Anonymous wrote:He was raised in Tuscaloosa. He chose Alabama over Ole Miss, Auburn and Georgia. He majored in Business at Alabama.

He is really a top tier athlete and a very handsome young man.

https://rolltide.com/sports/football/roster/brian-robinson-jr-/7298

https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-robinson-jr-88781214a

Almost unbelievably, the bullet went through his knee without affecting any bones or ligaments.

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy. We need to take a hard line on criminals. Things are getting out of control.

https://wtop.com/washington-commanders/2022/08/commanders-brian-robinson-shot-during-attempted-robbery-in-northeast-dc/
"District police said in a tweet that the shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. on 10th & H Street NE, near Ben’s Chili Bowl."

Ever get takeout or eat at Ben's Chili Bowl? Dinner time! Does it get scrubbed from the list? And the victim is young, physically fit certainly but no match for DC teen criminals. Honestly, how did teenage guys not recognize him? I'm not a huge football fan yet when I see these guys going about normal person stuff even I get the know them from somewhere...

Unconfirmed reports say he was NOT in a flashy car. But I'm guessing it was at least a somewhat nice new vehicle, and you can tell when a young man has money from his fashion, designer sneakers, and likely wears a nice watch. I doubt the kids knew he was the new starting running back of the Commanders.

It was a Dodge Charger, which is flashy in a specific kind of way that might be appealing to a teenager looking to carjack someone. Lots of people in that neighborhood drive Subarus and Toyotas that probably cost more than his car, but those cars are less likely to be targeted by carjackers.

This is in no way blaming Robinson for being attacked -- no one deserves to be robbed or shot, I don't care how flashy your car is. He had every right to be drive what he wanted and the people I hope the people who attacked him and the woman who was also shot get brought to justice.

But as someone who lives in the neighborhood, this is something we have discussed due to the uptick in carjackings. We do not and will not drive certain kinds of cars here because they attract a kind of attention I do not want. Anything that lowers my risk is worth taking into account.

I can't understand why anyone would tolerate living in an area where your choices of cars, of clothing, or of jewelry is predicated on what might get you mugged or carjacked.

Subaru and Toyota don’t offer even a single vehicle that costs as much as a Charger Hellcat Widebody. Even a fully-optioned Land Cruiser, the MOST expensive vehicle Toyota sells, is still more than $30k less than that Charger.

So wrong.
The 2022 Dodge charger SRT Hellcat Widebody starts at $77,000
The 2021 Land Cruiser base model started at $87,000

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy. We need to take a hard line on criminals. Things are getting out of control.

https://wtop.com/washington-commanders/2022/08/commanders-brian-robinson-shot-during-attempted-robbery-in-northeast-dc/
"District police said in a tweet that the shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. on 10th & H Street NE, near Ben’s Chili Bowl."

Ever get takeout or eat at Ben's Chili Bowl? Dinner time! Does it get scrubbed from the list? And the victim is young, physically fit certainly but no match for DC teen criminals. Honestly, how did teenage guys not recognize him? I'm not a huge football fan yet when I see these guys going about normal person stuff even I get the know them from somewhere...

Unconfirmed reports say he was NOT in a flashy car. But I'm guessing it was at least a somewhat nice new vehicle, and you can tell when a young man has money from his fashion, designer sneakers, and likely wears a nice watch. I doubt the kids knew he was the new starting running back of the Commanders.

It was a Dodge Charger, which is flashy in a specific kind of way that might be appealing to a teenager looking to carjack someone. Lots of people in that neighborhood drive Subarus and Toyotas that probably cost more than his car, but those cars are less likely to be targeted by carjackers.

This is in no way blaming Robinson for being attacked -- no one deserves to be robbed or shot, I don't care how flashy your car is. He had every right to be drive what he wanted and the people I hope the people who attacked him and the woman who was also shot get brought to justice.

But as someone who lives in the neighborhood, this is something we have discussed due to the uptick in carjackings. We do not and will not drive certain kinds of cars here because they attract a kind of attention I do not want. Anything that lowers my risk is worth taking into account.

I can't understand why anyone would tolerate living in an area where your choices of cars, of clothing, or of jewelry is predicated on what might get you mugged or carjacked.

