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Notable Democrat that thought Charles Allen crime bill was a bad idea.
I support D.C. Statehood and home-rule – but I don’t support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over the Mayor’s objections – such as lowering penalties for carjackings.
If the Senate votes to overturn what D.C. Council did – I’ll sign it.
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What a joke. They left because of the crime you enabled and the resulting flight of surrounding businesses.
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Watching all of the DC progressive industrial complex trying to spin the loss of the Wizards & Caps into a win is really something.
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Disturbing and disgusting — shot because he had no money during a robbery. There are way too many people in this city with no regard for human life.
Police said 23-year-old Ryan Realbuto, of Pittsford, NY, was killed during an alleged robbery on South Dakota Avenue NE. Authorities are searching for a dark-colored Honda Accord in connection with the shooting. nbc4dc.com/w6oqQBE
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Yeah the “conditions” forced someone to murder a 23 year old at risk youth volunteer since he had no money. These DSA crazies have already damaged DC enough.
Many DC electeds are embracing a right wing, fear mongering, punitive and harmful approach to crime.
What if we removed the conditions to pushed people to commit crime?
Write a letter here: actionnetwork.org/letters/do…
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Women are being maced and jumped for their phones and phone passwords. Only in the twisted world of Charles Allen, Janeese, and DC Justice lab is this ok.
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This is an absurd argument because people are currently getting 9 years for MURDER in DC. No one is getting 10 years for $500 if it’s a first time offense.
There is a really harmful provision in Secure DC to make theft of any item worth more than $500 a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
This would be extreme and completely ineffective at addressing the issue.
Tomorrow I will move an amendment to block it. Here is why:
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I think almost all of DC left activist twitter has become desensitized to all of the crime and violence that occurs in DC. They’ve found a way to make peace with it and ignore it. It is easier to do when it isn’t your friends or family impacted.
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This is the judge. We need to name, shame, and let everyone know who they are.
20-year-old Gerald Andre Thomas was arrested for firing multiple rounds into an occupied home in Bowie on 11/15/23 at 8:30pm. At the time of his arrest, the suspect was on release awaiting trial for a homicide in Washington, DC. #BowiePD
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This is terrible. Lots of innocent people getting murdered during robberies lately. These kids think they can do whatever they want with no consequences.
R.I.P. Dzhoy Zuckerman. Real name DzHoy Murakevich
Was robbed and killed last night on 3rd st Nw. Dc
will be dearly missed. A member of the Dc bicycle community, a teacher and mentor to many kids at several Dc schools, an aquatic instructor to kids at the YMCA summer camp.
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Keep it up everyone, and thank you to those leading the organizing efforts.
Organizers who are trying to recall Ward 6 Councilman @charlesallen have raised more than $54 thousand dollars in just 2 weeks with donations from close to 400 individual donors. DC Board of Elections will decide Feb 13 on whether to authorize petitions. @nbcwashington
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"Progressive" activists have badgered DC council into making terrible decisions for years and they caved. Those same activists don't understand real economics and budgets. You have to generate real money through economic activity before you can give it away.
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Charles Allen is the biggest offender when it comes to misinformation.
After DC Council Member @charlesallen moderated the juvenile carjacking panel, some residents came up to me concerned about the way Allen and his colleagues are handling the rise in crime so I asked him about it. Here is his response ➖
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Hint: Yes
Are street vendors selling stolen goods in DC? fox5dc.com/news/are-street-v…
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DC government has 11,414 employees that make over $100k per year and 3,300 that make over $130k per year. Absolutely staggering when you consider the total population of the city.
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Sad thing is a lot of us who are advocating for better DC policies may just end up leaving. There’s a silent majority in the city who aren’t onboard with the poor policies and governance but many are and will just leave.
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The DC progressive industrial complex views losing Wizards & Caps as a "win" because they think they can get some of the $500m offered up. Not understanding that money offered to those teams actually generates revenue -- as opposed to their favored pet giveaways.
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I think why people are particularly frustrated with @charlesallen is because he spent tons of city money and time on the projects below, while the absolute bedrock of society (safety) crumbled along with DC’s budget and fiscal health.
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Charles, this is on you for not fixing the parts of this bill that put the wants and desires of unaccountable activists groups ahead of your own constituents. You also imperiled other democrats and set back the cause of statehood in the process.
