Comments on: Trans woman sexually assaulted near Dupont Circle

By: AJ

AJ — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:00:40 +0000

@ customartist maybe she hung up on you because you were being racist..Just a thought.

By: James

James — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 16:04:26 +0000

Buy a handgun if you don’t feel safe. All government is good at is building roads.

By: Rick Rosendall

Rick Rosendall — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:57:09 +0000

Folks, whether you like a staffer’s attitude or not, if she asks you for information, you really ought to provide it to her. If you would rather get mad and say she should know about it already, then you are choosing to be mad rather than help. Surely that’s not what you intend. Dealing with public officials and their staffs can be frustrating, but it can also be fruitful. When asked for info, we should always make an effort to provide it (or seek help from somone else), and then follow up. Let’s be part of the solution. If a particular councilmember is hopeless, that’s what elections are for; but in the meantime, we should go the extra mile to help them do the right thing.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:47:45 +0000

@ customartist – I admire your activism and calling Ms. Morgan on her homophobia. Turnaround is a bitch — that’s why she hung up on you. Can you imagine if the situation was reversed and someone hung up on her for a similar inquiry? Homophobia is alive and very, very well in DC. And who the hell is she to hang up on a constituent??? I recommend EVERYONE call Ms. Morgan and ask her why the lives of gays and lesbians aren’t as important as others?

By: SamD

SamD — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:10:33 +0000

AMEN!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: wbnva

wbnva — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 20:07:11 +0000

“Pose as gays”? Yeah, let’s just ask the MPD’s assistance in helping to perpetuate the “limp wristed, sissy stereotype”. We are not monolithic; some of us are proudly mainstream members of society and work very hard to dispel the myths and cartoon stereotypes already associated with our community.

By: customartist

customartist — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:17:09 +0000

Peter,

Point taken. Are there links, etc to the DC MAP and CAGLCC forum(s)? Please post them.

And Bill,

it wouldn’t have taken more than about 2 or 3 attacks on white women for a response to be orchestrated, Public Statements by the Chief of Police, Mayor, etc. There IS a link on the Police department site to file a complaint, as in against police? Where is the ACLU?

I just spoke to snippy Ms. Morgan from some Council Members office, which one was unclear. She was completely unaware of what I was referring to with multiple attacks. SHE wanted ME to give her details. I told her to call the Police Dept. I mean, awareness is the job of City Council, Mayor, Police, etc and they aren’t even aware,…so she said. I offended her when I asked “how many attacks on Blacks would it take for city officials to be aware”. She hung up on me.

Here’s her number: (202)742-8081

Thanks!

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 18:15:20 +0000

Folks – don’t you get it, our lives don’t matter to these people. And here race doesn’t matter — black, asian, latin, white — anyone gay or lesbian. For you who live in DC, your tax dollars finance your oppression.

Do you for one moment think that if seven white women had been assaulted over the course of a couple of months, there wouldn’t be an orchestrated response with speeches from the Mayor, Police Chief and City Council?

By: customartist

customartist — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:17:47 +0000

Is it safe to visit DC?

Chief of Police = Cathy L. Lanier
http://app.dc.gov/apps/about.asp?page=atd&type=dsf&referrer=mpdc.dc.gov&agency_id=1027&mpdcNav=|31417|

Mayor – Adrian M. Fenty
eom@dc.gov

Dept of Travel and Tourism
http://washington.org/visiting/browse-dc/contact-us

Chamber of Commerce
http://www.shareyourdc.com

By: Peter Rosenstein

Peter Rosenstein — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 16:16:29 +0000

customartist- I have no problem with asking what the City Council is doing but much more relevant is what the Mayor is doing. He is the one that runs city agencies like the MPD not the Council. The Mayor has yet to speak out on these hate crimes. He is now running around apologizing for not speaking out in his first term and saying he will in his second. Well what is he waiting for. There is an old and true saying- Fool me once shame on you- fool me twice shame on me! We shouldn’t take the chance that Adrian Fenty will fool us again. The time to speak out is now not to wait for his second term. During last weeks forum sponsored by DC MAP and CAGLCC he couldn’t even get the words “Hate Crimes” out of his mouth when asked about this spate of crimes. So why would we believe he will ever speak out forcefully in the way we should expect our Mayor to do.