[Lincolnparkdc] Fwd: Crime, Teens and the Times: Controversies Gain National Attention, Dominate Discussion, Activism and Politics
James Grimaldi
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Sun Mar 3 08:00:00 EST 2024
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From: Lincoln Park Newsletter from Lincoln’s Substack <
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Date: Sat, Mar 2, 2024 at 9:50 PM
Subject: Crime, Teens and the Times: Controversies Gain National Attention,
Dominate Discussion, Activism and Politics
To: <friendsofcapitolhillparks at gmail.com>
LINCOLN PARK NEWSLETTER: NYT’s take on Charles Allen recall. Citizen
activists patrol streets just like they did two decades ago
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Crime, Teens and the Times: Controversies Gain National Attention, Dominate
Discussion, Activism and Politics
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PARK NEWSLETTER: NYT’s take on Charles Allen recall. Citizen activists
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TEEN ARRESTED IN MURDER OF LYFT DRIVER NEAR LINCOLN PARK
A 15-year-old boy is to be charged with first-degree murder in connection
to the shooting death of a 31-year-old Lyft driver a few blocks north of
Lincoln Park, according to DC Police.
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Nasrat Ahmad Yar, of Alexandria, was driving for the rideshare platform on
July 3, 2023, just after midnight when he was shot. Officers responded to
the 400 block of 11th Street Northeast for reports of an unconscious person.
Surveillance videos from the area
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four boys running down an alley near the scene. The camera was able to pick
up audio from the group, WJLA reported.
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One boy could be heard yelling, "You killed him," and another responded,
saying "He was reaching bro. He was about to get out...He was reaching bro."
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*WHAT CAN YOU DO TO DETER CRIME? **Come Walk With Your Neighbors* By Ryan
Kelley
I think it's safe to say we are all collectively disturbed by the toll
crime trends have taken on our communities in the District. This has to be
particularly true for any who have personally been victims of this trend.
And while there are many ideas on causes and equal ideas for solutions,
some of your neighbors have taken a few steps (pun intended) to put one of
them into action.
We began twice weekly neighborhood safety walks: Wednesdays from 9 PM to 10
PM and Fridays from 10 PM to 11 PM.
We meet at the corner park of Kentucky Ave and Independence Ave, and almost
always an officer (or two) from the Metropolitan Police Department joins
us.
We would love for any and all to join us for these bi-weekly walks that
are designed to provide just additional sets of eyes around the Lincoln
Park neighborhood and demonstrate our community's resolve to do something
practical to deter criminal activity in our neighborhood.
It's always easy to say from the comfort of our homes what "should" be
done, or point fingers and toss out ideas. Well, here is an opportunity to
actually "do" something.
A close friend actually asked me if I felt these walks were really doing
any good. It's a fair question. Have we actually stopped any crime? Have we
deterred criminals from acting? Of course, I cannot be sure. But I do know
that over the past several months we have walked together, united for
a common goal. Sometimes 15 of us, sometimes 4, but always we learn a lot
about our neighbors and the Capitol Hill neighborhood we share.
We have had the honor of learning more about the MPD officers who work
around the clock amidst many challenges and demonstrate great courage in
looking out for our neighborhood and who express appreciation for our
efforts to work together with them.
We have found and reported extinguished street lights, a potential gas
leak, reported any concerning activities, and provided some lights for
people walking home later in the evening. And over the past few months, we
have walked well over 30 miles if you put the nights together.
So do these walks do any good? Unequivocally, yes!
And I hope that you will come to join us as well.
Again, we meet on Wednesday nights at 9 PM and Friday nights at 10 PM. Come
for one night to check it out...or for many and become a regular.
rpkelley81 at gmail.com
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article on the history of the Orange Hat Patol can be found at the end of
this newsletter.*
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*New York Times report* *In Powerful D.C. Ward, Democrats Move to Oust
Councilman Over Crime Surge* The effort to recall Charles Allen,
spearheaded by Democratic operatives who once backed him, reflects how a
response to a rise in crime has cut across ideological lines.Excerpted from The
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The Charles Allen recall effort has raised more than $100,000, and
volunteers have deployed around Mr. Allen’s Ward 6 in hopes of collecting
the 6,144 signatures needed — 10 percent of the population — before its
mid-August deadline. If achieved, a recall election would take place on
Oct. 9.
Most organizers of the effort are lifelong Democrats who voted for Mr.
Allen in the past, helping propel him to overwhelming victories in 2014,
2018, and 2022. Their campaign to oust him is a striking example — in one
of the most powerful precincts in the country — of how a response to a
surge in crime has cut across political and ideological lines.
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*Mark Ugoretz,* a retired lobbying executive who moved to the Lincoln Park
neighborhood of Washington in 1968 during riots following the assassination
of Martin Luther King Jr. and is backing the recall of Mr. Allen, said the
brazenness of crime in the city had resonated with residents across
political and economic lines.
“This is the first time we’ve had crime where some kid can stick a Glock at
your face and steal your car,” he said.
Recall links:
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Links against recall:
Website: http://www.noWard6recall.org
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RECALL SIGN-STEALING CAUGHT ON CAMERA
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Neighbor Mark Grace said he took this photo after he saw this man remove a
Charles Allen Recall sign from a yard and rip it in half.
