Pirro releases guy guilty of armed carjacking. assault. and destruction of property

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Sept. 3, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
By Jarvis DeBerry, MSNBC Opinion Editor

A Washington, D.C., teenager who was convicted of armed carjacking, assault and destruction of property as a juvenile subsequently went live on Instagram wearing a ski mask and holding a .22-caliber semiautomatic rifle. The teen reportedly blew off the conditions of his probation, and, given all the talk from the Trump administration about the city’s rising crime rates and youth crime in particular, you might think a harsh reaction from his administration followed.

But ... the teen was spared punishment by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro last month ... the same Pirro who ... justified President Donald Trump’s takeover of D.C. by decrying the prevalence of juvenile crime there.

The now-19-year-old in question had most recently pleaded guilty to illegally carrying a rifle outside his home or business, The Washington Post reported Monday, and a judge had determined that he had not reported to probation, submitted himself for drug tests or tried to get an education. But Pirro’s office has refused to enforce a D.C. law that makes it illegal for people without permits to carry long guns outside their homes and businesses ...

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/jeanine-pirro-rifle-teen-probation-rcna228561

[struggle4progress]

1. Pirro's office ends probation for D.C. teen caught with AR-style rifle

U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro is no longer prosecuting crimes that involve carrying shotguns or rifles under D.C. law. Her office is also working to lessen penalties for past offenses.

September 1, 2025

... U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro, the city’s top prosecutor, said last month that her office would stop enforcing a D.C. law that makes it a crime for people to carry long guns outside their homes or workplaces without permits ...

Tinsley Bowman pleaded guilty in D.C. Superior Court last year to one count of carrying a rifle outside his home or place of business. Police said Bowman, now 19, appeared in an Instagram live video wearing a ski mask on his head as he brandished a .22-caliber semiautomatic rifle. Officers found the gun, with 22 rounds in the magazine, inside the kitchen oven as they arrested Bowman in a Southeast Washington apartment that wasn’t his, according to a police affidavit ...

Bowman was sentenced to serve six months in jail and given a year of probation, set to end in January 2026. A judge summoned him to court last month for not reporting to probation, drug testing and educational services.

But before any penalties could be imposed, a prosecutor from Pirro’s office pulled the plug on the proceedings.

“It appears that the charge that the defendant was sentenced [for] in this case was carrying a rifle without a license,” prosecutor Rachel Bruce told the court, according to a transcript of the Aug. 21 hearing. “As your honor may be aware, the government is no longer prosecuting or pursuing those types of charges. So, what the government’s position is, that we would be asking to discharge the [probation violations], and to terminate probation” ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/09/01/pirro-rifle-shotgun-policy/

[tanyev]

2. Thank God he didn't throw a sandwich.

[Skittles]

3. dude must not be trans or an immigrant