But you owe that much to the disenfranchised.

It is the least you can do.

+1. Even for the sake of equity, consider dressing down and leaving those oversize diamond earrings at home. Why needlessly flash your wealth in front of those among us who have been systemically shut out?

This is just not enough. We should probably start offering up our cars to those who would otherwise steal them. A peaceful outcome for everyone.

Anonymous wrote:Violent crime on H Street is up 89 percent in the past year, per the Post's story today. Robberies up more than 100 percent.

DP but I was curious so I found the story. It's here if anyone wants to read it: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2022/08/29/bowser-nightlife-brian-robinson-shot/

I live near H Street and I wish there were more answers in there. Though one thing I thought of while reading the story was the shooting at the Whole Foods on H Street a few years ago. That also happened in the middle of the day and we happened to be at the coffee shop next door when it happened. It was very, very scary (basically an active shooter situation where we saw people fleeing the shooter but didn't know where to go). But it also turned out to be not part of some kind of pattern or shift in the neighborhood. It was a random and terrible incident, but it has not lead to more incidents of daytime violence.

That was pre-pandemic. I think it also turned out the shooter in that situation was mentally unstable (and they caught him quickly -- if I remember correctly, he took a ride share vehicle from near the crime and they were able to track him easily). This shooting, and the other crime/violence on H, feels different. It's random that Robinson was a Commanders player who was targeted, but the carjacking was not random but part of a pattern trending up. The fact that it happened during the day is also not random -- there have been more outbursts of daytime violence.

I think we need to look at fundamentals and attack this from all sides. We need fewer guns in circulation -- lets increase buyback programs as well as police stings of gun sources. We need to address the fact that so many of the criminals are minors -- we need more programming for kids in the city AND we need to examine punishments for minors and young adults and ask ourselves if they are serving as a sufficient deterrent (they aren't). We need not just more police presence but we need more community involvement. We need cops who know people's names, we need the people who live and work along H street to know their names.

Anyway, that article doesn't have any answers and I don't have many more, but it's clear what we are doing isn't working.

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy. We need to take a hard line on criminals. Things are getting out of control.

https://wtop.com/washington-commanders/2022/08/commanders-brian-robinson-shot-during-attempted-robbery-in-northeast-dc/
"District police said in a tweet that the shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. on 10th & H Street NE, near Ben’s Chili Bowl."

Ever get takeout or eat at Ben's Chili Bowl? Dinner time! Does it get scrubbed from the list? And the victim is young, physically fit certainly but no match for DC teen criminals. Honestly, how did teenage guys not recognize him? I'm not a huge football fan yet when I see these guys going about normal person stuff even I get the know them from somewhere...

Unconfirmed reports say he was NOT in a flashy car. But I'm guessing it was at least a somewhat nice new vehicle, and you can tell when a young man has money from his fashion, designer sneakers, and likely wears a nice watch. I doubt the kids knew he was the new starting running back of the Commanders.

It was a Dodge Charger, which is flashy in a specific kind of way that might be appealing to a teenager looking to carjack someone. Lots of people in that neighborhood drive Subarus and Toyotas that probably cost more than his car, but those cars are less likely to be targeted by carjackers.

This is in no way blaming Robinson for being attacked -- no one deserves to be robbed or shot, I don't care how flashy your car is. He had every right to be drive what he wanted and the people I hope the people who attacked him and the woman who was also shot get brought to justice.

But as someone who lives in the neighborhood, this is something we have discussed due to the uptick in carjackings. We do not and will not drive certain kinds of cars here because they attract a kind of attention I do not want. Anything that lowers my risk is worth taking into account.

I can't understand why anyone would tolerate living in an area where your choices of cars, of clothing, or of jewelry is predicated on what might get you mugged or carjacked.

But you owe that much to the disenfranchised.

It is the least you can do.

+1. Even for the sake of equity, consider dressing down and leaving those oversize diamond earrings at home. Why needlessly flash your wealth in front of those among us who have been systemically shut out?

Leave your dog at home too? 😳

Why can't you just drive your expensive purebred to a park? Problem solved.

