Because DC cops suck I’ve only been in DC for six months and I can tell that cops here suck, even more than the cops back home in Alabama They are never around, if they are, it’s either sitting in a patrol car or with twenty other cops They never come when you call them They have the least amount of responsibility than any other cops, due to having the Secret Service, National Park, Capitol Police, and MTA patrol

People can complain about how morale is low around cops, but they’ve done to themselves. They’ve shown that they are scared of being held accountable, get angry at slight disrespect, retaliate for anything, and genuinely awful at their job

I saw a sign near my apartment and thought it was a bunch of college bros trying to make a quick buck

I still get Columbia Heights confused with Capitol Heights

Sad that a lot of liberals share these opinions too

Selfishness

Do they ever have good points?

I agree, but that was not what the commenters were saying on that post. They were using it as a defense, a justification for cops shooting an innocent person based on mistake identity

Seems weird that people use a subreddit about DC to get insight on the federal government. Aren’t there better subreddits than just this one, where it’s more about the people who live in DC separate from Congress

See, what frustrates me is that they see cops are incompetent, but if the police budget decreases, they go insane.

Yeah, cops and homeless people make them lose their minds

Yeah, it’s difficult to be told that cops are there to protect and serve and the reality is, in the nicest words possible, no they are not!!!

Yeah, but on other topics, DC is very progressive and open-minded. But with cops, any type of criticism or questioning is met with downvotes and bad faith arguments

Something about this subreddit makes everyone become total bootlickers when it comes to cops. I remember when it was revealed cops shot someone they mistook for a suspect, and the general consensus was “everyone makes mistakes.”

“But we need more cops”

They’re the exceptions When in doubt, expect cops to be irrational

Iron Age in Columbia Heights

I went to see Trixie and Katya at the Anthem and the sound was fine.

I work for Congress And for some reason people think I actually for Congress, like it’s one entity and I work for all of it

Protesting doesn’t either Until cops can be held accountable and it doesn’t take inhumane acts of violence for it to happen, this will continue

You’re surprised a person who drives a car in a walkable city like DC is deflecting?

BUL Korean in Adams Morgan is really good for Korean street food like Ttekbokki, potato pancakes, bibimbap, and seven kinds of kimchi

Notice that emissions are the lowest near metro stops

Oh I know Defund was right when they said cops don’t do shit

Nothing will change with that attitude

The real world isn’t some dystopian, inescapable hellscape dear