It may be too late to keep sports teams at Cap One. They had a press conference to express concerns about the area around the arena almost a year ago and it has only deteriorated.

Would be a big economic loss but maybe consequences will ultimately produce change?

I go far less often and no longer bring the kids. I changed jobs to avoid Gallery Place station. Area was bad in 2019 but has really deteriorated in last few years.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2023/12/11/monumental-sports-capitals-wizards-alexandria-virginia-capital-one-arena/

Will be interesting to see if DC stats follow this trend

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad guys need to: (1) get caught, and (2) go to jail for a long time. Period. End of story. We need to take our city back.

We simply cannot live with the carjackings, property crimes, shootings, and chaos with no consequences for the perpetrators.

Who in local politics can make this happen?

OP: you are a RACIST!

OP here. What did I say that was racist?

What you are proposing - arresting and imprisoning so-called criminals - will result in a higher percentage of BIPOC peoples behind bars, compared to whites.

Don’t you agree that will be, per se, racist?

People only use this logic when it suits them.

Closing D.C. roads to cars disproportionately hurts blacks, because they're less likely to live within biking/walking distance of their jobs, etc., but no one seems to care about that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad guys need to: (1) get caught, and (2) go to jail for a long time. Period. End of story. We need to take our city back.

We simply cannot live with the carjackings, property crimes, shootings, and chaos with no consequences for the perpetrators.

Who in local politics can make this happen?

OP: you are a RACIST!

OP here. What did I say that was racist?

What you are proposing - arresting and imprisoning so-called criminals - will result in a higher percentage of BIPOC peoples behind bars, compared to whites.

Don’t you agree that will be, per se, racist?

Maybe Bowser should visit WV and PA to encourage them to send their meth addicts down to DC for housing. Then DC will have enough white crime to allow arresting BIPOC criminals.

This. Progressives shriek that many UMC people lIvE iN SeGrEgAtEd nEiGhBoRhOoDs because they don't want to live near black or Hispanic people. No. We don't want to live near poor people (who come in all colors). This is why I left my crappy all-white, dirt-poor town in upstate NY.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad guys need to: (1) get caught, and (2) go to jail for a long time. Period. End of story. We need to take our city back.

We simply cannot live with the carjackings, property crimes, shootings, and chaos with no consequences for the perpetrators.

Who in local politics can make this happen?

OP: you are a RACIST!

OP here. What did I say that was racist?

What you are proposing - arresting and imprisoning so-called criminals - will result in a higher percentage of BIPOC peoples behind bars, compared to whites.

Don’t you agree that will be, per se, racist?

Maybe Bowser should visit WV and PA to encourage them to send their meth addicts down to DC for housing. Then DC will have enough white crime to allow arresting BIPOC criminals.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad guys need to: (1) get caught, and (2) go to jail for a long time. Period. End of story. We need to take our city back.

We simply cannot live with the carjackings, property crimes, shootings, and chaos with no consequences for the perpetrators.

Who in local politics can make this happen?

OP: you are a RACIST!

OP here. What did I say that was racist?

What you are proposing - arresting and imprisoning so-called criminals - will result in a higher percentage of BIPOC peoples behind bars, compared to whites.

Don’t you agree that will be, per se, racist?

According to critical race theory (which is, in fact, taught in many K-12 schools across the US and especially in progressive places like FFX and MoCo) yes, any law or policy that does not close the gap between black and white IS a racist law or policy. This is insane, illiberal and requires discrimination but it's what CRT says.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad guys need to: (1) get caught, and (2) go to jail for a long time. Period. End of story. We need to take our city back.

We simply cannot live with the carjackings, property crimes, shootings, and chaos with no consequences for the perpetrators.

Who in local politics can make this happen?

OP: you are a RACIST!

OP here. What did I say that was racist?

What you are proposing - arresting and imprisoning so-called criminals - will result in a higher percentage of BIPOC peoples behind bars, compared to whites.

Don’t you agree that will be, per se, racist?

You are being sarcastic, I hope?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad guys need to: (1) get caught, and (2) go to jail for a long time. Period. End of story. We need to take our city back.

We simply cannot live with the carjackings, property crimes, shootings, and chaos with no consequences for the perpetrators.

Who in local politics can make this happen?

OP: you are a RACIST!

OP here. What did I say that was racist?

What you are proposing - arresting and imprisoning so-called criminals - will result in a higher percentage of BIPOC peoples behind bars, compared to whites.

