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Ainwein t1_je3fzn0 wrote

Reply to Armed Robberies in SW DC by [deleted]

It's very odd because this came out of no where.

I've lived in the Eliot on 4th for 2 years now. Never had any emails about crime and we got two in the last two days. Someone got carjacked outside the building and last night two dudes attacked the concierge.

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John_Mason t1_je3dvqi wrote

Reply to comment by eponinesflowers in Attempted Kidnapping by EllieAntsRAwesome

Thanks for sharing that link. Your statement “in comparison with other states” makes me wonder if the city of DC is being compared to entire other states. Do you by chance know how it compares to comparable cities like NYC, Miami, Boston, LA, or San Francisco?

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Marmot_up t1_je3clfw wrote

Reply to Where to buy matzah by hellodc27

As of Saturday they had big 5-pound boxes of it at the Giant in Columbia Heights. It was part of a special “kosher for Passover” display at the end of an aisle, not in the regular kosher section.

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SeattCat t1_je39eq7 wrote

Reply to Attempted Kidnapping by EllieAntsRAwesome

I walk a dog in SW (wharf) and I’ve had a weird experience on N St too. We turned onto N off the main road going toward the Anacostia trail. A dark green SUV pulled up a little behind the dog and I and followed us for a block. At first I thought they were just looking at addresses (it is a residential area…) but at the end of the road they pulled across the sidewalk and then sped away when the dog and I looked back at them. She was on edge too. Part of me wants to give them the benefit of the doubt (lost, didn’t realize it was a dead end, whatever) but it was still spooky.

Edit to add: I’m in my early 20s but a group of middle schoolers asked me if I went to their school while I was at a bus stop so I guess I look younger.

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eponinesflowers t1_je38sey wrote

Reply to comment by IAmTheJudasTree in Attempted Kidnapping by EllieAntsRAwesome

For the record, I work for an anti-trafficking nonprofit and DC doesn’t have a very high rate of reported trafficking cases in comparison with other states (source). Also, sex traffickers tend to build a relationship with the potential victim and then force them into sex work using a variety of coercion tactics. While there are cases of people being kidnapped off the streets and forced into a trafficking situation, the statistics show that it is not common.

It’s absolutely awful that this happened to OP, and I imagine that it was scary and traumatic. But there is unfortunately a lot of misinformation about trafficking, which it makes it more difficult for victims and survivors to recognize when they’re experiencing it

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