Anonymous wrote:TheRoot publication has a race agenda. You should take everything published in it with a grain of salt and think for yourself. The stories often are greatly exaggerated. The woman broke the noise ordinance. Do you know how loud you have to be before breaking a noise ordinance? That's pretty loud. Same with barking dogs. I don't care what color your skin is - if you are violating the law and I have previously asked you to keep your dog quiet and you insist on having your loud parties and yapping dogs, then I will call the politce to enforce the law. And that's what happened here. As to TheRoot - they will publish only one side of the story so bear that in mind when you read anything taken from it.
Anonymous wrote:I think if you could hear the music three blocks away and it took twenty minutes to turn off, thats a problem according to existing law. I was speaking with my spouse and we think one should e able to buy a permit for a party (maybe limited to one a year?). At times there is reason to celebrate and male noise (graduations, anniversaries) and a mechanism would be nice. I think we should change the law if we don't like it, but not pretend she didn't egregiously break the one we have now.
Anonymous wrote:The bottom line is this AA is incapable of being embarassed. If any self respecting adult had a party like that -- and none would- but if they did, they be would be humiliated and want to hide under a rock. Not write an article about how they were oooooopressed by the police.
Anonymous wrote:What adult with 7 year old children acts like this black woman did? And what Senior VP of a company attends a party in a residential neighborhood where the music can be heard 3 blocks away? Was there a twerking contest too? Any mature adult would NEVER walk into a party like that. The hostess and the attendees acted completely uncivilized if this story is true. I wish she was still in jail.
Anonymous wrote:https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/dc-police-chief-officer-was-wrong-to-arrest-woman-on-noise-complaint/2017/06/07/b8fdd5b2-4b6e-11e7-9669-250d0b15f83b_story.html?utm_term=.b34e47c2c13c
Good luck with any future noise complaints folks, MPD's management caved in. I expect officers will very hesitant to act on any noise complaints from now on.
And the MPD wonders why they can't retain younger cops...