Comments on: Surveillance Cameras a Bust?

By: Ernest

Ernest — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:18:21 +0000

Oh, and Jim Graham? Flip-flopping?

Oh, those are things the Jim Grahams do for a living while making a living off the mass of suckers (DC taxpayers, in this particular case). And not quite bad living at that.

Oh, what a parasite.

By: SeniorBotas

SeniorBotas — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 13:49:30 +0000

Last year, a boy was shot around 1-2pm near 14th and Girard. A week later the city installed a camera 15 feet from the shooting (it was planned before the shooting). One year later, multiple shootings occur on the same block, including a 13 yr old boy who was killed at approximately the same location. Never once did I hear from MPD that footage from the camera help the investigations. Perhaps they did help but no one claim it publicly?

Oh, and Jim Graham flipflopping? Well, people are allowed to change their minds. He simply knows the theatre of city politics too well to say anything else.

By: Beaky

Beaky — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:54:18 +0000

Flip flops are in the height of fashion this season. No wonder even the Councilmembers flip flop. Hahahahahahaha.

Now, the cameras are quite useless indeed. Installed in the vicinity of Dupont Circle, for example, they film little more than scenes from alternative lifestyles. As if the ordinary citizens are quite unable to appreciate them without the help of this technological device anyway.

By: Erik Wemple

Erik Wemple — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 20:18:06 +0000

I couldn't disagree more. You're mistaking flip-flopping for Mr. Graham's careful probing of the various dimensions of political issues.

By: Adams Morgan

Adams Morgan — Thu, 21 Jun 2007 17:37:59 +0000

Give me a break. Jim Graham was one of the biggest supporters of these cameras going in and now he's flip flopping on the issue. I swear I'm buying the man a pair of Tevas because he's become the biggest flip flopper on the Council, I might even go so far as to say in District!