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Anonymous wrote:violent crime is up everywhere, you can thank black lives matter

http://wtop.com/national/2016/06/us-cities-see-unexplained-rise-in-violent-crimes-this-year/

Not clear what the real reason is. But, true, BLM sounds more likely than global warming.

Anonymous wrote:violent crime is up everywhere, you can thank black lives matter

http://wtop.com/national/2016/06/us-cities-see-unexplained-rise-in-violent-crimes-this-year/

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Anonymous wrote:i can't imagine why anyone would be on the street at 17th and I at 2 in the morning on Saturday.

Really? Nightlife! Clubs and bars. Did you never go out?

I'll never forget taking a babysitter home and people were riding the city bikes at 2 am like they did not have a care in the world. DC (nor any other city) is not Disneyland. Crime exists. Don't get wasted and wonder why you got mugged!

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Anonymous wrote:i can't imagine why anyone would be on the street at 17th and I at 2 in the morning on Saturday.

Really? Nightlife! Clubs and bars. Did you never go out?

Anonymous wrote:violent crime is up everywhere, you can thank black lives matter

http://wtop.com/national/2016/06/us-cities-see-unexplained-rise-in-violent-crimes-this-year/

Violent crimes — from homicides and rapes to robberies — have been on the rise in many major U.S. cities, yet experts can’t point to a single reason why and the jump isn’t enough to suggest there’s a trend.

Still, it is stumping law enforcement officials, who are seeking a way to combat the problem.

Anonymous wrote:Here's an idea - how about Metro start REQUIRING that every metro pass be registered with name, address and contact info? And then use the data from who swiped through the turnstiles to figure out who the perps might be? And also run analysis on the registration data to look for fraudulent names/addresses and deactivate any that are illegitimate.

They could make an exception for tourists, making 3 day and 7 day passes available that don't need to be registered - but at some extra cost.

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Anonymous wrote:And DC has that extra special problem of having federal prosecutors who are not accountable to DC citizens, and these prosecutors keep dropping the ball and keep putting violent criminals back out on the street.

Pretty sure that the federal prosecutors tasked with prosecuting local crime in DC would disagree.

Sure doesn't seem that way. Seems they are more focused on "oh, cut him a break, give him a second chance and a third chance and a fourth chance" and "oh, he's a minor so we should go easy" on even the most blatantly vicious attacks happening on DC's streets.

Look, we don't give a shit about the kid busted for smoking a blunt. We care about the teens who assault people in packs at metro stops, we care about the packs of teens who rob stores as flash mobs, the fact that kids are undeterred and in fact emboldened because they've seen so many others do it and get away with it.

Revolving door, violent offenders keep ending up back on the streets, to Chief Lanier's annoyance and frustration, Department of Justice stonewalling on FOIA requests on why this keeps happening... http://dailycaller.com/2016/06/04/dc-residents-want-answers-as-rising-violence-shootings-plague-the-district/

Anonymous wrote:Here's an idea - how about Metro start REQUIRING that every metro pass be registered with name, address and contact info? And then use the data from who swiped through the turnstiles to figure out who the perps might be? And also run analysis on the registration data to look for fraudulent names/addresses and deactivate any that are illegitimate.

They could make an exception for tourists, making 3 day and 7 day passes available that don't need to be registered - but at some extra cost.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And DC has that extra special problem of having federal prosecutors who are not accountable to DC citizens, and these prosecutors keep dropping the ball and keep putting violent criminals back out on the street.

Pretty sure that the federal prosecutors tasked with prosecuting local crime in DC would disagree.

Sure doesn't seem that way. Seems they are more focused on "oh, cut him a break, give him a second chance and a third chance and a fourth chance" and "oh, he's a minor so we should go easy" on even the most blatantly vicious attacks happening on DC's streets.

Look, we don't give a shit about the kid busted for smoking a blunt. We care about the teens who assault people in packs at metro stops, we care about the packs of teens who rob stores as flash mobs, the fact that kids are undeterred and in fact emboldened because they've seen so many others do it and get away with it.

What did your council member vote? https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/dr-gridlock/wp/2016/01/27/d-c-council-says-no-to-higher-penalties-for-crimes-committed-on-metro/ At a metro stop at a hospital [foggy bottom-GW] I once saw an elderly woman who needed medical attention sitting on the platform with a few metro workers for over 20 minutes before they helped her with additional people. That was just the 20 I was standing and waiting.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And DC has that extra special problem of having federal prosecutors who are not accountable to DC citizens, and these prosecutors keep dropping the ball and keep putting violent criminals back out on the street.

Pretty sure that the federal prosecutors tasked with prosecuting local crime in DC would disagree.

Sure doesn't seem that way. Seems they are more focused on "oh, cut him a break, give him a second chance and a third chance and a fourth chance" and "oh, he's a minor so we should go easy" on even the most blatantly vicious attacks happening on DC's streets.

Look, we don't give a shit about the kid busted for smoking a blunt. We care about the teens who assault people in packs at metro stops, we care about the packs of teens who rob stores as flash mobs, the fact that kids are undeterred and in fact emboldened because they've seen so many others do it and get away with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Violent crime is actually on a decades long decline. Media loves to sensationalize and that leads to the perception that it is growing.

It has increased on the metro. Metro used to be super safe.

+1.

It also used to work reliably.

Deadbeats in Virginia and Maryland need to fund Metro. Congress also needs to step up or slow DC to impose a commuter tax. And perhaps sham private gun sales and lack of registration and effective regulations aren't helping things here in DC, but I digress.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Violent crime is actually on a decades long decline. Media loves to sensationalize and that leads to the perception that it is growing.

Except for this year and last.

You can always move

Sure, that fixes the problem every time.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And DC has that extra special problem of having federal prosecutors who are not accountable to DC citizens, and these prosecutors keep dropping the ball and keep putting violent criminals back out on the street.

Pretty sure that the federal prosecutors tasked with prosecuting local crime in DC would disagree.

Sure doesn't seem that way. Seems they are more focused on "oh, cut him a break, give him a second chance and a third chance and a fourth chance" and "oh, he's a minor so we should go easy" on even the most blatantly vicious attacks happening on DC's streets.

Look, we don't give a shit about the kid busted for smoking a blunt. We care about the teens who assault people in packs at metro stops, we care about the packs of teens who rob stores as flash mobs, the fact that kids are undeterred and in fact emboldened because they've seen so many others do it and get away with it.