Martial law in DC effecting anyone

[Fidler]

Just wondering if anyone, professionals or clients, have been negatively impacted by the recent surge of police and national guard to DC?

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Interesting question. I haven’t been there in 15 years.

[pubic_assistance]

26 minutes ago, Fidler said:

Just wondering if anyone, professionals or clients, have been negatively impacted by the recent surge of police and national guard to DC?

Curious as to WHAT you think might be affecting them ? Do professional escorts go around mugging people ? Selling drugs or breaking into cars ? 

Plenty of D.C. insiders have hired escort services. (Including our current resident in the White House). So I would be surprised to discover that increased policing to be reaching into legitimate escort services. Street-walking (if thats still a thing) and Asian massage parlors who use imported sex-slaves will obviously be under scrutiny. But sex trafficking does draw a line in the sand between people who are coerced into prostitution and those who williningly take-on the business.  A drag-net of escorting professionals would stir up way too many associations with Federal Employees and Elected Officials in their mobile phone's directory. 

[Nightowl]

I know the NG takeover has hurt restaurants as people stay away from areas where the NG is active.  It probably would only affect clients or providers who actually live or go into those areas, and only if they get stopped for being the wrong color.  I probably won’t go into the city for a provider unless we are meeting outside of the active areas, though.  I’m hoping to meet up with my new favorite provider in NW DC soon. Guess I’ll find out more then…

I agree with @pubic_assistance that there won’t be increased policing of the sex trade.  It’s too “niche” and won’t bring the desired level of fear to the general population.

[pubic_assistance]

2 hours ago, Nightowl said:

I know the NG takeover has hurt restaurants as people stay away from areas where the NG is active.

What evidence do you have of this claim? It's the end of August and DC restaurants are ALWAYS slow end of August. So by what metrics are you claiming the National Guard would have a negative impact on a restaurant ? 

[Nightowl]

52 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

What evidence do you have of this claim? It's the end of August and DC restaurants are ALWAYS slow end of August. So by what metrics are you claiming the National Guard would have a negative impact on a restaurant ? 

Google “dc restaurants impact national guard” and you’ll get a ton of articles from WaPo, The Times, Fortune” and others, all concerning the drop in restaurant reservations.  

[NJF]

55 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

What evidence do you have of this claim? It's the end of August and DC restaurants are ALWAYS slow end of August. So by what metrics are you claiming the National Guard would have a negative impact on a restaurant ? 

You can search the news. That was a 15-20 % drop in the week after the deployment of guards.

[NJF]

The guards set up a checkpoint on 14 th street and stopped everyone passing through. If you know DC, that is a busy street in NW with a lot of restaurants and tourists. It is definitely disruptive.

[pubic_assistance]

4 minutes ago, Nightowl said:

you’ll get a ton of articles from WaPo, The Times, Fortune” and others,

Did you read any articles that AREN'T published by Globalist Propaganda feeds ? 🤔 

4 minutes ago, NJF said:

That was a 15-20 % drop in the week after the deployment of guards.

Causation and Correlation. 

Everyone leaves town during August for summer holiday. THAT always affects the restaurant business in town. Just because someone who has an agenda tries to relate the two doesn't mean the presence of the National Guard CAUSED a drop in restaurant attendance. Most of the interviews from Washington DC residents have been very POSITIVE and they say they can finally feel SAFE to go out at night.

[Nightowl]

2 minutes ago, pubic_assistance said:

Did you read any articles that AREN'T published by Globalist Propaganda feeds ? 🤔 

Causation and Correlation. 

Everyone leaves town during August for summer holiday. THAT always affects the restaurant business in town. Just because someone who has an agenda tries to relate the two doesn't mean the presence of the National Guard CAUSED a drop in restaurant attendance. Most of the interviews from Washington DC residents have been very POSITIVE and they say they can finally feel SAFE to go out at night.

Take it or leave it.  Internet fights with strangers are a waste of my time.

[NJF]

1 minute ago, pubic_assistance said:

Did you read any articles that AREN'T published by Globalist Propaganda feeds ? 🤔 

Causation and Correlation. 

Everyone leaves town during August for summer holiday. THAT always affects the restaurant business in town. Just because someone who has an agenda tries to relate the two doesn't mean the presence of the National Guard CAUSED a drop in restaurant attendance. Most of the interviews from Washington DC residents have been very POSITIVE and they say they can finally feel SAFE to go out at night.

Can you link to such reports?

what I am seeing on social media are warnings about the locations of checkpoints to avoid. DC has youth problems. The city council is to be blamed but it is not something that can be solved by national guards.

[Wanderoz]

Hell! Even Fox News documents the decline. 

Wake up and smell the unsold coffee!

DC restaurant dining plunges as Trump's crime crackdown continues

WWW.FOX5DC.COM

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The number of patrons dining out in D.C. has plummeted since President Trump deployed federal troops across the city, according to research...

 

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6 minutes ago, Wanderoz said:

Hell! Even Fox News documents the decline. 

Wake up and smell the unsold coffee!

DC restaurant dining plunges as Trump's crime crackdown continues

WWW.FOX5DC.COM

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The number of patrons dining out in D.C. has plummeted since President Trump deployed federal troops across the city, according to research...

 

Perhaps things would pickup for the above business if photos of the wait staff were posted in the windows.  🤩

[pubic_assistance]

1 hour ago, NJF said:

Can you link to such reports?

Reports on the fact that DC clears out in hot hot August, or the fact that people are feeling safer ?
As far as DC clearing out... I just know that from experience.

But even a casual Google brings up results that agree with my observation. 

Washington, DC Travel Tips (DC by Foot) | i am planning on visiting...

