http://dcentric.wamu.org/2010/09/walking-in-dc-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/ Race, Class, The District. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 03:01:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://dcentric.wamu.org/2010/09/walking-in-dc-not-for-the-faint-of-heart/#comment-41 gues Wed, 22 Sep 2010 04:23:41 +0000 http://dcentric.wamu.org/?p=917#comment-41 Put it this way, the woman who ran over and killed a person while drunk in Adams Morgan got involuntary manslaughter which will involve a minimal penalty. DC is generally quite relaxed in all its laws and law enforcement, which is not much of a problem in many of the nicer neighborhoods but for the two thirds of us who live in nastier parts of town its a life and death situation. Its never been a legislative priority of course, and no city leaders live in bad parts of town and very few need to walk anywhere, so I doubt it will change anytime within the next decade. Now you see why so many people live in MD or VA. Put it this way, the woman who ran over and killed a person while drunk in Adams Morgan got involuntary manslaughter which will involve a minimal penalty. DC is generally quite relaxed in all its laws and law enforcement, which is not much of a problem in many of the nicer neighborhoods but for the two thirds of us who live in nastier parts of town its a life and death situation. Its never been a legislative priority of course, and no city leaders live in bad parts of town and very few need to walk anywhere, so I doubt it will change anytime within the next decade. Now you see why so many people live in MD or VA.

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