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Whoever did this needs to go to jail for life.
update: MISSING INFANT FOUND IN CAR SEAT WITH A NOTE--- 1500 blk 28th St SE DC. Somebody had dropped the baby in a car seat at a residence with a note indicating that the infant came from #GeorgetownDC. #RandleHighlandsDC
The Jeep remains at large.
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Charles Allen is an absolute clown. Pushed for all of the policies that have increased the frequencies of these horrible events.
Just leaving Potomac Ave Metro. A devastating morning. Investigation ongoing; appears an individual in deep crisis on bus transferred to the station - shooting 3 unrelated people, 2 injured & 1 Metro employee killed. A neighborhood traumatized. We’re all angry & want action.
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Charles Allen advocated for a child rapist getting out of prison, how can anyone defend this?
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Take responsibility for the fact that you have lowered the amount of police on our streets, and have tried at every turn to lower accountability for criminals terrorizing our community.
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Absolutely shameless. Pushed policies cutting number of officers and made it harder for them to keep us safe. Now asking for more police presence here. Please someone run against this man.
I spent a couple of hours back at Potomac Ave Metro this morning with neighbors, MPD leaders, ANCs, & riders working collectively thru responses to yesterday’s violence, including increased police presence, gun violence prevention, Safe Passages, & more community engagement.
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They should be making this same alert about Washington DC.
The raised advisory level comes after the U.S. Embassy in Nassau posted a security alert that expressed concern that Americans might be victimized by gang violence in the capital.
nbc4dc.com/zsvT7lo
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Interesting…the same people who during COVID wanted masking & vax requirement laws are now all about freedom and rights — but only for criminal suspects.
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This woman is fighting for her life right now because Charles Allen and the USAO thinking juvenile carjacking isn’t a big deal.
A woman visiting D.C. was in the back seat of a Lyft car on Florida Avenue NW on Monday when the driver of a stolen car crashed into the Lyft and then ran. nbc4dc.com/AOTGS8G
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School girls are getting pistol whipped for AirPods by grown men and people want less police?
Here is an update regarding yesterday's robbery involving a student near the District of Columbia International School at 14th St and Aspen St NW. #BrightwoodDC
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Can anyone honestly say their quality of life in Wards 6 & 1 has improved the last 5 years as far left members like Allen and Nadeau have taken over the council? And despite this, entrenched establishment lining up to back them.
Looking forward to @DCDemocrats issuing a statement indicating their full support of CMs Nadeau and Allen, two of the longest serving Democratic members of the DC Council!
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Chairman Mendelson "there is no crime crisis in DC". Tell that to the over 200 homicide victims and their families we had in 2022 compared to 88 in 2012.
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DC needs to stop coddling and handing out benefits to people that have a disregard for human life. We need to stop tolerating people that are a net drag on our communities.
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What equity means to left wing activists:
15 blue people commit murder
5 purple people commit murder
Only 5 blue and 5 purple people should go to jail. Otherwise it’s disproportionate and not “equity”.
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Remember when this tax increase @charlesallen and @BrianneKNadeau voted for was supposed to end homelessness?
The DC Council has a clear choice: increase taxes to fund housing that ends homelessness or allow DC's homeless crisis to continue.
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Exact same cries happened during Chesa Boudin recall “it’s all republicans!!1”. Just remember it’s not about team red or team blue, but coming together to improve our quality of life in DC.
Worth your time to read. The Republican donors to the re-call effort generally don’t support self governance for DC. Or anywhere really, lol 😂
washingtoncitypaper.com/arti…
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This city is out of control and not a peep from the council. Just a bunch of clowns marching in 4th of July parades like they have something to be proud of.
The man who was shot and killed on Catholic University's campus yesterday was a teacher from Kentucky visiting D.C. for a workshop at the Library of Congress. His family says he was on his way there when someone shot him to death. nbc4dc.com/QfI11rf
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DC lost 26,000 residents in the last year. The city cannot afford more residents leaving due to high crime. It will create a massive budget shortfall.
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DC government is mostly a jobs program at the end of the day. Most people in these agencies have no desire to fire bad performers and people doing illegal things — so a culture of corruption spreads.
Apparently DC's youth detention facilities have problems with some staff smuggling in contraband like drugs to juvenile detainees.
