BEEN STRUGGLING WITH A CRIME
SURGE FOR MORE THAN TWO YEARS
NOW.
>> John: THIS FOX NEWS ALERT,
VIRGINIA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL
SENDING A LETTER TO THE D.C.
CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR BOWSER
ASKING TO WORK WITH THEM ON
CRIME FOLLOWING THE HORRIFIC
MURDER OF CHRISTIE BATISTA.
THE 31-YEAR-OLD VIRGINIA NATIVE
WAS KILLED BY A REPEAT VIOLENT
OFFENDER WHO BROKE INTO HER D.C.
HOTEL ROOM AND STABBED HER 30
TIMES LAST WEEK.
LET’S BRING IN THE VIRGINIA
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
MR. ATTORNEY GENERAL, GOOD TO
HAVE YOU WITH US TODAY.
I’VE GOT THE LETTER IN HAND THAT
YOU’VE SENT TO THE D.C. CITY
COUNCIL AND THE MAYOR, QUOTE
FROM IT.
YOU SAY I REFUSE TO STAND BY
QUIETLY AS YOU REJECT THE CRIME
SPIKE IMPACTING D.C. RESIDENTS
AND VISITORS AND COMMUTERS.
YOUR UNWILLINGNESS TO ENFORCE
YOUR LAWS AND HOLD VIOLENT
OFFENDERS RESPONSIBLE PUT YOUR
RESIDENTS AND MINE AT RISK.
CHRISTIE WAS STAYING NOT TOO FAR
FROM WHERE I AM RIGHT NOW.
THERE TO ATTEND A CONCERT.
INSTEAD, SHE WAS SAVAGELY KILLED
BY A HOME LESS MAN.
>> I THINK THE FIRST STEP TO
ACKNOWLEDGE THERE IS A PROBLEM.
MEMBERS OF D.C. CITY COUNCIL
HAVE REFUSED TO ADMIT THERE IS A
CRIME PROBLEM, MURDER, ROBBERY,
SEXUAL ASSAULTS ARE UP OVER 30%
IN THE DISTRICT.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE COMMUTE TO
WORK, RECORD NUMBER OF
CARJACKING, CHRISTIE WAS DOING
WHAT SO MANY DO.
GO TO THE DISTRICT TO ENJOY THE
THEATER, ARTS, AND SHE WAS
BRUTALLY MURDERED NOT AN HOUR
AFTER SHE CHECKED INTO THE HOTEL
ROOM.
AND D.C.’S PROBLEM IS VIRGINIA’S
CRIME PROBLEM, AND THE REPEAT
VIOLENT OFFENDER ARRESTED FOR
ARMED ROBBERY, RELEASED BY A
LENIENT JUDGE BUT IT’S MORE
DIFFICULT FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TO
DO THEIR JOB AND POINT OUT FOR
YOUR VIEWERS, THE AVERAGE D.C.
SUSPECT HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR
FIRST-DEGREE MURDER, HAS BEEN
PREVIOUSLY ARRESTED AN AVERAGE
OF 11 PRIOR TIMES.
SO YOU ARE LITERALLY SEEING A
SYSTEM RIGHT NOW IN D.C. ALMOST
LIKE A CATCH AND RELEASE PROGRAM
FOR CERTAIN VIOLENT OFFENDERS
AND NOW TRAGICALLY IT’S CAUSING
THE CITIZENS OF VIRGINIA TO
SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES,
ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM, TAKE
CRIME SERIOUSLY AND GO AFTER THE
REPEAT VIOLENT OFFENDERS
CREATING SUCH HAVOC AND PAIN FOR
SO MANY FAMILIES LOSING LOVED
ONES TO VIOLENT CRIME.
>> John: YOU MENTIONED MR.
ATTORNEY GENERAL SHE WAS
MURDERED SHORTLY AFTER SHE
CHECKED INTO HER HOTEL ROOM, THE
TIMELINE FROM SECURITY FOOTAGE,
CHECKED IN AT ABOUT 6:00 IN THE
EVENING, ABOUT 45 MINUTES LATER
THE PERPETRATOR, GEORGE SIDNOR
ARRIVED IN THE HOTEL PARKING LOT
ON A BICYCLE.
HE GOT OFF OF IT, WENT OVER TO
HER DOOR, LISTENED AT THE DOOR
FOR A MOMENT, AND THEN WALKED
IN.