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy. We need to take a hard line on criminals. Things are getting out of control.

https://wtop.com/washington-commanders/2022/08/commanders-brian-robinson-shot-during-attempted-robbery-in-northeast-dc/
"District police said in a tweet that the shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. on 10th & H Street NE, near Ben’s Chili Bowl."

Ever get takeout or eat at Ben's Chili Bowl? Dinner time! Does it get scrubbed from the list? And the victim is young, physically fit certainly but no match for DC teen criminals. Honestly, how did teenage guys not recognize him? I'm not a huge football fan yet when I see these guys going about normal person stuff even I get the know them from somewhere...

Unconfirmed reports say he was NOT in a flashy car. But I'm guessing it was at least a somewhat nice new vehicle, and you can tell when a young man has money from his fashion, designer sneakers, and likely wears a nice watch. I doubt the kids knew he was the new starting running back of the Commanders.

It was a Dodge Charger, which is flashy in a specific kind of way that might be appealing to a teenager looking to carjack someone. Lots of people in that neighborhood drive Subarus and Toyotas that probably cost more than his car, but those cars are less likely to be targeted by carjackers.

This is in no way blaming Robinson for being attacked -- no one deserves to be robbed or shot, I don't care how flashy your car is. He had every right to be drive what he wanted and the people I hope the people who attacked him and the woman who was also shot get brought to justice.

But as someone who lives in the neighborhood, this is something we have discussed due to the uptick in carjackings. We do not and will not drive certain kinds of cars here because they attract a kind of attention I do not want. Anything that lowers my risk is worth taking into account.

I can't understand why anyone would tolerate living in an area where your choices of cars, of clothing, or of jewelry is predicated on what might get you mugged or carjacked.

But you owe that much to the disenfranchised.

It is the least you can do.

+1. Even for the sake of equity, consider dressing down and leaving those oversize diamond earrings at home. Why needlessly flash your wealth in front of those among us who have been systemically shut out?

Leave your dog at home too? 😳

Touché.

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy. We need to take a hard line on criminals. Things are getting out of control.

https://wtop.com/washington-commanders/2022/08/commanders-brian-robinson-shot-during-attempted-robbery-in-northeast-dc/
"District police said in a tweet that the shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. on 10th & H Street NE, near Ben’s Chili Bowl."

Ever get takeout or eat at Ben's Chili Bowl? Dinner time! Does it get scrubbed from the list? And the victim is young, physically fit certainly but no match for DC teen criminals. Honestly, how did teenage guys not recognize him? I'm not a huge football fan yet when I see these guys going about normal person stuff even I get the know them from somewhere...

Unconfirmed reports say he was NOT in a flashy car. But I'm guessing it was at least a somewhat nice new vehicle, and you can tell when a young man has money from his fashion, designer sneakers, and likely wears a nice watch. I doubt the kids knew he was the new starting running back of the Commanders.

It was a Dodge Charger, which is flashy in a specific kind of way that might be appealing to a teenager looking to carjack someone. Lots of people in that neighborhood drive Subarus and Toyotas that probably cost more than his car, but those cars are less likely to be targeted by carjackers.

This is in no way blaming Robinson for being attacked -- no one deserves to be robbed or shot, I don't care how flashy your car is. He had every right to be drive what he wanted and the people I hope the people who attacked him and the woman who was also shot get brought to justice.

But as someone who lives in the neighborhood, this is something we have discussed due to the uptick in carjackings. We do not and will not drive certain kinds of cars here because they attract a kind of attention I do not want. Anything that lowers my risk is worth taking into account.

I can't understand why anyone would tolerate living in an area where your choices of cars, of clothing, or of jewelry is predicated on what might get you mugged or carjacked.

But you owe that much to the disenfranchised.

It is the least you can do.

+1. Even for the sake of equity, consider dressing down and leaving those oversize diamond earrings at home. Why needlessly flash your wealth in front of those among us who have been systemically shut out?

Leave your dog at home too? 😳

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Anonymous wrote:Crazy. We need to take a hard line on criminals. Things are getting out of control.

https://wtop.com/washington-commanders/2022/08/commanders-brian-robinson-shot-during-attempted-robbery-in-northeast-dc/
"District police said in a tweet that the shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. on 10th & H Street NE, near Ben’s Chili Bowl."

