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| Washington DC hits 900 carjackings over one year on Thanksgiving Day |
| 2023-11-26 |
| [JUSTTHENEWS] The Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced the nation’s capital has surpassed 900 carjackings over the past year as Americans. The MPD’s carjacking dashboard shows 901 total year-to-date carjackings and only 157 year-to-date carjacking arrests. In all, 77% of carjackings committed in the federal district involved a firearm. In addition, 66% of arrests involved a juvenile defendant, highlighting D.C.’s ongoing problem with youth crime at a time when the D.C. Attorney General is being criticized for his comparatively soft approach to youth crimes. At an April community event, Attorney General Brian Schwalb (D.) told attendees that "kids are kids" and should be treated differently than adults when it comes to crime. The MPD formed a carjacking task force in 2021 in order to combat the rise in this crime. Just recently, the city also provided free dashboard cameras to ride share and delivery vehicles that drive in D.C.’s high crime areas in an effort to curtail carjackings. MPD advises D.C. residents to lock their cars, park in a safe area and stay alert of surroundings as the city experiences a rise in carjackings. This month Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency over the juvenile crime crisis alongside the opioid epidemic. "Although each of these urgent situations are, to some extent, geographically concentrated, the nature of the two emergencies demands city-wide responses," Bowser said in a blurb. Related: Washington, D.C.: 2023-11-19 ‘SNL' Cold Open: Biden Bids Farewell to Chinese Panda (video) Washington, D.C.: 2023-11-19 Growing Antisemitism Among Democrats Is Creating a Political Crisis Washington, D.C.: 2023-11-17 No Charges For Joe Related: Muriel Bowser: 2023-11-20 D.C. Issues Public Emergency as Juvenile Crime Spikes 10% from Alarming Rate in 2022 Muriel Bowser: 2023-11-02 DC mayor hands out AirTags so residents can find cars after they are stolen Muriel Bowser: 2023-10-25 After Years Of High Crime And Homicides, D.C. Democrats Finally Discover The Police Aren't The Problem |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #5 Go-go? DC's Official Musicke since 2020, don'tcha know! Went on a "nostalgic" binge the other day after reading Fred's freezenik comment. Even lamer than I remembered. |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Jones3349 2023-11-26 20:36 |
| #4 Or Music? Prolly not Rock and Roll? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2023-11-26 20:21 |
| #3 "Although each of these urgent situations are, to some extent, geographically concentrated, the nature of the two emergencies demands city-wide responses," Geographically concentrated, eh? One might suddenly wonder as to the demographics of this particular concentration. Or maybe it's something in the water. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-11-26 18:21 |
| #1 A scary and violent crime. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2023-11-26 15:37 |