Category Archives: Crime

The Sum of All Inchoate Fears

Posted on October 10, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

The Frog Wizard will protect you. While looking through some old posts, I came across this post, “My Fellow Riders and I Will Attack You on the Metro“, which described a woman who had moved from Southern Virginia to Tysons … Continue reading →

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What Trump’s Occupation Did and Did Not Accomplish Regarding Crime

Posted on September 16, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

And, of course, this whole discussion assumes Trump cares about crime in D.C., when, in fact, he just wanted to punish D.C. for being a Democratic stronghold. But if we’re willing to pretend that Trump was acting in good faith, … Continue reading →

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The Failure of Republican Anti-Crime Policy

Posted on September 12, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ll do a roundup of the effect that the occupation had on D.C. crime rates, but I want to return to something that circulated a few weeks ago. Former Washington Post columnist Philip Bump compared 2024 urban violent crime rates … Continue reading →

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Policing, Bowser, and the Occupation

Posted on September 3, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

Multiple pundits and commentators have noticed that Bowser really hasn’t criticized Trump’s occupation of D.C., even as multiple members of the D.C. Council have. One reason that goes mostly unmentioned is that Bowser has wanted a massive police build up; … Continue reading →

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Some Quick Thoughts on Crime Statistics Before and After the Occupation of D.C.

Posted on September 2, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

I’m writing something about Mayor Bowser and her philosophy on combating crime, but in the interim, I looked at the number of crimes from Aug. 11 to Aug. 31, and an equal period of time immediately before Aug. 11* (if … Continue reading →

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Views on Crime Will Turn Me into the Joker–and Might Be Harming Democrats More Than Some Think

Posted on August 8, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

A couple weeks ago, this poll by YouGov asked “Since 1990, would you say murder rates in U.S. cities have…?” The answer: By the way, the correct answer is “Decreased a lot”, but even if we lump the ‘decreased’ answers … Continue reading →

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The Beating of Big Balls: D.C., Crime, and DOGE (and Bad Jokes)

Posted on August 7, 2025 by mikethemadbiologist

In case you missed it, early Sunday morning (3am or so), DOGE techbro and all-around asshole Edward “Big Balls” Coristine got his ass beat trying to stop a carjacking. According to some reports, there were ten juvenile assailants, though it’s … Continue reading →

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D.C. Homicides: It’s the Guns

Posted on March 19, 2024 by mikethemadbiologist

I realize that’s not a novel observation, but I was comparing the D.C. crime data for the year to date (Jan. 1, 2024 to Mar. 17, 2024) to the previous identical time period*, and I saw just how overwhelming the … Continue reading →

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Liberate the Toothpaste Aisle

Posted on December 12, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

Last week, the National Retail Federation, which has been pushing the ‘organized retail crime’ nonsense admitted they were full of shit (boldface mine): The main lobbying group for U.S. retailers retracted its claim that “organized retail crime” accounted for nearly … Continue reading →

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Is Our Police Learning: The Jump Out Squad Edition

Posted on February 2, 2023 by mikethemadbiologist

I’ve been trying to write something about policing, but it hasn’t been coming together. While doing so, however, I came across this article about D.C.’s jump out squads. What’s a jump out squad? The squads operate in a lot of … Continue reading →

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