DC Metro Shooter Had Prior Assault Dismissed by Progressive DA

Trotman, Isaiah Trotman, killed a Metro employee on Wednesday Potomac Avenue Metro Station and injured three others (Twitter).

A gunman killed a transit worker and injured three others at a Washington, D.C. Metro station on Wednesday. The attacker had previously been charged with assault but that case was dropped last year by a progressive prosecution.

Court records show that Isaiah Trotman was arrested for assault and battery in November 2021. However, those charges were dropped six months later by Albemarle County prosecutor Jim Hingeley. He won election in 2019 thanks to six-figure contributions made by liberal megadonors like George Soros. Police Arrest Trotman was arrested Wednesday for first-degree murder.

Homicides are at their highest point in many decades. many Soros prosecutors’ jurisdictionsMore than 200 murders were recorded in D.C. between 2022 and 2022. Prosecutors who are considered progressive often dismiss low-level offenders, and seek alternatives to imprisonment. Hingeley Received $114,000 came from Sonjia, the Democratic megadonor. Soros donated $5,000 to him.

The D.C. Council recently Voted to downgrade penalties for many minor offenses in the district’s criminal code, reducing sentences for carjackings, robberies, and gun-related felonies.

Hingeley’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Trotman, who was on a bus, brandished a firearm before entering the Potomac Avenue Metro Station (Seattle D.C.) and firing at random. Trotman shot two people in the leg, then continued to the platform where he threatened one woman. The 64-year old Metro worker who tried to stop him was then shot and killed.

Trotman was subdued shortly thereafter by passengers. He was also charged for kidnapping with dangerous weapons and assault.

Trotman was previously arrested in Pennsylvania last year for drug-related and public intoxication charges. According To DCist. He pleaded guilty but was released two months later. Police reportedly found 12 bags of methamphetamine, marijuana and paraphernalia in his car when he was arrested on April 20, 2022.

Following a summer of anti-police riots in 2020, the D.C. Council slashed the district’s law enforcement budget. The D.C. Police Department was transformed over the next two decades. Lost Around 280 officers are employed by the Washington Post reported. The department was left without sufficient staffing and is unable to respond to emergency situations as a result.

Ashan Benedict, Assistant Chief of Police, stated Wednesday that he wishes officers had arrived earlier to the