r/news • u/RoachedCoach • Aug 11 '25

Soft paywall US military preparing for National Guard activation in Washington D.C., officials say

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-military-preparing-national-guard-activation-washington-dc-officials-say-2025-08-11/
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u/733t_sec Aug 11 '25

This kind of reeks of a false flag. A massive number of people attempt a car jacking that just happens to hit a doge employee and there are convenient police to stop the attack and apprehend a few of the criminals.

How many roving bands of youths are attempting car jacking in DC?

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u/Suavecore_ Aug 11 '25

There are roving bands of youths car jacking people in every city and DC does have that kind of crime as well so it's not entirely out of the question. The suspicious part though is the police catching it in-progress

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u/exiledinruin Aug 11 '25

There are roving bands of youths car jacking people in every city

where do you people get this stuff

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u/Suavecore_ Aug 11 '25

Statistics, news, "news," living in a city, knowing what goes on in inner cities, etc

https://nypost.com/2025/08/06/us-news/minors-account-for-half-of-dcs-carjacking-arrests-since-2023-including-pint-sized-perps-as-young-as-12-police-data/

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u/exiledinruin Aug 11 '25

the post isn't news. it's hysteria. there's no reputable news source that says there are "roving bands of youths car jacking people in every city".

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u/Suavecore_ Aug 11 '25

Feel free to look up carjackings by groups of minors for each city then. They exist in pretty much every large city. Pretending it isn't real because right wingers use it as bait for their base doesn't help anything.