Don’t you agree that will be, per se, racist?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad guys need to: (1) get caught, and (2) go to jail for a long time. Period. End of story. We need to take our city back.

We simply cannot live with the carjackings, property crimes, shootings, and chaos with no consequences for the perpetrators.

Who in local politics can make this happen?

OP: you are a RACIST!

OP here. What did I say that was racist?

Anonymous wrote:Bad guys need to: (1) get caught, and (2) go to jail for a long time. Period. End of story. We need to take our city back.

We simply cannot live with the carjackings, property crimes, shootings, and chaos with no consequences for the perpetrators.

Who in local politics can make this happen?

OP: you are a RACIST!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There has been a worrying uptick in people being shot or stabbed in NW DC when being robbed, even when possessions or cars are handed over.

[twitter]https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1378548[/twitter]

Not surprising, these criminals aren't even doing it because they need the money they're doing it for "fun" and clout. They WANT to hurt people, it's a game to them. It's really depraved.

Yes, it's clockwork orange. When my friend was robbed they circled back round without a care in the world and jeered at her for the fun of it. Sociopaths.

Anonymous wrote:There has been a worrying uptick in people being shot or stabbed in NW DC when being robbed, even when possessions or cars are handed over.

[twitter]https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1378548[/twitter]

Not surprising, these criminals aren't even doing it because they need the money they're doing it for "fun" and clout. They WANT to hurt people, it's a game to them. It's really depraved.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad guys need to: (1) get caught, and (2) go to jail for a long time. Period. End of story. We need to take our city back.

We simply cannot live with the carjackings, property crimes, shootings, and chaos with no consequences for the perpetrators.

Who in local politics can make this happen?

The key is getting rid of Bowser. With her, goes her unqualified Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and the incompetent leadership in the Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel - that is the office that provides legal advice to the agencies. No one in either of these offices has ever served as a criminal prosecutor or has any true experience litigating cases in the courtroom.
And Muriel hides the ball when you try to get information - look it up the opinion on BEGA (https://www.open-dc.gov/sites/default/files/MOLC%20AO%20re%20FOIA%20Appeals%206.29.2022-signed.pdf) - they were massively behind processing FOIA appeals and then quickly moved the guy who wasn't answering them in time to OAG. Her administration is a total sh*t show. Despite Fenty's missteps, he picked better staff.

Unfortunately, she was just re-elected. The key is to keep pressure up on reforming MPD and in general. Maybe if she keeps feeling the heat she'll actually do something other than introduce unnecessary criminal laws, roll back police reform, and pass the buck on the crime lab, MPD, and other city agencies she's in charge of.

USAO has said MPD body-worn camera footage raises constitutional issues and they can't prosecute. Huge HUGE red flag that no one seems interested in addressing.

How she has managed to escape scrutiny, accountability, and getting ensnared in the various scandals that keep keep cropping up in her administration is beyond me.

I do not agree that MPD is the biggest problem at present.

Many cities allow police to review camera footage when writing reports in non-police misconduct cases. That way it does not become a game of "gotcha" with small discrepancies in memory a reason not to prosecute, unless of course, that is the goal. DC changed to not allow it. It may be changed back under pending legislation.

The lax, public defender ethos of AG, USAO and many judges is far more of a concern as is the complete breakdown of agency supervision of those on release, whether DC or fed agencies. The number of no papered gun cases by USAO is staggering, up to 67% of arrests are no papered, including gun cases and felonies. In contrast, Philadelphia prosecutes 85% of arrests, not 33%. Baltimore is doing the same and crime stats in both nearby cities are better than DC and improving. DC has over 1,000 outstanding unserved warrants for failure to appear or violation of terms of release. Bowser could have asked for federal partner help at the meeting on the Hill this week, or help re: lab, but, did not, politics. Most crime is committed by a small number of repeat offenders. Just serving the warrants could cause crime to go down significantly, we know the names and locations.

PP here. Even if MPD isn't the biggest problem at present, a BIG problem with MPD is that their body-worn camera footage raises *constitutional* issues. USAO has incentives to paper and prosecute what they can. No one is addressing what is on the body-worn camera footage. Without discussing this and knowing how many cases it affects, it really doesn't seem possible to compare prosecution rates in other cities. Other cities also don't have the unique federal overlap we do.

No, police in other cities wear body cams too. But, they review footage in non-police brutality cases so it's not a game of "gotcha" with re: minor discrepancies due to memory. DC's policy changed and the term is a figleaf in furtherance of the Council's goal of prosecuting less while keeping the focus on police not public safety.

