The crime wave in many U.S. cities in the wake of the “defund the police” movement has also hit progressive-run Washington, DC. Among crimes that have been problems in the last year and a half has been carjackings.
#ICYMI: Cristian Santay-Rosales & Diego Rigoberto Lopez were sentenced to 121 and 108 months for committing a series of dangerous armed carjackings across DC within a 12-hour period in 2020. https://t.co/lESpwx6FPj
— FBI Washington Field (@FBIWFO) December 6, 2021
A 15-year-old girl has pleaded guilty to felony murder for her role in a carjacking that killed a 66-year-old Uber driver, according to authorities in Washington, DC. https://t.co/oKxrafqfNF
— NBC News (@NBCNews) May 11, 2021
It’s gotten so bad that the media’s putting out pointers on how to cut down your chances of getting carjacked in DC:
Car jacking in DC is now such a problem local media has produced this helpful guide on avoiding it including:
"Drive in the center lane to make it harder for potential carjackers to approach the car." https://t.co/4epsqvygCQ
— Saagar Enjeti (@esaagar) December 6, 2021
Crime in D.C. is so bad that the media is giving people tips on how to avoid being carjacked.
"Stay in your car at the gas station." pic.twitter.com/AHu3Ih0ams
— RNC Research (@RNCResearch) December 6, 2021
It’s come to this!
Stay in your car?? I thought I was hearing things, It sounds like we should expect to give up our cars as if this is normal ??? We can’t continue to live in fear of our cars, homes and businesses??
— Diane Cranston Powell (@cranston_powell) December 6, 2021
“Just give them your stuff and maybe nobody gets hurt” is the progressive “solution” to problems created by lib policies in cities.
https://twitter.com/elliemae0404/status/1467953173948211207
https://twitter.com/Sm_Tritip/status/1467918763605385218
Just some more peaceful protestors. Need to add "social worker hotline" to the prevent list. https://t.co/zT4ps2jJYl
— Doug Parsons (@dougp1480) December 6, 2021
An example of how Democrat run cities are doing.
Research crime in Democrat vs Republican run cities and vote wisely before this is your city too. https://t.co/VsIQHfCC7w
— Betty J. Porter (@MuskokaLiving00) December 6, 2021
So how is defund the police working for D.C?? https://t.co/QHnXdn7xmy
— TheSilverLeo (@TheSilverLeo) December 6, 2021
The same as it’s been working out in many other Democrat-run cities.