Ever get takeout or eat at Ben's Chili Bowl? Dinner time! Does it get scrubbed from the list? And the victim is young, physically fit certainly but no match for DC teen criminals. Honestly, how did teenage guys not recognize him? I'm not a huge football fan yet when I see these guys going about normal person stuff even I get the know them from somewhere...

Unconfirmed reports say he was NOT in a flashy car. But I'm guessing it was at least a somewhat nice new vehicle, and you can tell when a young man has money from his fashion, designer sneakers, and likely wears a nice watch. I doubt the kids knew he was the new starting running back of the Commanders.

It was a Dodge Charger, which is flashy in a specific kind of way that might be appealing to a teenager looking to carjack someone. Lots of people in that neighborhood drive Subarus and Toyotas that probably cost more than his car, but those cars are less likely to be targeted by carjackers.

This is in no way blaming Robinson for being attacked -- no one deserves to be robbed or shot, I don't care how flashy your car is. He had every right to be drive what he wanted and the people I hope the people who attacked him and the woman who was also shot get brought to justice.

But as someone who lives in the neighborhood, this is something we have discussed due to the uptick in carjackings. We do not and will not drive certain kinds of cars here because they attract a kind of attention I do not want. Anything that lowers my risk is worth taking into account.

I can't understand why anyone would tolerate living in an area where your choices of cars, of clothing, or of jewelry is predicated on what might get you mugged or carjacked.

But you owe that much to the disenfranchised.

It is the least you can do.

+1. Even for the sake of equity, consider dressing down and leaving those oversize diamond earrings at home. Why needlessly flash your wealth in front of those among us who have been systemically shut out?

Sadly, and I say this with cynical sincerity, because the gunshots were minor injuries, officials would prefer to bury this than “solve” it, perp walk the violent criminals, and put it all back in the national news cycle.

Violent crime on H Street is up 89 percent in the past year, per the Post's story today. Robberies up more than 100 percent.

Anonymous wrote:Why haven't these kids been caught? Is it really this easy to shoot an NFL player at a hugely popular restaurant on a busy street in a major city at dinnertime and get away with it?

Our camera system is pretty poor. It's pretty much to ticket and create revenue. We need much better crime cameras across the city, but that's not very popular with liberals

Anonymous wrote:Whatever happened to the armed dog nappears? Did they ever recover the pups? Did the kids get arrested?

They recovered one pet dog alive, one dead. Very sad..no idea about arrests/prosecutions.

Whatever happened to the armed dog nappears? Did they ever recover the pups? Did the kids get arrested?

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Anonymous wrote:Don't worry , they will be back on the street before bedtime

Did you see the two suspects are allegedly minors? Wow just wow.

I think carjackings are almost always minors. It’s a sport of sorts that replaced stealing cars when stealing cars got harder/less fun because of anti-theft devices, mainly remote keys. You know, a sport where they occasionally kill people.

I sat on a jury for a carjacking and it was essentially that they were bored and they wanted a car to ride around in. They stole and hot wired an older car, but they wanted a better car with a key. So they carjacked a guy. The whole thing was incredibly stupid from soup to nuts. I’m not sure they even tried to not get caught.

+1. For the poster who asked if they ever interview the teens about why they do it, there is no meaningful reason. It is completely senseless.
- former prosecutor

So what do you think should happen in order to prevent car jackings? Harsh penalties or reduce the penalties so there are essentially zero consequences, which is what Charles Allen is doing?

I’m the PP who was the juror, and one of the takeaways for me was that anti-theft devices really work, so what would help with this is cameras in cars and the ability to quickly and remotely track and/or disable the vehicle. But I don’t know how to do that safely, like you can’t just shut off a car that’s driving down the road. But you basically need to be able to brick the car. Being able to brick phones I think basically eliminated phone theft. I’m not sure what the right device is but if it is a big enough problem, someone will think of one. At a minimum if you get carjacked there should be a fast way for you to track it, share the info with the police and snap photos of driver and occupants.