when does someone stand up and fix the real problem, crime??

Anonymous wrote:Listen to this woman's screams. This is the carjacking where the child and woman were in the car.

This is our city now. Shame on our elected officials.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MeredithLiberty/status/1489113901698584580

https://mobile.twitter.com/alanhenney/status/1489123569124663301?cxt=HHwWioCzxeL_tqopAAAA

Horrific.

So were these recent crimes against parents and young children in DC

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/woman-assaulted-while-walking-with-5-year-old-child-in-southeast-dc

https://www.wusa9.com/video/news/local/father-says-baby-daughter-has-19-stitches-following-brick-attack-in-capitol-hill/65-75614a24-6448-4a6e-a787-b28d29ca1a31

https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/dc/dc-father-fights-off-alleged-armed-carjacker-with-daughter-in-backseat/65-79003549-6c00-4583-af8e-f921718e8a6e

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Anonymous wrote:Oh my god, everyone (at least in recent pages of this thread) needs to read up on how criminal justice actually works in DC. Karl Racine doesn't have any prosecutors (except in the loosest sense related to juvenile crimes). The federal government, specifically the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia, is responsible for prosecuting all felonies (i.e., crimes punishable by more than one year in jail) in D.C. Our prosecutor-in-chief is the U.S. Attorney, a man named Matthew Graves. The disconnect between the police and the prosecutors, unique in our country, is a problem, but it's hardly one you can blame Bowser or Contee for when it was imposed on us by Congress.

The vast majority of the violent crimes being discussed in this thread (armed carjackings and robberies, gun cases) have been committed by teens, and those cases are “prosecuted” by Karl Racine’s office. This is why the mayor and Contee specifically targeted Racine. Additionally, even those cases where the perps are a little older, chances are they were juvenile delinquents previously “prosecuted” by Racine’s office but yet still roaming the streets committing crimes. Some of us know how the criminal justice system here in DC works, but thanks for the helpful tips.

And Racine’s response to Bowser is quite interesting in pointing out her penchant for finger pointing and buck passing instead of leadership. I’ve honestly never heard of a situation anywhere else where the mayor has been out there like this. Not saying that criticism of Allen, the council and Racine is unfair. However, first glass houses and all that. Second, the mayor should have a higher sense leadership no? Not even trying to use convening power to bring all actors together to coordinate.

Karl Racine: "My office prosecutes all violent crimes committed by juveniles where we have strong evidence, as the standard of proof is beyond a reasonable doubt, and where the arrest is constitutional."

Also Karl Racine: "No, I will not release statistics showing how many juveniles actually are prosecuted, even with names redacted. And no, I will not release statistics showing how many of these juveniles had previous arrests."

Also Karl Racine https://www.npr.org/2021/06/30/1011411101/teens-can-get-swept-into-adult-prisons-d-c-s-attorney-general-wants-to-change-th

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the city needs to be under federal control again

+1
I am thoroughly against statehood. With that though, can someone explain to me who prosecutes what crimes in DC? I have heard a lot of "but the Feds" to explain our dismal prosecution rates. Who does what, for example crimes with guns?

+2

Statehood is about the last thing D.C. could responsibly handle.

What fascinates me is that the same people who are usually the most vocal advocates for statehood are also the people who are the most admanant that it’s inappropriate to compare to DC to other states on any metric.

I actually would welcome statehood for DC, because it would end DCs special status and put the city on equal footing with other states in competing for federal resources with only two junior Senators and one Congressmember. Pretty sure that is not going to turn out as well as people think it will.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the city needs to be under federal control again

+1
I am thoroughly against statehood. With that though, can someone explain to me who prosecutes what crimes in DC? I have heard a lot of "but the Feds" to explain our dismal prosecution rates. Who does what, for example crimes with guns?

+2

Statehood is about the last thing D.C. could responsibly handle.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:the city needs to be under federal control again

+1
I am thoroughly against statehood. With that though, can someone explain to me who prosecutes what crimes in DC? I have heard a lot of "but the Feds" to explain our dismal prosecution rates. Who does what, for example crimes with guns?

+2

Listen to this woman's screams. This is the carjacking where the child and woman were in the car.

This is our city now. Shame on our elected officials.

https://mobile.twitter.com/MeredithLiberty/status/1489113901698584580

https://mobile.twitter.com/alanhenney/status/1489123569124663301?cxt=HHwWioCzxeL_tqopAAAA

Anonymous wrote:the city needs to be under federal control again

+1
I am thoroughly against statehood. With that though, can someone explain to me who prosecutes what crimes in DC? I have heard a lot of "but the Feds" to explain our dismal prosecution rates. Who does what, for example crimes with guns?

the city needs to be under federal control again

Anonymous wrote:Latest carjacking with a child in the car just blocks from Allen’s house.

Crickets.

But he tweets PSAs about bad batches of fentanyl? How about PSAs on how to not get jacked?

Latest carjacking with a child in the car just blocks from Allen’s house.

Crickets.

Anonymous wrote:It would be nice, if we the majority, could somehow have these people removed from office, declared mentally unfit to serve civilized society. The overwhelming danger to the public is too great to allow these people to continue in their roles.

And since DC voters keep electing more of the same, replace the entire lot under federal control.

It would be nice, if we the majority, could somehow have these people removed from office, declared mentally unfit to serve civilized society. The overwhelming danger to the public is too great to allow these people to continue in their roles.