Not much that DC does on crime matters until it starts prosecuting criminals
Zachary Faria
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Washington, D.C.’s response to rampant crime is increasingly pathetic, and it isn’t going to change until the city decides to start actually prosecuting its criminals.
The city is now handing out free digital tracking tags for resident to put in their cars so that they can be found when they are inevitably stolen. There have been 827 carjackings in Washington, D.C., through Oct. 29, which averages to nearly three carjackings per day. You may recall that, in February, the city also handed out free steering wheel locks to residents to try and combat this problem. Evidently, it hasn’t helped much.
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The tracking tags have some potential, though. Acting Chief of Police Pamela Smith said, “These tracking devices allow our officers and detectives to be better positioned to quickly locate stolen vehicles, recover property, and gather vital evidence for investigations.” In theory, that’s good news, but who really thinks that a city run by soft-on-crime Democrats that is one year removed from trying to lower carjacking penalties will actually turn those investigations into prosecutions with heavy sentences?
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Washington, D.C., leaders simply don’t have the stomach to impose penalties for the crimes they are so concerned about. Look no further than the recent attempted carjacking by 13-year-old Vernard Toney Jr., who was shot and killed in the process of trying to steal a car from an off-duty security officer. Toney had nine armed carjackings on his record and no real consequences because Washington, D.C., has given juveniles a green light to be criminals. His 12-year-old accomplice, who was just turned in to police, had been arrested the day before the attempted carjacking.
Digital tracking tags will provide little comfort for residents knowing that they could (potentially) get their car back if it is going to remain at the same risk of being stolen again, potentially by the same criminal who took it the first time and faced no punishment. Everything Washington, D.C., does to address crime is just window dressing until it faces the fact that some people need to be put behind bars for their actions.