WWW.FACEBOOK.COM

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i am planning on visiting washington dc during the time of august 16-23 . is there anything i need to know before hand [ like parades, or specially planned events] . thanks

As far as the approval of the increased security, there are MULTIPLE tik tok videos and other social media posts applauding the move. Unfortunately I can't post them here because they are all POLITICALLY charged and there is a ban on political posts on the site. SO you'll have to do your own Googling on that.

 

 

[Fidler]

I can imagine many escorts do not have their passports or other “papers “ on them to make it through checkpoints.   Btw, so far the deployments have not focused on high crime neighborhoods and only where  the performance can be observed by the cameras.  

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52 minutes ago, Fidler said:

I can imagine many escorts do not have their passports or other “papers “ on them to make it through checkpoints.   Btw, so far the deployments have not focused on high crime neighborhoods and only where  the performance can be observed by the cameras.  

A very good point, and it's not just escorts.  Any clients that fit the profile (i.e. a person of color) are easy prey for the ICE quota numbers.  I personally stopped venturing into NYC until my renewed passport card was received.  Hopefully my enhanced NY State driver license and renewed passport card will be sufficient to prevent my being collected into a deportation detention facility (not joking).

[Stormy]

I used to live in the Columbia Heights area of DC which has become ground zero for ICE to harass our Latino neighbors. I live in the suburbs now.  I plan to go to the city next weekend and will video the Gestapo in the streets.  Hopefully this charade will only last 30 days 

[Nightowl]

8 minutes ago, Stormy said:

I used to live in the Columbia Heights area of DC which has become ground zero for ICE to harass our Latino neighbors. I live in the suburbs now.  I plan to go to the city next weekend and will video the Gestapo in the streets.  Hopefully this charade will only last 30 days 

It’s a road show.  NYC, Chicago, and SF are next.

[+ BOZO T CLOWN]

10 hours ago, Fidler said:

Just wondering if anyone, professionals or clients, have been negatively impacted by the recent surge of police and national guard to DC?

The last time Bozo was in DC was about 15 years ago. Bozo got off the Amtrak with some friends and what we observed was shocking. Migrants and panhandlers at Union Station walking up to people, accosting them and police standing around doing nothing. The smell of urine was everywhere. Getting out of the station, there were homeless camps at Union Park. These eyesores were all over DC. We were in DC for about 5 days, and there were many areas that we felt unsafe. 

This is our nation's capital. It should be clean and pristine. It should be a showcase. Instead, it was crime infested with homeless camps in just about every park. The National Guard moving into the tourist areas was long overdue. This move will give the millions of tourists a feeling of safety, and allow for the DC police force to deploy into the more crime ridden areas protecting the local population. The increased presence of the National Guard has already produced dividends.

Bozo can't wait for the National Guard to move into other cities so we can take the streets back from the criminals. And it shouldn't be hundreds of National Guard troops. It should be thousands.

BTC
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[+ Vegas_Millennial]

7 hours ago, pubic_assistance said:

What evidence do you have of this claim? It's the end of August and DC restaurants are ALWAYS slow end of August. So by what metrics are you claiming the National Guard would have a negative impact on a restaurant ? 

Similarly, Las Vegas Strip revenue is down over 40% from last year.  There's no homeland security here... Yet.  Surveys of past tourists say it's because prices have gotten to high, there are endless fees everywhere, so tourists no longer see Las Vegas as value.  Yet the local labor union for the casinos have already started to place the blame on national politics, not on the fact that consumers no longer see value in the product. 

I've eaten out a lot less recently.  I'm not avoiding Homeland Security; I'm avoiding prices which have climbed so high I don't see as much value in the services. 

Edited 5 hours ago by Vegas_Millennial
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[BeamerBikes]

While I’m not a fan of homeless encampments, panhandlers, and the other downsides of urban life, use of National Guard troops isn’t the answer.  It is however the easy answer and the flashy show of force to push the problem somewhere else. Further I feel bad for the National Guard troops called up for deployment and taking the pay hit from loss of pay from their day jobs. This isn’t a noble calling like helping a disaster relief zone or a true military deployment. It’s a bunch of props and toy soldiering at a real cost to those who signed up for actual emergencies. 
 

Further, I didn’t feel safe with the mix of military and civilian police forces in Rio, Brazil; it just reminded me how much of a powder keg it all could be.  When US military forces patrol our big cities, we won’t be “safe” - we will have lost our freedoms for “public safety”. Curfews, show me your papers checkpoints, and lockdowns will inevitably follow if this continues. Some on this forum might be alright with that. I’d rather not allow my government force interactions with people who just want to be left alone. 

[Ali Gator]

I don't know about the others here, but I love men in uniforms. Time for me to move to DC, I see !  The ones I have seen on camera in CNN and MSNBC news coverage have been incredibly stunning !  They can frisk me anytime. 

*sigh*

[Wanderoz]

It’s amazing how out of touch with reality some people are. Saying Inwent somewhere 15 or 10 ir 20 years agon& expecting things to be the same just shows how fossilized some people are.  Things change. Life can move on for the living & thinking. 

[BuffaloKyle]

A co-worker's daughter was in DC last weekend. She said the guards she saw all looked bored out of their minds with nothing to do and when she was out a bar at night there were a good amount of them in there drunk. 😅

Edited 4 hours ago by BuffaloKyle

[Walt]

11 hours ago, Nightowl said:

I agree with @pubic_assistance that there won’t be increased policing of the sex trade.  It’s too “niche” and won’t bring the desired level of fear to the general population.

Correct. They have demonstrated a consistent commitment to both separating families whereas most providers are single and also picking up people with no crime records whereas provider are indeed breaking some laws.