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Freddie Stubbs (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 03:16 PM Original message |
Lanier plans to seal off rough ’hoods in latest effort to stop wave of violence |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 03:17 PM Response to Original message |
1. Mommy, why does the barbed wire point IN? n/t |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 06:05 AM Response to Reply #1 |
41. The D.C. Green Zones. Why don't the republicons do some of their nation building here... |
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sofa king (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:06 AM Response to Reply #41 |
49. Because DC needs a plan that actually works! |
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Theres-a (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
2. This sounds creepy to me. nt |
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raystorm7 (944 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:03 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. Welcome to the Palestinian life, but in our America the 5% Rich rule over the 95% Americans |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 08:04 AM Response to Reply #12 |
44. Five percent? |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 03:18 PM Response to Original message |
3. Are we bringing democracy to DC now? |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 08:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
46. A Democratic city administration is responsible for this |
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Beausoleil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 10:42 AM Response to Reply #46 |
50. The point is how much the bar has been lowered |
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Taverner (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 03:19 PM Response to Original message |
4. "...plans for warrantless, door-to-door searches for drugs and guns" |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
5. What wave of violence? |
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DCKit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. 5, 6 and 8 murders each of the last three weekends in NE DC. n/t |
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amandabeech (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 05:34 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Some have been drive-bys. Those things are really nasty. |
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PSPS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
6. What, no guard towers? |
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ogsbee (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
56. Did you say guard towers? |
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thunder rising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
7. Can't be the unemployment/underemployment and bleak future thats the root |
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liberal N proud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
8. What is this Baghdad? |
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Book Lover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 03:33 PM Response to Original message |
9. DCist has a good conversation going on about this |
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Blue State Bandit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 03:43 PM Response to Original message |
10. A point of query, |
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madmusic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:01 PM Response to Original message |
11. Anyone willing to reconsider the police state now? |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:04 PM Response to Original message |
13. "No Go Zones" |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:11 PM Response to Reply #13 |
14. Except That the Non-Ghetto Areas are Probably the Minority |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. I see your point; "safe zones" |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:45 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. I Know This Isn't a Popular Point of View |
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Dogtown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 06:00 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. It's the climate |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 06:10 PM Response to Reply #19 |
27. What possible ways are there to respect civil rights when... |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 10:47 AM Response to Reply #27 |
60. You Should Never Have People Arrested |
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jody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
16. Those who protest D.C.'s action should propose other solutions. n/t |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:41 PM Response to Reply #16 |
18. "Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet." |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 08:09 AM Response to Reply #18 |
45. Ironic... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #45 |
55. I hadn't noticed.. |
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clixtox (941 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 09:38 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I agree 200% with that prescription... |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 04:56 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. living wages, rent control, restoring jobs from offshore, funding social services.... |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 05:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. effective/progressive city planning, economic development, educational opportunities... |
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Selatius (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 06:35 PM Response to Reply #21 |
29. No way. It's far easier to turn D.C. into fucking East Berlin than it is to do all that. |
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nashville_brook (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 09:22 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. it stuff like this that really saddens me. we're better than this. we had all the power in the world |
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Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:19 PM Response to Reply #29 |
59. Damn, |
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davepc (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 05:15 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Have a cit government/police force that aren't bumbling incompetents. |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 09:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
39. Allow the people who live there to own the tools to provide for thier own defense... |
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bluesmail (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 05:29 PM Response to Original message |
23. Cheney's paranoid, he thinks the whole world is out to get him |
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keroro gunsou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. not paranoid. |
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ohio2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
25. Sadr City...soon the buzz of drones will replace squad cars. |
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buckrogers1965 (515 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
28. The founding fathers would arm everyone so they can protect themselves |
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12string (443 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
30. Well Mr.pResident |
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Mike Daniels (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 08:25 AM Response to Reply #30 |
47. DC, the city, is run by a Democratic mayor and majority Democratic party city council |
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displacedtexan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 03:57 PM Response to Reply #47 |
57. I voted for Adrian "Hope & Change" Fenty, too. |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 06:39 PM Response to Original message |
31. The blame guns meme seems to be failing |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #31 |
33. I'm sure you could give us ideas if the chiefs name was "Chavez" instead of "Lanier". |
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Pavulon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 07:06 AM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Irrelevant post... |
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ret5hd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 07:14 AM Response to Reply #42 |
43. Just sayin' that if an AP wire report came out that Chavez was... |
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dixiegrrrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 06:57 PM Response to Original message |
32. Lemme tell you what a gated community is like.. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #32 |
53. You're describing a voluntary gated community. |
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KamaAina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
34. Meanwhile the criminals at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW continue to come and go as they please |
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HuffleClaw (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
35. how can this be legal? |
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Jack_DeLeon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-04-08 09:26 PM Response to Original message |
37. Thats some fucked up shit...Let these people have the tools to protect themsevles... |
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eilen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 05:58 AM Response to Original message |
40. DC is not the only ones |
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Robbien (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 01:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
61. shi-it |
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ogsbee (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
48. Here are some of those friendly cameras / Keep moving citizens |
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otherlander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
51. This is war! |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message |
52. and the war comes home... |
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BreweryYardRat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-05-08 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
54. Okay, THAT raised my hackles. |
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ogsbee (155 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-06-08 10:10 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. Quoting a top Nazi: "The only way we could have been stopped, would have been if our opponents had |
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