{"id":336316,"date":"2021-03-28T16:15:31","date_gmt":"2021-03-28T20:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=336316"},"modified":"2021-03-28T16:15:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-28T20:15:40","slug":"horrible-timing-d-c-mayor-calls-auto-theft-crime-of-opportunity-amid-skyrocketing-carjacking-rates-meets-with-immediate-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/horrible-timing-d-c-mayor-calls-auto-theft-crime-of-opportunity-amid-skyrocketing-carjacking-rates-meets-with-immediate-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Horrible Timing\u2019: D.C. Mayor Calls Auto Theft \u2018Crime Of Opportunity\u2019 Amid Skyrocketing Carjacking Rates, Meets With Immediate Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhorrible-timing-d-c-mayor-calls-auto-theft-crime-of-opportunity-amid-skyrocketing-carjacking-rates-meets-with-immediate-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=336316&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4116.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser was met with backlash Sunday after tweeting a video advising District residents how to prevent auto thefts, just days after Mohammed Anwar was killed in a fatal carjacking that went viral on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAuto theft is a crime of opportunity. Follow these steps to reduce the risk of your vehicle becoming a target. Remember the motto, #ProtectYourAuto,\u201d Bowser <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorBowser\/status\/1376157272276135942\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweeted<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.0396475770925\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Auto theft is a crime of opportunity. Follow these steps to reduce the risk of your vehicle becoming a target.<\/p>\n<p>Remember the motto, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ProtectYourAuto?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ProtectYourAuto<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7u1iFvked9\">pic.twitter.com\/7u1iFvked9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mayor Muriel Bowser (@MayorBowser) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorBowser\/status\/1376157272276135942?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some claimed the timing of Bowser\u2019s tweet was tone-deaf given the multiple carjackings that took place in the District last week. Anwar, a 66-year-old Uber Eats driver was fatally&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/uber-eats-driver-killed-after-teen-girls-allegedly-carjack-him-in-d-c-leading-to-violent-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">flung from his vehicle<\/a> last Tuesday after two teenage girls, aged 13 and 15, flipped it while allegedly attempting to steal it. Graphic video of the incident went viral. Two teenage boys, aged 13 and 14, were arrested Thursday in <a href=\"https:\/\/wtop.com\/dc\/2021\/03\/two-teenagers-charged-with-carjacking-in-northeast-dc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a separate incident<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHorrible timing on this clearly scheduled tweet. And even if Mohammed Anwar wasn\u2019t dead, carjackings are a plague in DC \u2014 there isn\u2019t a lot you can do [with regard to]&nbsp;risk reduction besides simply not driving a car. This was broad daylight,\u201d journalist Natalia Antonova wrote on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NataliaAntonova\/status\/1376190351690637314\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.458333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Horrible timing on this clearly scheduled tweet. And even if Mohammed Anwar wasn\u2019t dead, carjackings are a plague in DC \u2014 there isn\u2019t a lot you can do wrt risk reduction besides simply not driving a car. <\/p>\n<p>This was broad daylight. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X1ehGtUVRd\">https:\/\/t.co\/X1ehGtUVRd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Natalia Antonova (@NataliaAntonova) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NataliaAntonova\/status\/1376190351690637314?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHeartless or tone deaf? DC Mayor Bowser offers ways to prevent carjacking after Mohammed Anwar died as a result of this crime,\u201d wrote journalist Ian Miles Cheong.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3096446700508\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Heartless or tone deaf? DC Mayor Bowser offers ways to prevent carjacking after Mohammed Anwar died as a result of this crime  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ryp724geGf\">https:\/\/t.co\/Ryp724geGf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1376215793369706501?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cUber Eats driver Muhammad Anwar was the victim of a carjacking by two teenage girls, who committed felony murder, in DC,\u201d wrote journalist Gabriella Hoffman. \u201cHe died as a result of injuries. I presume this is a scheduled tweet but it\u2019s extremely tone deaf. Bowser\u2019s silence is deafening.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"12.457627118644\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Uber Eats driver Muhammad Anwar was the victim of a carjacking by two teenage girls, who committed felony murder, in DC. He died as a result of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>I presume this is a scheduled tweet but it\u2019s extremely tone deaf. <\/p>\n<p>Bowser\u2019s silence is deafening. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ut3WLMme6q\">https:\/\/t.co\/ut3WLMme6q<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mFoTXKdFve\">https:\/\/t.co\/mFoTXKdFve<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gabriella Hoffman (@Gabby_Hoffman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Gabby_Hoffman\/status\/1376189209762000898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Carjacking rates have <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoya.com\/carjacking-rates-rise-in-d-c-amid-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">skyrocketed<\/a>&nbsp;in Washington, D.C., since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, with numbers more than doubling in 2020 compared to 2019.<\/p>\n<p>As The Washington Post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/local\/public-safety\/dc-carjacking-car-theft\/2020\/12\/22\/35b8b812-4123-11eb-8bc0-ae155bee4aff_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a> in December:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"14\">\n<p><em>Every police precinct, encompassing rich and poor neighborhoods alike, has experienced an increase in carjackings, notably the high-crime Seventh District in far Southeast Washington, where this year\u2019s 84 carjackings represent a 250 percent spike. In the Second District, covering affluent parts of Northwest Washington, the total has inched from eight to nine.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/uber-eats-driver-killed-after-teen-girls-allegedly-carjack-him-in-d-c-leading-to-violent-crash\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;regarding the recent death of Anwar:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"27.269311064718\">\n<p><em>A 66-year-old Uber Eats driver was killed earlier this week when he was thrown from his vehicle after two teenage girls allegedly carjacked him near Nationals Park in southeast Washington, D.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Mohammad Anwar died after police say two girls, aged 13 and 15, used a stun gun against him and stole his car before causing it to flip, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/news\/local\/two-girls-13-and-15-used-stun-gun-in-fatal-armed-carjacking-near-nationals-park-police-say\/2617947\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC 4 Washington<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>[\u2026]<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Graphic video taken by a bystander depicts the violent scene, which shows how Anwar fought with the girls before they <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stillgray\/status\/1375889790768320512?s=21\">drove off<\/a> while he was still attached to the vehicle. They crash the car, and the video later shows Anwar\u2019s body on the sidewalk as National Guardsmen help the girls out of the flipped vehicle. One of the girls can be heard saying something about her phone.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Anwar, who was working as an Uber Eats driver at the time of his death, was a father and grandfather with loved ones in both the U.S. and Pakistan, according to his family, who described the crime as \u201csenseless.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/d-c-mayor-muriel-bowsers-petty-hypocritical-tyranny-must-stop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser\u2019s Petty, Hypocritical Tyranny Must Stop<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser was met with backlash Sunday after tweeting a video advising District residents how to prevent auto thefts, just days after Mohammed Anwar was killed in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2311283,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-4116.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Horrible Timing\u2019: D.C. 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