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what is the supposed crime spree in DC? is this a recent thing? i feel like trying to google that is going to give me a bunch of kkkracker shit.
Afaik its nothing but made up bullshit. A maga staffer got beat up cause he is a dork and that indirectly bothered Trump I guess. Its just an excuse to normalize putting jackboots on the ground.
lol, oh yeah i forgot about that loser. i bet he hasn't forgotten his ass beating, though lol
Yeah just in case though I think we could all pitch in and give him a reminder.
there are a bunch of trouble makers, thieves frankly, who stand outside union station saying they can trim people's armor for free. when you give them your armor, they log out. come to find out, nobody can trim armor. by then it's too late.
DC's crime is not being a white ethnostate
I was literally there on a road trip with my partner and their 80 year old has grandparent last month. Most uncomfortable and unsafe feeling moments were just walking by the Whitehouse. We routinely saw young women in their 20s going out for a run after dark, alone, and through the streets that had burnt out streetlights. DC is a relatively clean and safe city, never seen an aggressive homeless person, roving gangs of teens, or anything alarming while there or years ago when I lived there for a time. He's straight up just made it the fuck up. Big boy was probably trying to get handsy with a 15 year old... Or maybe trying to abduct her for that snuff film for commission group he's rumored to be a part of.
There's been kids stealing cars but that's been a thing for a while now. Other than that nothing