Transgender woman dies after stabbing in Northeast

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/feb/3/transgender-woman-dies-after-stabbing-northeast/
2/3/12
Andrea Noble

A transgender woman died from injuries she suffered when she was stabbed in the head at a bus stop in Northeast, officials said Friday.

The attack occurred around 8 p.m. Thursday at a bus stop near East Capitol and Sycamore streets, Metropolitan Police Department officials said.

Washington, DC

National capital
Murder capital

Disgrace

Currently under Republican control, what's your point?

Quote from: tekla on February 03, 2012, 01:44:32 PM
Currently under Republican control, what's your point?

The DC City Council and Mayor run the city including the police force.  They council currently has 12 members and not one is a Republican. The Mayor is a big city machine style Democrat who is there playing the patronage game and all that goes with it.  Most of the assaults on transgender people happen in one of the four "quadrants" of the city: Northeast.  It is a part of town with a lot of violence.  There has been a lot of criticism of the police chief for not taking the problem more seriously.  This is an inner city problem that has nothing to do with national politics unless you are looking to assign blame for all inner city problems on national politics and one party in particular.

The DC police really don't do a good job at cracking down on crime unless you get a DUI.  Then they will send three squad cars and six offers to rope off the arrest scene and take the defendant in to custody. 

Quote from: tekla on February 03, 2012, 01:44:32 PM
Currently under Republican control, what's your point?

Doesn't pass the sniff test

Mayors of Washington DC (since 1975)

Walter Washington (D) 1975-1979
Marion Barry (D) 1979-1991
Sharon Pratt Kelly (D) 1991-1995
Marion Barry (D) 1995-1999
Anthony Williams (D) 1999-2007
Adrian Fenty (D) 2007-2011
Vincent Gray (D) 2011- present

The City is governed by the Mayor and a 13-member City Council.  Currently the Council is comprised of 10 Democrats, 2 Independents, and 1 vacant seat.  The vacant seat in Ward 5 had been formerly held by the corrupt Democrat Harry Thomas Jr, who was exposed and pled guilty to stealing over $300,000 in government funds.

Try studying the situation, DC is not independent, it's controlled by Congress, and it's government can do little w/o Congressional approval.

Quote from: tekla on February 03, 2012, 07:15:31 PM
Try studying the situation, DC is not independent, it's controlled by Congress, and it's government can do little w/o Congressional approval.

Legislation passed by the DC Council must be ratified by Congress.  Congress does not have day-to-day control of the governance of the District, ever since the 1973 District of Columbia Home Rule Act.

The section of the Constitution (Article I, Section concerning the proposed Federal District delegates the oversight power to the Congress ... which, of course, is only partly controlled by the Republicans in the House.

Poor DC has all the problems of any major city, with two distinct disadvantages.  One, it has to go through Congress (who in the past - regardless of of administration or congressional majority) who has always thought of the DC problems as about 126 in it's list of top ten things to do.  It also only has one police department, where most cities have three (muni police, sheriffs department, state police)  And second it's pretty much deprived of the greatest source of money most cities have, the money that funds stuff like police departments.  Yet, despite that, it's not near as dangerous as other cities anymore.* 

Top 10 Most Dangerous Cities in United States in 2010 for total violent crime are:
St. Louis, Missouri
Camden, New Jersey
Detroit, Michigan
Flint, Michigan
Oakland, California
Richmond, California
Cleveland, Ohio
Compton, California
Gary, Indiana
Birmingham, Alabama
http://www.therealestatebloggers.com/top-10-real-estate-lists/top-10-most-dangerous-cities-in-united-states-in-2010/

But drop out all violent crime and just leave murder - as you said it's the Murder capital.  Well is it?  Nah.
For 2011, It's Philly, on a per capita basis. (324 in '11 is a rate of 20.7 per 100,000. The next closest is Chicago, at 15.7) DC ain't even on the top 10 list.  Matter of fact: The District of Columbia is on pace to record the fewest number of homicides in 50 years, with 108 murders, so far this year (Late December 2011). DC officials credit the decline to the quick turnaround time in closing cases.  Matter of fact murder rates in general are down across the board, owing mostly to an aging population.
http://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/2011/12/30/philadelphia-closes-2011-with-highest-per-capita-murder-rate-in-u-s/

I can only assume you used that whole murder capital deal without actually looking at the real numbers (or pulling old numbers, I had to go back to 2008 for a high DC rate - it's been going down since then, as noted above), but hey, why let facts stand in the way of a good argument?  And, BTW, murder rate stats are pretty good, they tend not to be downgraded in charging/reporting like rape often is.


