Chinatown and Shaw community members decry surging crime

[Afrikeber]

Amazing the hypocrisy of fierce patriotic folks here who relish the right of the people but yet lavish over taking it away from others. Yes D.C is a mess but it’s their mess to resolve not the outliers and fake patriots.

 

[Sunrise]

The fact that it's been getting darker earlier certainly hasn't helped things.... but these criminals are emboldened to commit many of these carjackings in broad daylight.

 

[Sunrise]

Amazing the hypocrisy of fierce patriotic folks here who relish the right of the people but yet lavish over taking it away from others. Yes D.C is a mess but it’s their mess to resolve not the outliers and fake patriots.

DC was designed to be a Federal District. It should get back to being that.

You ask any of the "Statehood for DC" people if they'd want to vote as part of Maryland, and they'll tell you "no". That's how you know the DC Statehood movement is a total sham.

 

[Afrikeber]

DC was designed to be a Federal District. It should get back to being that.

You ask any of the "Statehood for DC" people if they'd want to vote as part of Maryland, and they'll tell you "no". That's how you know the DC Statehood movement is a total sham.

I don't think Maryland wants that headache either, D.C and its residents are hamstrung by its federal control and should have full control over their lives. Let the D.C voters decide and live with their decisions and not the decisions of outsiders.

 

[Sunrise]

I don't think Maryland wants that headache either, D.C and its residents are hamstrung by its federal control and should have full control over their lives. Let the D.C voters decide and live with their decisions and not the decisions of outsiders.

That's exactly what Maryland would say, but it doesn't change the "Statehood for DC" hypocrisy.

DC was intended from its inception to be under federal control as a federal district. That's the whole point of it.

 

[RFBfromDE]

Nobody wants DC.

Even their looney MOCO Brothers and Cousins.

Reminds me of Gaza.

 

[Sunrise]

Nobody wants DC.

Even their looney MOCO Brothers and Cousins.

Reminds me of Gaza.

All too true. All too true....

 

[JohnnyE]

I would have sympathy for the DC statehood movement IF DC had been a state until recently (within a current lifetime) and its statehood was stripped away. Under this scenario folks who had their rights stripped away would have a just complaint. That's not the case here. Everyone is living in DC either by their choice, having moved in as an adult being fully aware of what they signed up for, or were born into it by their parents' choice, like French kids in France, or US kids in the US. In either case, the feds didn't pull the rug out from under you. Blame yourself or your parents. Don't like it? Leave.

 

[whistlersmother]

Amazing the hypocrisy of fierce patriotic folks here who relish the right of the people but yet lavish over taking it away from others. Yes D.C is a mess but it’s their mess to resolve not the outliers and fake patriots.

Nobody wants DC.

Even their looney MOCO Brothers and Cousins.

Reminds me of Gaza.

These.

Let DC deal with DC. Why would anyone in Congress want to deal with governing such a sh*tshow?

Hell, Congress already shuffles their responsibility off to the executive so they can enjoy the easy, do nothing importance they've created for themselves.

And yes, I agree from a philosophical point of view also. Let DC residents determine their own fate. If they don't like it, let them vote to give control back to Congress (assuming Congress wants it).

 

[Sunrise]

I would have sympathy for the DC statehood movement IF DC had been a state until recently (within a current lifetime) and its statehood was stripped away. Under this scenario folks who had their rights stripped away would have a just complaint. That's not the case here. Everyone is living in DC either by their choice, having moved in as an adult being fully aware of what they signed up for, or were born into it by their parents' choice, like French kids in France, or US kids in the US. In either case, the feds didn't pull the rug out from under you. Blame yourself or your parents. Don't like it? Leave.

IMHO, Home Rule was (and is) a failed experiment.

D.C. Home Rule • Council of the District of Columbia

Download the Home Rule Act The Council of the District of Columbia is the legislative branch of local government established by the “District of Columbia Home Rule Act of 1973”, enacted by Congress and ratified by District voters. The Council is composed of a Chairman elected at large and twelve...

dccouncil.gov

 

[babalou]

More than we saw on the video of the Engage Armament incident? I'm generally familiar with the background of what happened there, but interested to learn more about it.

I'm referencing the Engage Armament incident because Andrew Raymond didn't appear to have a clear target he was shooting at and was shooting at the rear of a vehicle driving away from him.

I'm very curious here what was actually in the sight picture of the Secret Service agent who fired and how many shots were fire

Better put a police substation at the Bethesda stop.


Which one?

engine 12. Seems the firefighter was able to track their stuff, cops came and the people bailed.

 

[Sunrise]

engine 12

Station 12 over in Silver Spring?

Contact Information - MCFRS

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Contact Information - Phone Numbers and Station Addresses

www.montgomerycountymd.gov

 

[babalou]

Station 12 over in Silver Spring?

Contact Information - MCFRS

Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Contact Information - Phone Numbers and Station Addresses

www.montgomerycountymd.gov

dc what he told me. He is now a Battalion Chief

 

[Sunrise]

dc what he told me. He is now a Battalion Chief

Yeah, that'll do it....

Bummer.

 

[babalou]

Yeah, that'll do it....

Bummer.

yup yup. I PM'd you

 

[Sunrise]

DC ties with 2003 homicide record

Crime in D.C. has gotten so bad, businesses are permanently closing their doors and leaving the city, just to escape.

www.wusa9.com

This murder marks the 248th homicide for the year in the district, a number we haven’t hit since 2003.

There it is.... and we've got over a month left in the year.

 

[Sunrise]

More info about the Foxhall Road carjacking:

 

[RFBfromDE]

Not DC but the MO is SOP....

Man Rear-Ended, Assaulted Woman On Side Of I-95 In Maryland, State Police Say

The man who assaulted a woman after rear-ending her on I-270 in Montgomery County has been apprehended weeks later, authorities announced.Gaithersburg resident Jeremy Orellana, 21, has been charged in connection to a hit-and-run that led t…

dailyvoice.com

It is alleged that Orellana walked up to the woman and while attempting to exchange details, and he assaulted her before fleeing the area. He also stole money and other property from the woman, who had to be taken to the Adventist HealthCare Germantown Emergency Center for treatment of her injuries, according to the police.

 

[Sunrise]

Not DC but the MO is SOP....

Man Rear-Ended, Assaulted Woman On Side Of I-95 In Maryland, State Police Say

The man who assaulted a woman after rear-ending her on I-270 in Montgomery County has been apprehended weeks later, authorities announced.Gaithersburg resident Jeremy Orellana, 21, has been charged in connection to a hit-and-run that led t…

dailyvoice.com

It is alleged that Orellana walked up to the woman and while attempting to exchange details, and he assaulted her before fleeing the area. He also stole money and other property from the woman, who had to be taken to the Adventist HealthCare Germantown Emergency Center for treatment of her injuries, according to the police.

The laws we currently have are made for a high-trust society which no longer exists.

Until a substantial number of people are charged and imprisoned for a long time, we will not have better safety.

It's just the way it is.

 

[Sunrise]

DC's focused on other things than the rampant crime:

Photos: DC Unveils Newly Named Marion Barry Avenue SE

D.C. officials and community members turned out in force to unveil the new permanent street named in honor of the "mayor for life."

dcist.com

Hopefully there's a "Bench set me up" along it.