The new DYRS Director is changing security practices to address this but I hadn't seen this problem reported before:
dc.granicus.com/TranscriptVi…
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Reddit r/Washingtondc mods now going to auto-lock any topics on crime. The ultimate head in the sand cope that helped get us to where we are now as a city.
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Who are the parents of all the homicidal maniacs and carjacking youths on the loose in DC? A kindergarten classroom was shot at the other day. We need consequences for poor parenting and raising kids with no morals.
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Only 46% of the initial "No Recall" donors opposed to recalling Charles Allen live in Ward 6.
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Cities the same size as DC, with equal or fewer means, have one tenth the number of murders. But we coddle and make the people that are the problem dependent. We should be pushing more of these people to become homeowners even if that means leaving DC for somewhere else.
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You are exactly the embodiment of the problem with unchecked one party rule in DC. All you know is blue team/red team and you don’t think council members should represent all of their constituents.
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Better not be — will push more of us to leave. DC government is full of waste and bloat — find ways to get more efficient.
“I believe that there’s going to be a tax increase," D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson warned. nbc4dc.com/nK59ahC
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Recall Charles Allen.
MAN ROBBED, STABBED WHILE DOG WALKING--- Here's more on last night's robbery with stabbing. It was reported on H Street NE while the victim was walking a dog ~9:35 p.m. #DCCrime @Anc6B10 @capitolcaucus @theHillisHome @HStreetDC_ #HStreetCorridorDC
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Man escapes Taliban after helping US forces but is gunned down in DC by 4 youths. Absolutely disgusting and disgraceful. Kids are out here ruining families and killing people for kicks.
Service members described him as someone who was always willing to help. Ahmad Yar served as an interpreter for nearly a decade. wusa9.com/article/news/local…
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The fact that the DC council has a paid propaganda arm to put out puff pieces is part of the reason DC is in the rough shape it is. Your tax dollars at work.
Tune in now for a 2021 #HearingTheCouncil interview with @Janeese4DC at dcradio.gov & 96.3FM HD4. We talk about the family debate over pronouncing her name, how her grandma got her into vintage clothing, what being a “progressive prosecutor” means, & dessert rankings
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Imagine how much other shady corruption happens in DC agencies if someone like this can get employed there.
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Many thanks to @RealTimeNews10 for keeping people in the District and DMV informed. They are documenting in real time the increase in crime that residents feel on a daily basis, and help to make sure we can't just ignore it. Critical with WAPO & others behind paywall or ignoring.
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Amazing rebuke to @charlesallen and unaccountable dark money @DCJusticeLab who lied through their teeth to claim this bill didn't lower any penalties.
I support D.C. Statehood and home-rule – but I don’t support some of the changes D.C. Council put forward over the Mayor’s objections – such as lowering penalties for carjackings.
If the Senate votes to overturn what D.C. Council did – I’ll sign it.
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Two council members today talking about giving away free e-bikes & diapers while people are getting shot. Maybe redirect some money to public safety.
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Credit where credit is due. @VinceGrayWard7 presided as Mayor of DC at a time when crime was at its lowest point, and not coincidentally MPD had its highest level of staffing. That is a strong legacy. Now he is introducing a bill to get MPD back to that level of staffing.
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Glad to see you have contempt for your former constituents and fellow citizens of DC. If someone lives in ward 6 and is a republican do they not deserve the same rights in DC as anyone else? I voted democrat and I support the recall.
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I’ll believe it when I see it in real results. These are the same people letting Graves prosecute less than 40% of cases. Why hasn’t he been removed for dereliction of duty?
Justice Department Announces Surge of Resources to Fight Violent Crime in Washington, D.C.
justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-d…
ALT Last year, we saw an encouraging decline in violent crime in many parts of the country, but there is much more work to do — including here in the District of Columbia. This surge in law enforcement resources will build on the Department’s efforts to target the individuals & organizations that are driving violent crime in the nation’s capital. The Justice Department will not rest until every community in our country is safe from the scourge of violent crime. - Attorney General Merrick B. Garland.
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Classic racism from @NOWard6Recall. Lot of this lately of implying people need to have “the right views” if they look a certain way. Trying to enforce and scare people into ideological conformity.
“It’s time to question which Black people we place at the table, because the slew of anti-Black laws being championed by Black politicians across the country indicates that we have a lot of people representing us, but we have very little serving us.”