YOU COULD HEAR HER YELLING FOR
HELP, ACCORDING TO AN EYEWITNESS
WHO CALLED 911, SHE APPARENTLY
CAME TO THE DOOR, SCREAMING FOR
HELP AND THEN WAS PULLED BACK
INSIDE BY THE PERPETRATOR.
"THE NEW YORK POST" OBSERVED
THIS, THIS IS TALKING ABOUT THE
PERPETRATOR, HE SKIPPED OUT ON
COURT DATES IN BOTH PLACES, THIS
WOULD BE D.C. AND PRINCE
GEORGE’S COUNTY, AND AUTHORITIES
HAD SOUGHT WARRANTS FOR HIS
ARREST.
IF HE RETURNED TO D.C. COURT HE
WAS SUPPOSED TO RECEIVE A GPS
MONITORING DEVICE THAT WOULD
HAVE BEEN ON HIM UNTIL HIS
FEBRUARY SENTENCING DATE.
HE WAS A FUGITIVE BECAUSE HE DID
NOT SHOW UP FOR A COURT DATE IN
A NEIGHBORING COUNTY.
YOU HAVE TO WONDER, HOW DO
PEOPLE LIKE THIS GET ON THE
STREETS IN THE FIRST PLACE?
>> LISTEN, THE FIRST RULE OF
GOVERNMENT, PROTECT YOUR
CITIZEN.
AND WHAT WE HAVE IN WASHINGTON,
D.C. AND CERTAIN AREAS IN THE
COUNTRY, YOU HAVE THE LAW
ABIDING LOOKING OVER THEIR
SHOULDER IN FEAR, REALITY SHOULD
BE THE LAW BREAKING.
SHE WAS THERE INNOCENTLY TO
ENJOY SOME OF THE BEST MOMENTS
OF LIFE AND HAVE THAT TAKEN AWAY
FROM HER, AND THIS IS
WASHINGTON, D.C., THE NATION’S
CAPITAL, IT SHOULD BE THE BEACON
OF HOPE AND FREEDOM FOR THE
ENTIRE WORLD, NOT A PLACE WHERE
WE SEE HEADLINES SOMEBODY LOSING
THEIR LIFE UNDER SUCH HORRIFIC
CIRCUMSTANCES BECAUSE THEY
WANTED TO SEE A CONCERT.
SO MANY ELECTED LEADERS NEED TO
REALIZE THERE IS A PROBLEM.
ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROBLEMS YOU
HAVE IN GOVERNMENT IS PEOPLE
ASSUME JUST BECAUSE THEY HAVE
GOOD INTENTIONS IT WILL
GUARANTEE GOOD RESULTS.
YOU HAVE PEOPLE ON CITY COUNCIL,
MAYBE THEY MEAN WELL, THE REAL
WORLD MEASURES WHAT ARE THE
RESULTS.
AND VIOLENT CRIME THAT IS GONE
UP IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THE LAST
COUPLE OF YEARS AND BACK TO THE
CRIMINAL FIRST, VICTIM LAST
MINDSET, MORE CONCERNED ABOUT
THE CRIMINALS THAN THE VICTIMS
AND POSITION OF THE VIRGINIA
ATTORNEY GENERAL WE VIEW
OURSELVES AS THE PEOPLE’S
PROTECTOR.
>> John: HE HAS A RAP SHEET BACK
TO 2002, AND THE FACT THE CAREER
CRIMINALS ARE ON THE STREETS IS
STUNNING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO
COMMUTE IN FROM VIRGINIA LIKE I
DO AND PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THE
DISTRICT AND HEIGHT OF THE
TOURIST SEASON AS WELL.
I DON’T NEED A COMMENT FROM YOU,
BUT PUT UP HERE, A GoFundMe PAGE
FOR CHRISTIE TO PAY FOR HER
FUNERAL.
SHE IS DESCRIBED, SHINING LIGHT
THAT LIFTED UP EVERYONE’S
SPIRITS AROUND HER, ENCOURAGED
PEOPLE TO DO THINGS THEY WERE
AFRAID OF, AND REMEMBER ONE
SMALL RANDOM THING YOU SAID AND
FIND ANY WAY TO HELP.
HER LIFE WAS ENDED WAY TOO SHORT
BY A CRUEL ACT OF VIOLENCE THAT
SHE DID NOT DESERVE.
>> AMEN.
SHE WAS A REMARKABLE WOMAN.
WE WENT TO THE SAME COLLEGE, AND
SHE IS TRAGICALLY MISSED.