Anonymous wrote:Seriously???? These kid criminals need some consequences

They’re criminals.

Nothing “kiddie” about them.

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Anonymous wrote:Video report re: the Petworth carjacking. There was another in the same location last weekend. Warning: you can hear the victim screaming and she had a head injury. The neighbors seem great, wonder how many will stay? Hope the victim has no lasting TBI issues.

We live nearby and unfortunately are thinking about leaving if DC's trajectory continues. This neighborhood (which isn't Petworth, it's Manor Park, just south of Takoma) is wonderful and we've always felt very safe--would be heartbreaking to leave--but the cracks are starting to show.

+1

We live in Manor Park and I absolutely love our neighborhood. We know the vast majority of our neighbors and have developed some really close friendships with some of them. I thought I’d never be willing to move and try not to over dramatize crime in the city but our neighborhood seems to be having weekly serious crime events. Armed robberies, car jacking, homicides, police chases into our alley ways and park. It’s a lot.

Anonymous wrote:Carjacking has branched out...

HS. This one happened downtown during rush hour.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Video report re: the Petworth carjacking. There was another in the same location last weekend. Warning: you can hear the victim screaming and she had a head injury. The neighbors seem great, wonder how many will stay? Hope the victim has no lasting TBI issues.

We live nearby and unfortunately are thinking about leaving if DC's trajectory continues. This neighborhood (which isn't Petworth, it's Manor Park, just south of Takoma) is wonderful and we've always felt very safe--would be heartbreaking to leave--but the cracks are starting to show.

A lot of us make our living with our brains, if not killed, a TBI is still surely life altering.

Carjacking has branched out...