@msolurin in @Essence
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DC violence interrupter programs have no meaningful results. Wonder what they do with all of their money…
FLASHBACK: Earlier this year, a man whose son was killed in an incident involving a Safe Streets worker told FOX45 News he believes Safe Streets is a "criminal enterprise." Today, the FBI raided a Safe Streets location over alleged gang activity.
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DC council wants to spend money on news but can’t even make sure violent youth are held in custody properly.
Apparently DYRS being unable to find a secure group home for high risk juvenile suspects is a "persistent problem" & yet DYRS' dashboard has consistently claimed there is NO waitlist for "youth shelter":
Thanks @tednbc4 for digging into this.
dataviz1.dc.gov/t/OCTO/views…
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Phil Mendelson basically said today that he didn’t push the USAO on prosecutions more the other year because “Charles Allen disagreed, and I didn’t want us to fight in front of them”.
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The Charles Allen, Mendelson, Nadeau, and Lewis George crime wave continues with no signs of real action or care.
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All of the same tired and irrelevant arguments trotted out by whacky activists against the Chesa Boudin recall are being recycled during the @recallallen campaign. They are reliant on slurs because both people have made quality of life in their cities unquestionably worse.
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A reminder that @charlesallen cut police funding this year, and made it harder to hold criminals accountable. He still hasn't reversed course on this crusade.
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Apparently you think keeping citizens informed is a bad thing. How is informing citizens what's happening in their own neighborhoods perpetuating harmful stereotypes?
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This driver already had tons of unpaid speeding violations. We need more enforcement of existing traffic laws in this city, and need the council to step up and better fund MPD. The culture of lawlessness needs to stop.
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DC small business owners bust their ass and make this city what it is only to get the thanks of getting car jacked. The city council is responsible for all of this. Mendelson can say there is no crime crisis but all business owners know otherwise.
“most recently, getting car jacked at gun point at the gas station near 15th and Maryland NE. Chef David was physically unharmed, but the car was stolen and has not been recovered.” The @councilofdc is destroying our city. It is shameful.
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Yeah that Afghan translator fleeing the Taliban who lived in a country torn by conflict and civil war really had a leg up in life.
The stark disparities between which victims of violence in DC have successful crowdfunding pages or not mirror the structural, institutional, and systemic support they got in life.
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This article is a must read about DC mismanagement and misguided policy. Very clear “housing first” is not the solution touted by activists.
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/…
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Anyone thinking the ATV riders won’t illegally ride on the streets if DC builds them an ATV park should be laughed out of the city.
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Martin carrying water for Charles Allen and Mendelson again. He makes them sound so valiant for “defending the city”.
Crime, homelessness, and police reform in D.C. will take center stage at a House Oversight hearing tomorrow, and D.C. officials will be on hand to defend the city from expected Republican attacks: dcist.com/story/23/03/28/dc-…
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Hmm maybe if we had enough police officers to enforce traffic violations, didn’t let people with thousands in fines renew licenses, and had more car booting teams. Seems pretty obvious.
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Horrific act of random violence that has become all too common in DC. This is what happens when you don’t prosecute cases and let repeat violent offenders roam the streets with limited consequences.
A U.S. Senate staffer was severely injured in a stabbing this past Saturday in the 1300 blk H St NE DC.
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Insane that ANC's and council members are bending over backward to make sure we're just as concerned with this sex offender perpetrator's well being as we are the victims of his heinous crimes. Shows their true colors. They want restorative justice for sex offenders.
Following-up on the assault of two Petit Scholar teachers in DC’s Bloomingdale neighborhood. @DCPoliceDept say the suspect punched both teachers in the head multiple times & then began to masturbate in front of 20-30 kids, 1-3yo & spit on an officer at the hospital @fox5dc
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Dude you helped put Charles Allen into office and his policies lead to massive increases in crime that have chased so many businesses out of DC. You think the bars and restaurants around Chinatown closing in the last months did it because they didn’t get taxpayer money? No, crime
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This suspect was arrested only 5 months ago on armed robbery charge. Likely a case the US attorney failed to prosecute. We need answers and accountability here for why he was on the street.
mpdc.dc.gov/release/arrest-m…
NEW: Woman stabbed to death inside Ivy City Hotel Friday night was visiting DC to attend a concert. DC Police still investigating how suspect got inside Christy Bautista’s hotel room. 43-year-old George Sydnor faces first degree murder charges @nbcwashington
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Yes, his only supporters are entrenched DC political insiders like you. Everyone knows Ward 6 dems is full of his lackeys.
