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Democrats remain in hopeless denial. They can’t see that the spike in violent crime going on in their city has become a total “crisis.” Their liberal policy of refusing to prosecute anyone has nothing to do with it, progressives insist. The real problem, the left explains, is that lawlessness is the normal way of life for local communities.
Crime not a crisis in DC
Crime isn’t a crisis in our nation’s capitol, it’s a way of life. How can you prosecute someone when the witness testifying for the state has a longer rap sheet than the defendant? Defense attorneys have no problem shredding the credibility of practically anyone the prosecution can bring to the stand.
If, that is, they’re willing to actually testify in the first place.
On Wednesday, March 29, the chairman of D.C.’s city council testified in front of Congress that “there is no crime crisis in the nation’s capital.” The House Committee on Oversight has their sights set on the city’s “policing reform bill.”
Democrat Washington, D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson:
"There is not a crime crisis in Washington, D.C." pic.twitter.com/f4tAvzK6E8
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) March 29, 2023
D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson agrees that “people should feel safe and it is a problem that many residents of the district don’t.” Criminals aren’t the problem though. The city simply has a public relations problem with their image.
Mendelson patiently tried to explain to skeptical conservatives that the city does have “considerable concern” about spiking crime “but while perception is important, the reality is less concerning.” It’s really no big deal.
“I know this belies the common belief — and when it comes to crime, how people feel is important — but there is not a crime crisis in Washington, D.C.” The Republican half of the panel were beginning to wonder what planet he comes from. “Last year, federal prosecutors in the District’s U.S. attorney’s office chose not to prosecute 67 percent of those arrested by police officers in cases that would have been tried in D.C. Superior Court.”
Senate staffer fighting for life
Hanging over the hearing is the news that a staffer for Senator Rand Paul was critically injured and remains fighting for his life after being stabbed repeatedly in the head and chest.
His attacker had been released from prison the day before. He wasn’t as “supervised” as he should have been and the voices in his head told him to do it. That doesn’t indicate a crime crisis or anything though.
D.C.’s City Council focused on the provisions for police accountability but Congress was much more interested in why nobody ever gets prosecuted for anything. Mendelson testified that their crime bill “promotes police accountability by codifying our Use of Force Review Board, enhancing auditing capabilities, strengthening training requirements, and prohibiting the hiring of officers who have a history of misconduct.”
Moments after Democrat DC Council Chairman Phil Mendelson claimed before Congress DC crime was not a crisis — a carjacking occurred less than a mile away. Story below: pic.twitter.com/pgmdezy1P2
— Wendell Husebø (@WendellHusebo) March 29, 2023
“It also enhances our police chief’s ability to strengthen the force by firing officers who engage in egregious misconduct or commit serious offenses.” Criminals who commit serious offenses are ignored. While cracking down on cops, they reduced “penalties for certain crimes, including carjacking.”
The D.C. police union counters that the “empirical data is in, and we know for certain that their efforts have been an abject failure, resulting in thousands of more victims of crime in this city. The lasting impacts of these horrible policies will not be fully realized for some time, and the efforts to repair the damage done could take decades without swift and thoughtful actions.”
The whole problem is the whole city is chock full of criminals. “We can’t pick our witnesses, especially in neighborhoods where these crimes are happening” Police Chief Robert Contee relates. “I wish we could have boy and girl scouts as witnesses, but that’s often just not the case.“
