Andy Wang

@alittleleader @yeathatonesonme To be clear, lots of respect for PDs here and you/play an important role. But I really don't get this holier than thou moral bragging that I see out of many normatively-driven PDs 3/3

@alittleleader @yeathatonesonme If we view prosecution of the guilty and non-prosecution of the innocent as the ideal public good, then prosecutors seek to maximize the former and minimize the latter, whereas PDs maximize non-prosecution of all, even the guilty. 2/3.

So many prosecutors/former prosecutors are responding to this with a version of “I mean *I* never put an innocent person in jail,” and the fact that they are so sure of that without questioning it is exactly the thing I’m pointing out.

@billyez2 You also have to consider externalities. The no chase policy incentivizes folks to take advantage of it leading to more ATV incidents. Indeed people come from out of DC to do this knowing police won't chase them. It is a difficult question.

I don't think proponents of a broader chase policy are crazy. But the frustrating thing about criminal justice conversations is that the heated rhetoric makes it harder to have an honest discussion about upside/downside.

DC's car chase policy was seized upon by tough-on-crime critics as evidence of the cops being soft but it's really just a risk-reward analysis - you might be able to catch more fleeing suspects and ATV's but there will be an innocent bystander hit one day. Is that worth it?

@FeverPotomac @ScottTaylorTV @councilofdc No. He's a federal defendant so the IRAA or YRA, which is DC Code, doesn't apply.

@ScottTaylorTV I assume he will be eligible for early release because 23 is still considered a child by the @councilofdc ?

CARJACKER SENTENCED IN DC : Andre Rushing, 23, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today to 108 months in federal prison for his role in a March 2023 spree of armed carjackings and robberies in the metropolitan area that victimized at least six people, announced U.S. Attorney @JudgeJeanine Rushing, aka “Dre,” pleaded guilty March 17, 2025, to carjacking and brandishing a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. As part of his guilty plea, Rushing admitted to perpetrating four separate carjackings and robberies. The spree only stopped when Rushing and his co-defendants were arrested in Fairfax County on March 30, 2023, as they attempted to flee police in a carjacked vehicle. U.S. District Court Judge Rudolph Contreras ordered Rushing to serve 5 years of supervised release following completion of his 108-month prison sentence. Joining in the announcement were FBI Special Agent in Charge Reid Davis of the Washington Field Office Criminal Division, and Chief Pamela A. Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department. According to court documents, on March 6, 2023, at 9:20 p.m., Rushing and co-defendant Javon Roach carjacked a male victim on the 1500 block of Maryland Avenue. Rushing pointed a handgun and demanded the victim’s keys and phone as Roach stood to the side with a loaded long-style gun. On March 7, 2023, Rushing was arrested for gun possession on the 300 block of Anacostia Road SE a few feet away from a “ghost gun” with a 31-round capacity magazine loaded with 17 rounds of 9mm ammunition. About 15 minutes before the arrest, Rushing broadcast a video from Roach’s Instagram account in which he appeared to be holding a handgun with an extended magazine. On March 16, 2023, about 3:05 p.m. Rushing and Roach a robbed a food deliveryman at gunpoint on the 3900 block of Benning Road NE. taking the man’s phones, cash, and the food he was delivering. The defendants then fled in a black Toyota RAV-4 that had been carjacked the day before. On March 17, 2023, about 9:34 a.m. Rushing and Roach robbed three construction workers on the 300 block of Anacostia Road, SE. On March 26, 2023, about 7:48 p.m., Rushing and Roach carjacked a Chevrolet Impala at gunpoint at a gas station on the 3800 block of Minnesota Avenue, NE. On March 30, 2023, at about 2:15 p.m., Fairfax County police located a carjacked Audi Q5, that had been stolen the day prior in Capitol Heights, Maryland, at Tyson’s Mall and set up surveillance of the vehicle. Rushing and Roach fled in the carjacked Audi onto the 8000 block of Leesburg Pike and became stuck in traffic. Roach, who was driving, crashed into several cars in an attempt to escape. He ultimately struck a Fairfax County police vehicle. Officers surrounded the Audi. Roach fled on foot, while Rushing was arrested inside of the vehicle. A loaded handgun was recovered from the glovebox in front of Rushing. FBI and the U.S. Marshals Service took Rushing into custody before handing him over to the Fairfax County Police Department Police. Roach, 20, was sentencedJune 27 to 228 months in federal prison for his role in the carjackings and robberies. Still shots taken from surveillance video of the Rushing (left) and Roach (right) in the March 6, 2023, carjacking. Image of Rushing taken from the Instagram Live Post on March 7, 2023.

