DC Police Chief Robert Contee exploded on local officials Friday after a series of shootings rocked the nation’s capital; saying politicians “cannot coddle violent criminals who are making communities unsafe.”
Contee added that the violence should “shock the conscience” of everyone in the city.
“It’s unacceptable in any community…This should be shocking to the conscience of every person in our city. I don’t care where you live, it has the attention that it is gotten now b/c it’s happened where it happened,” said DC Police Chief Robert Contee.
“The justice system we have right now is not functioning the way that it should. The courts are not open. That is a fact. Barely open. So cases from last year…they have not been disposed of, what do you think those individuals are?” he added.
“This was real for some people, but it has been happening in communities all across the city…You cannot coddle violent criminals…You cannot treat violent criminals who are out here making communities unsafe…What they make require is to be off of our streets,” stated the capital’s Top Cop.
D.C. police chief Robert Contee on rising crime in the city: "It's unacceptable in any community…This should be shocking to the conscience of every person in our city. I don't care where you live, it has the attention that it is gotten now b/c it's happened where it happened." pic.twitter.com/pNIvgBlI0l
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 23, 2021
Contee: It's outrageous to see "families suffer when they don't have to b/c we are putting violent criminals, allowing them to be back out…That's unacceptable. So what do we do about it? We have honest conversations w/the people, the leadership…the council members." pic.twitter.com/UTZOTVK5SF
— Curtis Houck (@CurtisHouck) July 23, 2021
“Families suffer when they don’t have to because we are putting violent criminals, allowing them to be back out…That’s unacceptable. So, what do we do about it? We have honest conversations with the people, the leadership…the council members,” he concluded.
Watch the Police Chief’s comments above.
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