VIDEO CATCHES POLITICAL VANDALS
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WASHINGTON — There is a recall backlash starting on Capitol Hill, WJLA
reports. People in favor of recalling councilman Charles Allen
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said over the weekend people started stealing their "recall" signs.
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“Guy walked up, took my sign off the holder, picked it up, tore it and
casually walked away,” Cindy Von Kannon said.
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Photo by Cindy Von Kannon shared with WJlA.
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MOTT’S OPEN HOUSE
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Photo via Chander Jayaraman @dc_chander
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SUNDAY: FREE ADMISSION What are you doing Sunday morning? Here’s an idea. Visit
the National Museum of Women in the Arts.
*Free Community Days at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
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– March 3 & 13, *10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The renovated and expanded National Museum of Women in the Arts welcomes
visitors back with free admission twice each month. Reacquaint yourself
with one of the coolest art collections in the District without paying a
cent during Women’s History Month. You’ll have some extra cash left over to
explore the museum’s jaw-dropping gift shop.
*Register
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*National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1250 New York Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20005
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After all, it is Women’s History Month
March is Women’s History Month, a time to celebrate and honor both notable
women through history and those we love and call friends and family! D.C.
boasts several events, exhibits, and activities to highlight and celebrate
women and their achievements:
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*5th annual HerStory 5K
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(March 9)
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*She Comes First
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at Miracle Theatre* (March 27)
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*Check out the online National Women’s History Museum
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*Family Day: Women’s History Month
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at Library of Congress* (March 9)
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If you sponsor an urn, you’re welcome to attend this event. Last time,
there was cake.
Park Service Meeting to be Scheduled
The National Park Service would like to meet with us this month. Mary is
working to settle on a date for us to meet with their representatives at 8
a.m. in the park. Please try to attend when the announcement goes out.
Here is the urn map (apologies for sending an old version last time.)
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SEND YOUR PHOTOS SHOWING YOUR HARD WORK Showcase Your Urns for the Park
Service
The Park Service is putting together a photo slideshow for the volunteer
recognition evening and the volunteer coordinator is looking for volunteer
photos from 2023. Please email any you have working on your urn in the next
week to Becky George Volunteers-In-Parks Program Coordinator, National
Capital Parks-East at rebecca_george at nps.gov.
Please send to Becky George, Volunteers-In-Parks Program Coordinator,
National Capital Parks-East
rebecca_george at nps.gov
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TAKING BACK THE STREETS — IT AIN’T EASY(Just ask Zoe)
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Original Washington Post coverage of the local Orange Hat Patrols formed
during a crime wave more than 20 years ago.
History of the old Orange Hat Patrol By Peter Rothschild, Sarah Cochran and
Zoe
We started an Orange Hat Patrol in the early ‘90s and ran it until the late
20-teens. While times are different now (e.g., we didn’t have email lists
at the start), some of the things we experienced may still apply. Here are
a few of our observations.
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Around the time we started, several other groups formed. There were
probably 4-5 different Orange Hat groups, each on a different night. One
(Collette’s “Mott’s Squad”) walked mid-day on Wednesdays. One only walked
north of Lincoln Park. Some followed the same route each week, others were
random walks. For the record, none lasted as long as our group.
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Recruiting is constant. People will walk once, or a few times, or for a
few months, but only a small, hardcore few will continue to walk for a year
or more. We often carried paper brochures to hand to people we met or
passed.
Dropouts happen more often in the winter when no one wants to walk in
the cold. Recruiting is harder also. People also drop out in the summer
vacation season.
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Making the walk into a social event helps with attracting and retaining
people.
The cops will be supportive for a while, but they get tired of it.
Whenever Beat 26 (before the first police district 1D) was divided into
Police Service Areas or PSAs, it was divided into “beats”. Much of the
Lincoln Park neighborhood was in Beat 26. An early email newsletter was
started for this beat by a young activist named Kirsten Oldenburg, an email
address
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she continues to use to this day.) or PSA 107 or 1D1 would get a new
command officer, he/she would join the walk once or twice, then have one of
the PSA cops join us for a while, but we rarely had a cop with us.
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We set a minimum of 3 people to walk. Fewer than that was not safe and
not intimidating.
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Orange Hat Patrols were a nationwide thing when we started. The theory
was that the hats made us a visible presence, which I think was true.
Amazon didn’t exist, but I would buy a bag of hats when I was in a Walmart
or sporting goods store and give them to people who completed 2-3 walks.
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We started during the height of the crack epidemic. Muggings,
burglaries, and car break-ins were frequent. (Carjacking wasn’t invented
for another few years.) We felt that our presence did make a difference.
By the time we ended, the Hill was a different place, street crime was much
less common (thanks to us???) and we mainly stopped to pat dogs we met.
Little did we know that this crime lull wouldn’t last.
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It is a worthwhile endeavor. The perception of crime or safety matters
as much as the actual crime rate. Orange Hat Patrols can make a big
difference in the perception and can give people a way actually do
something to help.
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Many local Orange Hat Patrols (including Peter’s) were started in response
to a murder on Park Street NE around 1990 (plus or minus a couple years).
Photo by Peter.
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This flyer was the 100th version of a recruiting poster (the original was
in Word Perfect, for all you other geezers out there). Via Peter.
Peter Rothschild is the founder, primary shareholder, chairman and chief
executive officer of Doofuscorp and is a longtime resident of Capitol Hill. The
Fine Print
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