There have been over 100 homicides already this year in DC. Obviously this shooting is a tragedy, but it’ll make news more because the sun was out and white people were running than anything else.https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1418366478244630532 …
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Full piece is here:https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2021/07/22/shooting-increase-dc-gun-violence/ …
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DC has a long-standing overcriminalization problem that the city’s government has chosen to treat as if it were an over-enforcement problem because “defund the police” fits on a bumper sticker. The results shouldn’t surprise us.
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And to boot DC continues to enact laws that will exacerbate the actual problem, overcriminalization. This law will mean more people - likely more people, and youth, of color - have avoidable interactions with law enforcement.https://twitter.com/MayorBowser/status/1417933410488684546 …
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@NRA is totally innocent but wants to sell you an AR-15, Southern states have a very high murder rate compared to other parts of the country -
Confirmed data on that?
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I've always wondered how they know where Chevy Chase is at all times. Does he have a GPS anklet or something?
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Perhaps we should be more like Holland or Japan who have strict gun laws and do not experience random shootings nearly as often as we do in the US
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More crime in Southeast DC??? Keep up the ground breaking news!!
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Did they shelve the statehood idea or is it still a thing?
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