* - And at that most urban regions are safer than many rural areas, particularly in the south, Mississippi and Alabama have rates that are higher than NYC for example - though NYC is very safe on a per capita basis.  Perhaps one of the safest places in the US.

DC's reputation is well-deserved.  And once you have that reputation, it's hard to shake, even with abundant Homeland Security precautions in place.

Nothing to do with Homeland Security which defends federal property, not people. DC officials credit the decline to the quick turnaround time in closing cases.   If DC owned the blame before, they own the credit now.

Police identify trans woman fatally stabbed at D.C. bus stop


By Lou Chibbaro Jr. on February 4, 2012

http://www.washingtonblade.com/2012/02/04/police-identify-trans-woman-fatally-stabbed-at-d-c-bus-stop/



In an effort to speed the investigation, several trans activists in DC shared this photo of Deoni Jones yesterday before police made a positive identification using fingerprints. (Screenshot via Facebook)



D.C. police late Friday identified a transgender woman found suffering from a fatal stab wound at a bus stop in Northeast Washington Thursday night as 23-year-old Deoni Jones, whose birth name was identified as JaParker Jones.

Homicide Branch Lt. Robert Adler, who is leading the investigation into Jones' death, said police have also released a video of a man considered a suspect in the murder. He said the video can be viewed on YouTube.

Quote from: tekla on February 04, 2012, 11:48:13 PM
Nothing to do with Homeland Security which defends federal property, not people. DC officials credit the decline to the quick turnaround time in closing cases.   If DC owned the blame before, they own the credit now.

Given that every Department of the Federal Government has its headquarters office in DC, and that the Congress sits there, and that the Executive lives there, you can not underestimate the significantly increased security put in place after 9-11-2001.  It's not as easy a place for Congressmen to kill interns any longer. 

Thanks for the update, SandraJane

All the more reason why I really ought to move once I am able to... How many transwomen have been killed in just the last 12 months in the Metro DC area?

It's not as easy a place for Congressmen to kill interns any longer.

Really, why do you hate America so much?

The investigation led to media allegations of an extramarital affair with then-U.S. Representative Gary Condit, a five-term Democrat representing California's 18th congressional district and a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Condit was never named a suspect by police and was eventually cleared of involvement. However, the cloud of suspicion raised by the intense media focus on the missing intern and the later revelation of the affair led to his loss in his 2002 re-election campaign.

The circumstances surrounding Levy's death were unclear for eight years. On March 3, 2009, D.C. authorities obtained a warrant to arrest Ingmar Guandique, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who had already been convicted of assaulting two other women in Rock Creek Park around the time of Levy's disappearance. Prosecutors stated that Guandique had attacked and tied up Levy in a remote area of the park and left her to die of dehydration or exposure. In November 2010, Guandique was convicted of murdering Levy; he was sentenced in February 2011 to 60 years in prison.

Quote from: tekla on February 05, 2012, 01:55:03 PM
It's not as easy a place for Congressmen to kill interns any longer.

Really, why do you hate America so much?

The investigation led to media allegations of an extramarital affair with then-U.S. Representative Gary Condit, a five-term Democrat representing California's 18th congressional district and a senior member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Condit was never named a suspect by police and was eventually cleared of involvement. However, the cloud of suspicion raised by the intense media focus on the missing intern and the later revelation of the affair led to his loss in his 2002 re-election campaign.

The circumstances surrounding Levy's death were unclear for eight years. On March 3, 2009, D.C. authorities obtained a warrant to arrest Ingmar Guandique, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador who had already been convicted of assaulting two other women in Rock Creek Park around the time of Levy's disappearance. Prosecutors stated that Guandique had attacked and tied up Levy in a remote area of the park and left her to die of dehydration or exposure. In November 2010, Guandique was convicted of murdering Levy; he was sentenced in February 2011 to 60 years in prison.

Did I mention Gary Condit?

Let's try to be a little more respectful here    This thread is about a trans woman's murder from being stabbed in the head

Please take your personal arguments elsewhere

Quote from: V M on February 05, 2012, 11:10:00 PM
Let's try to be a little more respectful here    This thread is about a trans woman's murder from being stabbed in the head

Please take your personal arguments elsewhere

THANK YOU VM!

Fair enough.

The underlying issue is whether the victim was murdered because she was transgendered, or because she was on a Washington DC bus bench at night.