Yo I live in DC, use Metro, and would love if the city addressed crime (which has legitimately exploded the past few years) and made trains more efficient (though Metro is pretty great compared to many other US transit systems).

Yeah, Chinatown Coffee. That was a great spot, used to hit it almost daily when I lived over there.

Thanks for checking one of my crime apologist bingo squares, “crime also occurs elsewhere, so we should ignore it here”.

Bet if I scroll down you probably covered “it’s not as bad as the 90s”, too.

We won’t become a state because the District was never intended to be a state.

https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/district-crime-data-glance

Sure they are

Crime is not down. A reading of crime stats with an intended outcome might tell you violent crime is down, but that’s only because carjacking is counted as auto theft in the nonviolent category.

Overall crime is up 20%, according to a Georgetown crime apologist.

Find me an armed robber in DC who got 8 years. A guy got 82 months (<8 years) for murder last week.

The fact that increases in crime are occurring elsewhere by no means requires that we tolerate them here.

There are homeless in other cities, should we abandon all efforts to address the problem in DC?

This person isn’t arguing in good faith. Name any city you like and they’d claim it was the most racist in America.

Your link literally says that it started in cities like Boston modeled on English law enforcement at the time, and notes the scenario you’re referring to occurred in the south.

Waiting lists for shelters are not.

The city has something like 6,000 shelter beds, and surges that number in winter. That’s all the housing solution anyone is entitled to.

Normally the cops are white and racist? I assure you, we have both cops and racists of all ethnicities in this country.

It was 52 today, in January! A great time to get outside and enjoy the city.

Hate to tell you but members have been smoking in their offices the whole time.

There’s also an unmarked room in the basement with an impressive ventilation system used by AoC (facilities and maintenance) staff all day every day.

When is the last time Bowser went to the House floor?

We could also blame Charles fucking Allen for obstructing productive redevelopment of RFK. I don’t care at all about the Commies but DC should have a full size stadium for large events. Yes, I’m talking about Taylor Swift.

The golf course entrance is immediately before the area that will change. The road is two directions there.

True, though I’m a bit tired of cookout trash that’s left behind.

It’s capable but I would have major concerns with a paceline of 20-40 people on Beach Drive, it’s too congested with pedestrians who don’t remain in one lane or the other. That happens several days a week at Hains Point and, in its current configuration, can be done without impacting slower cyclists or pedestrians (who shouldn’t be in the street anyway).

Couple false statements here:

• MPD recruitment was defunded. They are not funded to hire enough officers to replace retirees and those who leave for other jobs. This was intentional and overt. Charles fucking Allen tweeted about his intention to whittle down the force, public sentiment be damned.

• MPD has been directed to refrain from a wide array of traffic related stops for bullshit reasons you probably think are reasonable. Actual statement from DC government: enforcement against fake temporary plates would negatively impact minorities, and thus shouldn’t be pursued.

If it hadn’t been for that sentry gun, we could have lost her.