DC had a prosecution rate in the 70s prior to 2017, consistent under both D & R appointed USAOs. Then it started to increase and is one of the lowest, if not the lowest, in the country. Your assumptions are incorrect. https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/04/politics/black-prosecutors-dc-gun-cases/index.html

The culture in the USAOs office and career prosecutors have been the constant since 2017 under Obama, Trump and Biden appointed USAOs as no paper rate has climbed. Ideological capture is likely a factor, much like the former PD judge who let a felony murderer out pretrial to commit more mayhem. USAs are dinged for losing trials, the incentives and culture need to be changed back to bringing the majority of cases. The rumored story is that a group of old timers who did just that retired around the same time, and the culture changed quite a bit. Many fed attorneys are detailed there for a year, with NO criminal experience. So a few personalities can hold a lot of sway.

When Graves removed all prosecutorial discretion in a pilot project in Chinatown, paper rates increased significantly, same lab sitch, same MPD, etc. It was documented in the WP and in remarks he made. However, the overall rate for the office actually dropped that month, despite the Chinatown increase, perhaps some staff pushback. Other DAs are openly acknowledged to be soft on crime elsewhere, the situation with career prosecutors at DC USAO really needs to be investigated. And the Court of Appeals has made it much harder to bring gun cases here than is the norm elsewhere. Perhaps Graves will appeal the recent ruling. Much of the "cj system" here is not focused on public safety, at all levels.

There has been a worrying uptick in people being shot or stabbed in NW DC when being robbed, even when possessions or cars are handed over.

[twitter]https://www.fox5dc.com/video/1378548[/twitter]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Bad guys need to: (1) get caught, and (2) go to jail for a long time. Period. End of story. We need to take our city back.

We simply cannot live with the carjackings, property crimes, shootings, and chaos with no consequences for the perpetrators.

Who in local politics can make this happen?

The key is getting rid of Bowser. With her, goes her unqualified Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and the incompetent leadership in the Mayor's Office of Legal Counsel - that is the office that provides legal advice to the agencies. No one in either of these offices has ever served as a criminal prosecutor or has any true experience litigating cases in the courtroom.
And Muriel hides the ball when you try to get information - look it up the opinion on BEGA (https://www.open-dc.gov/sites/default/files/MOLC%20AO%20re%20FOIA%20Appeals%206.29.2022-signed.pdf) - they were massively behind processing FOIA appeals and then quickly moved the guy who wasn't answering them in time to OAG. Her administration is a total sh*t show. Despite Fenty's missteps, he picked better staff.

Unfortunately, she was just re-elected. The key is to keep pressure up on reforming MPD and in general. Maybe if she keeps feeling the heat she'll actually do something other than introduce unnecessary criminal laws, roll back police reform, and pass the buck on the crime lab, MPD, and other city agencies she's in charge of.

USAO has said MPD body-worn camera footage raises constitutional issues and they can't prosecute. Huge HUGE red flag that no one seems interested in addressing.

How she has managed to escape scrutiny, accountability, and getting ensnared in the various scandals that keep keep cropping up in her administration is beyond me.

I do not agree that MPD is the biggest problem at present.

Many cities allow police to review camera footage when writing reports in non-police misconduct cases. That way it does not become a game of "gotcha" with small discrepancies in memory a reason not to prosecute, unless of course, that is the goal. DC changed to not allow it. It may be changed back under pending legislation.

The lax, public defender ethos of AG, USAO and many judges is far more of a concern as is the complete breakdown of agency supervision of those on release, whether DC or fed agencies. The number of no papered gun cases by USAO is staggering, up to 67% of arrests are no papered, including gun cases and felonies. In contrast, Philadelphia prosecutes 85% of arrests, not 33%. Baltimore is doing the same and crime stats in both nearby cities are better than DC and improving. DC has over 1,000 outstanding unserved warrants for failure to appear or violation of terms of release. Bowser could have asked for federal partner help at the meeting on the Hill this week, or help re: lab, but, did not, politics. Most crime is committed by a small number of repeat offenders. Just serving the warrants could cause crime to go down significantly, we know the names and locations.

PP here. Even if MPD isn't the biggest problem at present, a BIG problem with MPD is that their body-worn camera footage raises *constitutional* issues. USAO has incentives to paper and prosecute what they can. No one is addressing what is on the body-worn camera footage. Without discussing this and knowing how many cases it affects, it really doesn't seem possible to compare prosecution rates in other cities. Other cities also don't have the unique federal overlap we do.