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Macarogi t1_jebjshv wrote

Serious question: Will the Police even do anything about something like this nowadays?

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dynospectrum7 t1_jebyqu3 wrote

I’ll bet money dude is mentally unstable and needs to be in an asylum.

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[deleted] t1_jec4rac wrote

Most of them are. When I used to work at DuPont, there was also a black man who used to yell at people all the time no matter what race or ethnicity they were. Glad you reported it because mental illness is nothing to play with. And he may have been homeless as well.

I have had black and Caucasian (men and women) yell or say things to me. I just ignored them and kept it moving.

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glamopticon t1_jeg09bi wrote

there have been some threads here about an individual on the circulator who matches this description who says similar things (I have had a few run ins but also heard reports that it was the same person at Dupont). I wonder if this is one individual who moves around? Of course this is a wider ranging problem, just saying there might be a pattern with this guy.

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Surefinewhatever1111 t1_jebnuug wrote

MoCo might. MPD liason units were disbanded by Lanier, the most garbage leader since Chief Wiggum (real ones know a previous chief was the spitting image of Springfield's own) but there are still specific officers who work within communities.

USAO tho, they don't believe hate crimes exist so...

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BrightThru2014 t1_jedbpjt wrote

Why would the police do anything when the USAO refuses to prosecute 70%~ of the time?

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Gumburcules t1_jeef8du wrote

Because arresting people is the police's job and prosecuting people is the USAO's job.

"Why should I review grants if the panel does not approve 70% of applicants?"

"Why should I conduct interviews if the hiring manager tells 70% of them they didn't get the job?"

"Why should I give college counseling if 70% of students don't get accepted to college?"

See how dumb that sounds in other jobs? Why should it be any different for police?

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BrightThru2014 t1_jeeg084 wrote

Do you know how human nature works? If my job is to write policy proposals, and I get paid regardless of how many policy proposals I write, and my boss doesn’t even read most of my memos, guess what I will be writing far fewer policy memos than if my boss actually read them.

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Gumburcules t1_jeeh3yg wrote

Except the USAO is reviewing the cases, and they're determining that in 70% of cases they can't make a case. And in some nonzero number of cases the reason is precisely because of the shitty police work done by the arresting officers.

So in your analogy your boss is reading the proposals and rejecting 70% of them, some of which because they're illegible and nonsensical. And if someone called you out as being a shitty lazy policy proposal writer for not writing policy because of it they'd be entirely correct, just like people calling out lazy shitty cops not doing their jobs would be.

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BrightThru2014 t1_jeg8902 wrote

Is there any reason to think cops in places like Chicago or Baltimore are better than DC cops? Because the prosecution rates for local DA offices are about 2-3x better in literally any other jurisdiction than DC. THIS IS NOT NORMAL. Stop defending criminal actors who are disproportionately causing harm to low-income disadvantaged communities.

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Deanocracy t1_jedjezo wrote

That was an avenue for them to push an anti police narrative…

Not to be productive or care about fellow humans being terrorized on public transit.

Ghoulish

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IsRando t1_jebswec wrote

They might help the perpetrator...advise them how not make it so obvious in the future...how to effect hatred against Asians the right way, you know.

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HelloJoeyJoeJoe t1_jed8hgw wrote

Lol. I don't know, are DC cops that bad towards Asians? I actually like DC cops in the way they don't fuck with me or my friends in a way that leaves lasting damage.

If you said this about cops in other parts of Virginia, I'd agree.

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