@ChuckModi1 Right. I assumed that was a given so I did not mention it. If they are truant then that is on them, and their parents (though I doubt that is the reason they jumped those gates).

@AdequateAndy If you are enrolled in school

Just saw 2 kids hop the turnstile in DC: And I absolutely support it. I pay my fare because I can. But when I was their age, it was a killer. And sometimes I hopped too. Esp given crazy cost of DC rent, public transportation should be free. That would lighten DC traffic too.

@TheChowderhead @BadLegalTakes

The act of denying life-saving treatment to someone because of their lack of ability to pay for it is, in fact, murder. You are deliberately killing someone. Denying chemo coverage to a man with treatable cancer and letting it metastasize is an insurance company killing a person.

@KarueSell @ptpaplayers I've always thought future/challenger prize money should be doubled (at least) and to compensate for that the prize winnings for later rounds in the majors and bigger tournaments should be reduced.

@ptpaplayers BTW. I believe guys in the top 100 (not like 25) are underpaid too. Guy 50 should be making 2-3 million a year. Top top guys don't need but the middle pack needs more too.

Today I broke 300 for the first time. Yet I'd make more money working at McDonald's 😂 I'm ok because of my online work but I feel for my peers. The level is so high now all the way to 400 (at least), go watch a challenger. Tennis outgrew the conventional top 100

Our sincere condolences to the family, friends, and colleagues of @DCPoliceDept Investigator Wayne David. We were honored to have worked with him and his tragic loss is a sobering reminder of the dangerous but important work that our law enforcement partners engage in every day.

@ChrisHeshin @birdrightsnba Former D1 tennis player; the UTR scale rates player levels. It goes from 1 to 17, with each higher number theoretically capable of beating the lower number 6-0, 6-0, so a UTR 5 should destroy a UTR 4 by that score line. Avg. D1 kid is like a 12-13. Top 100 pros are like 16+

@birdrightsnba I've always wondered just how big the gap is between the average D1 basketball player and an NBA player who barely gets on the court. Not talking about lottery picks, but just the average D1 player.

@insurancewriter No need to thank me. The more the merrier.

@AdequateAndy thanks for the open invitation to celebrate Lunar New Year

@oucmecalling311 @infinitebuffalo @DDOTDC @maustermuhle @BikesAndPintsDC @WABADC @charlesallen @BikeLawyerDC This is definitely fraud and a stupid attempt at that.

@infinitebuffalo @DDOTDC @maustermuhle @BikesAndPintsDC @WABADC @charlesallen @BikeLawyerDC Yeah maybe it goes back into the pool if a person doesn't redeem it by then.

Here's an interesting Facebook Marketplace find in which someone is selling an ebike and lock voucher for half off. I wonder if this is the @DDOTDC program or does MD have a similar one and are these transferable. @maustermuhle

@dccrimefacts 1) Plenty of good CJA attorneys still; 2) this is posturing by PDS to get more money; 3) Not sure how this works given their ethical duties to their existing clients

This is a crazy way to run a justice system. DC's public defenders "will get an unpaid day off every Wednesday from mid-June to mid-September" meaning that they won't "be able to appear in any court for any matter, including initial appearances, preliminary hearings, and trials"

Happy Lunar New Year Everyone!

@BillyGribbin Yup, the gang name is based off the TV station, that is, the things they do end up getting reported on by Fox 5 (referring to murders and whatnot).

Wait there’s a gang in DC called Fox 5 like the local tv station

@DMVBlackLives @USAO_DC @DCPoliceDept The press release states "Johnson, who was an officer with the Metropolitan Police Department . . . "

The @USAO_DC protects the idenity of @DCPoliceDept cop Charles Johnson just sentenced to 32 years for se*aul a*sault and a*buse of a child. Leaving out the he was a cop.

Join 3 female deputy Marshals as they recount stories from the beginning of their careers in the Wild West of courthouses, more commonly known as DC Superior Court: chasingevilpodcast.com/episodes-wonde…

@catmcc27 @ASRothstein Delicious 😋

@jacobwhiteAR If you look at only the 3rd quarter y’all did great

@jacobwhiteAR Outside my jurisdiction

What is happening, I'm gonna throw up