And people suggest the DC council is too incompetent for statehood, but this moron has an actual say in nationwide legislation.

Well you replied. Might as well enlighten me.

Is there a reason you didn't just say that?

What does "you guess race" mean?

Unfortunately early in the 2000s which also phased out "lunchin" and other classic DC terms.

Seconded for just crossing into MD or VA to use a better app. I know that's not the exact answer to the question, but love yourself and delete the app.

It's definitely corruption. The city went with a company that had ties to Kenyan McDuffie and I'm sure put a good chunk of money into Bowser's pocket. Why else would they agree to an exclusivity deal, with zero opt outs with a company that has zero experience running this kind of business. It's such a joke and most people just travel to MD and VA to play. The city is missing out on so much revenue from on very stupid decision.

I think where you're tripping up as that the statement should be "modern day policing in the US" developed as a response to Jim Crow laws. Focusing on the fact that the idea of policing existed before and in other countries is missing the point, possibly deliberately. It's also ignoring the fact that there are aspects to the US law enforcement and judicial system that are very unique to this country. That is because slavery/racism is woven into the fabric. It's not just something that kind of happened along side it.

So I guess according to you, the same men that participating in the slave patrols, who saw it as their right to control and keep blacks in line just gave up their mission and retired once the 13th and 14th amendments were passed?
Then comes along the concept of police forces in these exact same areas giving police officers the exact same authority that the slave patrols had, specifically with regards to cracking down on Jim Crow laws. These police had free reign to terrorize, beat and kill blacks legally, and....the slave patrolmen weren't interested?

https://naacp.org/find-resources/history-explained/origins-modern-day-policing
"Slave Patrols continued until the end of the Civil War and the passage of the 13th Amendment. Following the Civil War, during Reconstruction, slave patrols were replaced by militia-style groups who were empowered to control and deny access to equal rights to freed slaves. They relentlessly and systematically enforced Black Codes, strict local and state laws that regulated and restricted access to labor, wages, voting rights, and general freedoms for formerly enslaved people.
In 1868, ratification of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution technically granted equal protections to African Americans — essentially abolishing Black Codes. Jim Crow laws and state and local statutes that legalized racial segregation swiftly took their place.
By the 1900s, local municipalities began to establish police departments to enforce local laws in the East and Midwest, including Jim Crow laws. Local municipalities leaned on police to enforce and exert excessive brutality on African Americans who violated any Jim Crow law. Jim Crow Laws continued through the end of the 1960s."

Ahh that solves it. I was waiting to see if you noticed it random person. Must be made up.

Where in my statement did you see me suggest we tolerate it?

My point is that the city is not falling apart and the crime issue is something that if we actually want to address it, versus just looking tough on crime and kicking the can down the road, we need to recognize that there are some commonalities across this country and we should try and start there. But there's very little motivation for that.

From what I see, most of the people complaining just want elected leaders to "look" like they're doing something. They are totally fine with crime existing as long as it's not in front of their doorstep.

If you're paying attention you would notice that the same rise in crime is happening across the country. I'm pretty sure it's pandemic related but this country doesn't invest enough into mental health research to really dig into that.

Calls it historical revisionism but clearly doesn't know the actual history smh.

I feel like people are going to be disappointed in here if black people don't cause mayhem.

There's frustration that it keeps happening but what angers most is that our intelligence gets insulted and we're told no crime was committed. This is being treated as a crime and while there will be questions about how this even happened, this is the bare minimum of what we as a community want.

Police were fired and expected to be charged with murder. Not sure there's much anger in any protest. If this were the case anytime these kind of scenarios happened, you wouldn't have had hardly any of the protests we've had in the past.

Nothing worse that being stuck on a train that isn't moving underground. Much prefer the above ground stations.

As you say, most natives aren't interested in climbing the political ladder of fed work. Most are office positions. Meanwhile if someone moves here to work in the federal government or related industry, they aren't coming here to spend 20+ years in the same office. Just two different worlds.

I think the issue is that transplants don't really interact with natives. Part of that is the race element but another big part is that they live in two different worlds. Many transplants come here with some connection to the federal government. Most natives have zero interest in federal government. So it's easy to end up in a bubble where you only see and cross paths with other transplants where as natives mostly interact with other natives.