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expartecthulu t1_jebquwr wrote

It should be obvious, but just report criminal activity. And, in the first instance, to MPD, not Reddit. I’m not talking about someone smoking weed where they’re not supposed to or rolling through a stop sign.

I work in a federal building. Last year, I saw one kid hand a gun off to another right outside. I asked our guards to call the police; they wouldn’t since, I guess, right outside isn’t their job. Another employee standing outside suggested not bothering because “they’re all the way down the block by now” and “not hurting anyone.”

So I called, police showed up in about two minutes (I guess because a gun was involved) and they were arrested. This was downtown and I don’t think they were planning to use that gun to knock over soda cans.

It might not be your problem today, but it will be some other poor person’s (and it might be your problem tomorrow).

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4RunnerPilot t1_jec4njb wrote

Just because they were arrested doesn’t mean they were prosecuted or charged. Most likely they were let go and the gun confiscated. Citizens need to pressure the USAO and judges to put criminals in prisons. It’s a small number of continuous repeat offenders that commit crime and they will do so until they kill and only then the judges will hand out sentences out of public pressure.

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mastakebob t1_jee726p wrote

You're not wrong. But people should still report criminal activity to the police. It creates data that can be used to support systemic change. It may prevent a crime from occurring (even if it only delays it).

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ladakn99 t1_jec5hr1 wrote

I hope you did the second part and reported the incident to the guards higher ups with an arrest record. This would force the guards to actually do their jobs..

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