Submitted by NPRjunkieDC t3_10ixz3k in washingtondc
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NPRjunkieDC OP t1_j5hank8 wrote
It was actually yesterday. Don't think it was homeless, but who knows, because they were, I think, robbing food .
Aggressive, yes.
ThatsALovelyShirt t1_j5job98 wrote
It seems like organized theft rings. The post says nearly every other business on that street was robbed in the last 2 days.
I think most businesses in DC have been robbed at least once in the last year. Property crime isn't really a priority for judges/prosecutors here, I'm sure most of the charges get thrown out or reduced to something menial, if the criminals even get caught.
Which is why this particular criminal was pretty dumb. Assaulting people will get you a bit more heat.
flyswat88 t1_j5hu5kx wrote
Meanwhile DC council has taken the new criminal code and made it so the folks who are commiting these crimes able to continue to do so. But let's all go and riot in ward 5
Obvious-Design8030 t1_j5i9pgc wrote
I personally voted for the "armed robbery abolitionist" party. I'd also like you to actually cite the provision that was changed to make this possible.
ThatsALovelyShirt t1_j5jouwv wrote
It gives much more power to the already very lenient judges. The RCCA allows for/changes:
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Penalties for many offenses significantly reduced, from robbery/burglary to carjacking and illegal possession of handgun. Even sexual assault and rape have been reduced.
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Bill removes mandatory minimums in the few categories that still hand them, allowing judges to continue issuing "slap-on-the-wrist" penalties, even for repeat offenders.
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The right to petition the judge to reduce a sentence has been expanded to all defendants. Currently it is limited to those who committed a crime before they turned 25. Many judges grant these petitions.
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Right to request a jury trial expanded to nearly all offenses. This will further overburden the already overburdened court system.
Among other changes allowing for repeat offenders to more easily continue availing themselves to the community. You can read the RCCA yourself if you have questions: https://legiscan.com/DC/text/B24-0416/id/2616873/Washington_D_C_-2021-B24-0416-Enrolled.pdf
Entire_Relationship t1_j5jbya3 wrote
all the recent publicized crimes is occurring under the current criminal code, not the one that hasn't been signed yet.
NoNet7962 t1_j5jghlq wrote
Current criminal codes mean nothing if the AG refuses to prosecute. We also had these criminal codes from 2010-2018 which was the safest period in decades for dc. Now AG won’t prosecute and shootings plus carjackings are up exponentially.
Entire_Relationship t1_j5js5mz wrote
seems like the new code is a boogeyman when people should be complaining about lack of prosecution and police work. the new code could raise mandatory minimums and it wouldn't change anything in the environment you're describing.
spince t1_j5i3hch wrote
>made it so the folks who are commiting these crimes able to continue to do so.
Can you cite the specific code provision? I'd be interested in seeing how this works because I'm having trouble finding the provision in the bill that won't go into effect for 3 years that does this for robberies
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annang t1_j5iti9x wrote
Yeah, That passage you quoted has at least two lies in it. I wish people would read the bill before believing every talking point about it.
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annang t1_j5jsqzc wrote
Here's an article with an actual analysis of what's in the bill, as opposed to just fearmongering about the fact that the bill changes the structure of sentencing so that sentences are calculated differently. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/01/washington-dc-crime-reform-sentencing-fox-news.html
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SeeToTheThird t1_j5i4yxy wrote
There isn’t a cite, but they’d much rather repeat anti-reform talking points like a juvenile parrot so they won’t correct their behavior
flyswat88 t1_j5i6g1i wrote
Enjoy getting robbed by the same people over and over again.
SeeToTheThird t1_j5i6vjl wrote
Go back to silver spring
LeoMarius t1_j5i9kq3 wrote
That’s what happened to old DC. Everyone with money moved out, leaving it a hellhole for decades.
Be careful what you wish for.
mistersmiley318 t1_j5kk8gs wrote
That's a rather charitable way of describing white flight and systemic disinvestment.
LeoMarius t1_j5ko0k8 wrote
Because the city turned toxic. Don't blame people for institutional problems.
mistersmiley318 t1_j5kq8pc wrote
I highly encourage you to read this. "The city turning toxic" is not the reason white residents left. Massive subsidies for suburban and segregated development (GI Bill, urban freeways, racial covenants) and resistance to desegregation in schools were the primary factors white residents left. The pattern of large sections of the tax base fleeing to the suburbs repeated itself all over which is why most American cities were faced with crippling budget shortfalls and racially motivated disinvestment in the 70s and 80s.
LeoMarius t1_j5l7k8d wrote
Housing got a lot cheaper when whites fled the city.
Maybe you haven't heard of the 1968 riots.
MajesticBread9147 t1_j5ihxqu wrote
Everyone with money moved out? Then where's the corresponding rent decrease? Ask anybody who grew up in DC before the 90s and they'll tell you it was much less expensive.
LeoMarius t1_j5j5l4e wrote
That’s what I said.
Obvious-Design8030 t1_j5ialdc wrote
Oh, old DC had a movement to reform it's criminal justice system based on a modern a understanding of criminology? All while most of old DC was not administered by DC residents.
annang t1_j5itktg wrote
They can’t, because the claim is false.
NPRjunkieDC OP t1_j5hagcm wrote
Correction: This was yesterday, Jan 21st. You can see it in the link date
Humble_Signature_993 t1_j5jb03v wrote
Oh wow! I walk past this Streets on my way to the gym and was going to visit after my workout yesterday afternoon, but decided to wait and go to Harris Teeter on Kalorama.
novaexec23 t1_j5hcv0p wrote
Time to move out of dc imo
churchofnobody t1_j5hd880 wrote
Byeeee
NoNet7962 t1_j5jgl1z wrote
Ideally the rents move people like you out soon
churchofnobody t1_j5jx8t5 wrote
Found the little bitch
NoNet7962 t1_j5lntb3 wrote
Cry about it you broke bitch 😂
churchofnobody t1_j5lof37 wrote
You’re soft and you aint even got bread. Real money doesn’t talk like that fool. Fat, lying, lazy ass lmao
NPRjunkieDC OP t1_j5hdne9 wrote
Out of NE/SE, maybe but NW is not so bad IMO
3loves9 t1_j5huh1y wrote
Pls. don't give them any ideas. NW is fine as is.
reeleet t1_j5l1nxu wrote
Gotta love that urban experience!!!
NPRjunkieDC OP t1_j5h5jzn wrote
I was shopping there minutes before it happened. Not really. I was there today . Event was yesterday
Udolikecake t1_j5h8knw wrote
Shit, I live like next door to there. I had no idea. People there are great, I hope they’re okay
Usually there aren’t a ton of the really aggressive homeless/tweakers around there, I wonder if it was some random or something more sophisticated