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Ward 5 Road Blocks
Jun 17, 2008 | 12:25 PM
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     I find Ward 5 to be one of the stranges locations in DC.  You can literally be on one side of the street that is clean and full of well-to-do people.  As soon as you cross the street, you can be in a haven for crime and drugs.  For example, in the NE Capital Hill side (near Maryland Ave for those that don't know) you have professional's of all ages.  Very hard working respectable people that care about their community.  Now....when you cross H Street towards the Trinidad area.....DUCK AND RUN!!!! 

     The past couple of weekends, Chief Lanier ordered a check point in certain areas of the Trinidad area.  This method was created to deter crime because (it is said) most of the crime was/is created by people that live outside of the neighborhood.  This is true with most of the crime that is commited in DC.  Some have welcomed the program with open arms.  The others have felt that their "civil liberties are being violated." 

     Now let me get this straight.  You feel somewhat violated because the police want to deter crime in your area?  How do you feel when the criminals are running rampid in the area?  We can all imagine which group feel their "civil liberties" are threatened.  The people that actually know the criminals!

     Like my grandmother once told me, "Everyone wants to go to heaven.  They don't want to do what they have to do in order to get there."  Some of the people that live in this area want their streets to be safer but don't want to go to this extreme to acheive this.  I'm sorry if some disagree with me on this one but you have to do what's neccessary in order to achieve a goal.  Sometimes the hardest decision is the best in the long run.

Do you think this is going too far?  Would you allow police to block off your neighborhood and check every car that comes through?  My answer?  Yes!!!

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caffeinated-cow read my blog
Jun 17, 2008 | 1:23 PM

Smoov, I have mixed feelings about those check points. On the one hand, I can see how it violates your rights to move freely from one point to another. But when I look at it from the Trinidad residents' point of view, I can see why those check points would be good.

What I would like to see is a poll or a vote on these checkpoint by the residents of the Trinidad neighborhood. I would like to know what THEY think about it, not some guy who lives in Georgetown or some who lives in Olney.
Starrman1 read my blog view my photos
Jun 17, 2008 | 3:17 PM

caffeinated-cow, I like your idea of hearing from the Trinidad residents. If they are all for them, then keep it up. If on the other hand they feel their rights are being more violated by the police than the thugs, well then AMF. Move them on down the road to someone that does want them.
BigSmooov read my blog
Jun 17, 2008 | 3:21 PM

From me talking to a couple of people that actually live there. They are cool with it. Of course they are the working people that don't sit outside all day blasting thier music, drinking, and acting like AH's. Of course there are the other that think the cops are always 'sweating' them.
caffeinated-cow read my blog
Jun 17, 2008 | 4:10 PM

Smoov, if the majority of the residents are okay with them and believe that the checkpoints are making their neighborhood safer, then they should continue with the checkpoints.

It should be up to them to decide, period.
shuga read my blog
Jun 17, 2008 | 4:23 PM

Man they should be grateful that someone is trying to help them.. and didnt the chief say that crime has went down by 50% in that area???
Im glad to see the police being proactive... Because the violence in DC is very disturbing.. I would never live in or around the area
priveye
Jun 17, 2008 | 6:03 PM

Hey Smoovie...what are the demographics of Trinidad area?

Sounds like yo brovas don't know how to act and then get upset when someone really trys to help them.
BigSmooov read my blog
Jun 18, 2008 | 9:45 AM

LoL Same ol' Priveye. LoL

Well Priv......I agree with you to some degree. It's like a child that's sick and what's to feel better. They get scared and upset when the parents want to take them to the hospital to get help.

The racial demograpic precentage in Trinidad is .5% latino and 1% white Priveye.....that's only because Galludet University is next to it. LoL
priveye
Jun 18, 2008 | 6:49 PM

Smoove...believe or not I thought you might agree!
AveMaria22 read my blog
Jun 20, 2008 | 2:32 PM

Smoov...It would be nice if the police would open a station with lots of PERMANENTLY ASSIGNED COPS right there in Trinidad...that's what the mayor would do in New York. The presence of the police has to be a positive thing for residents who have become victims of criminals who've taken ownership of the neighborhood. Those of us who've never had to duck and cover...i.e. sleep on the floor in a back bedroom with our children out of fear of daily/nightly shootings..cannot possibly imagine the terror of living in a war zone. The police are the only troops to rout the criminals. Those who are upset are truly INVOLVED with the criminals. Smoov is right.
milu read my blog
Jun 22, 2008 | 9:36 PM

rampant not rampid

Some people are part of the problem not the solution. People who complain against the checkpoints are those/they -criminals thmeselves or selfish.
BigSmooov read my blog
Jun 23, 2008 | 10:33 AM

I agree Milu.
caffeinated-cow read my blog
Jun 23, 2008 | 4:12 PM

Smoov, did you hear that some Civil Liberties group filed a lawsuit to remove the checkpoints?

As I said before, if the residents are okay with those checkpoints, busybodies who don't live in that neighborhood should just mind their own business!
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