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Does anyone know a single restaurant worker actually taking home more money after I82 passed?
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Nice try on claiming there is "no crime crisis in DC". Homicides and carjackings are way way up.
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Pretty insane — shows how bad it is statistically for the average resident. They’re not even here for half of the days of the year, and most of their time in the city is spent around a heavily policed Capitol complex.
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Activists keep repeating a lie that policing and public safety is the biggest line item in DC’s budget. Not even close.
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This stat is so illustrative of the problem we have right now. Prioritization is important and what people choose to focus on that reflects this. Way too much focus on covid right now relative to the size of the gun violence problem.
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Watching a city shrink while businesses close and friends leave is not something you want to experience, but because of DC council's policies it's exactly what is happening and WILL continue.
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Most crime victims are people of color themselves. Maybe show a little more concern for them, and less worry about the feelings of politicians.
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DC has the highest per capita budget of any city in the US when you account for state & city spending. Remember that when people claim it’s a lack of programs or resources that cause juvenile crime. Much poorer places in the US with much lower crime rates.
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No crime crisis here. Just 13 year olds getting shot.
update: Two guys reportedly got out of an auto, fired shots and fled in that car after girl got shot. #KingmanParkDC
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This is absolutely outrageous. We need hearings from Congress about what DC and the US attorney is doing.
@Rep_Clyde
Shooter who killed man in front of his children in D.C. gets 13-year sentence wapo.st/3Hwesvw
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The fact that they’re trying to silence someone calling them out for their own inaction on the top issue facing DC tells you all you need to know.
Councilmember Vince Gray staffer Chuck Thies has become a vocal critic of the D.C. Council and its crime policies in recent months, creating a common foe for the Wilson Building. But Thies tells Loose Lips he has no regrets about any of his tweets. bit.ly/43tJihh
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If this happened in DC he likely would only get 10 years max.
A Maryland man convicted of fatally shooting the mother of a U.S. Naval Academy football player with a stray bullet in Annapolis was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. fox5dc.com/news/man-sentence…
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Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN) is hitting on the problem with DC's justice system. People with long history of violating others safety & rights are getting released quickly and with little consequence.
“I was assault no. 13 on his record, and I'm going to do everything in my power to make sure there is not a 14”: @RepAngieCraig says she fought off a man in her D.C. apartment building — and is now calling for changes to prevent known criminals from targeting new victims.
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This city is getting hollowed out because no one will hold these thieves accountable. We need to start making examples of people.
SHOPLIFTING AT CVS: The shelves at the store on 14th Street in DC’s Columbia Heights neighborhood are completely empty after thieves continue to steal items and get away with it.
DETAILS HERE ➖ fox5dc.com/news/cvs-store-sh…
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The only disappointing thing is the political skills of @charlesallen who divided democrats on the hill by not fixing this turd of a bill and in the process set back the cause of statehood.
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The most prevalent rhetoric in DC -- not everywhere-- is police all bad so abolish & defund. There is a middle ground of police accountability but accountability for violent offenders and people disrupting lives. That middle ground is missing in DC convos right now.
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Adam, “the experts” in this context are just activist groups. Real people don’t need “experts” to know that decreasing penalties for crime during a historic uptick in crime is a terrible idea.
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I like how Charles Allen says we have "limited resources". Definitely not how he has acted with other budget items through the years.
The @Commanders are the closest they’ve been to returning to the old RFK site — but the DC council is still split on whether building the NFL team a new 🏟️is a good idea.
@kenyanmcduffie likes the idea.
@charlesallen doesn't.
🎙️: shorturl.at/jtyB6
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This man has lost his damn marbles if he had any. This city is dysfunctional beyond belief because of all the finger pointing and lack of action. The police have been screaming for more resources for years.
ICYMI
“You can get away with murder in this city,” is what @ChmnMendelson told me TWICE talking @CMBrookePinto’s emergency legislation. He argues closing cases over pre-trial changes & is throwing public safety back policing & @MayorBowser.
@NSBonsu_ covering tonight.
@fox5dc
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