DaveS

On April 19, 2019 Dave was killed by a man able to drive a stolen van like a missile through DC. As Dave's spouse, I may talk here--not as well or as much.

[DaveS @darsal]

Thanks to everyone who came out today for the sentencing. Stupidist thing ever to say...but I wish Dave could have been there to see you all.

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@BenHarris_1 Would love to philosophize this with Dave, but you know...

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@BenHarris_1 In any other case, I would say 8.5 years, rehab & drug treatment is good. Dave might too. But 1) totally fucking different when the person killed is yours 2) my faith in dc treatment/rehab is low 3) I worry in 8.5 years he will do this again. I don't wish this on anyone, ever.

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@BenHarris_1 Just: a society that supports people like Little from the start and prevents his sadness.Just: Perfect Vision Zero plan and execution. Don't have it, so as more than a bystander,I say 20 years with education/treatment program feels more fitting that 8.5 for killed Dave.

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Thanks to all of you who did impact statements. I have submitted them to the court.

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Friday, September 27 is the sentencing date for Dave's murderer. 10:30 am, Courtroom 313 in the Superior Court of DC, located at 500 Indiana Avenue, NW. Anyone can attend.

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@srfrjulie @sharrowsDC @HandlebarsDC will coordinate impact statements from this community. They have general guidelines for a full statement or a few sentences/paragraphs to be incorporated into a community statement. DM any of them for info.

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Thanks everyone for your kind words and support. My lack of response is simply because this is, well, just beyond hard at times (and Dave would point out my Twitter lameness and ambivalence), but you all are great.

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You can reach me here or @Oskarchat: my extremely underused account I set up years ago to humor Dave.

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I understand some you may wish to do impact statements. You need to coordinate with me. I am working with the US Attorney and Crime Victims Program to organize these.

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In this whollly inadequate process, I want to show the court how the loss of Dave is felt far beyond me, in diverse ways. I want to impress upon them that Little should serve max sentence of the plea and DC should take rehabilitation seriously.

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As reported, a plea agreement was reached today with the man who killed Dave. Sentencing is Sept 27 at 10:30. Please mark the date and try to attend.

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This is Jean, Dave's spouse. I've kept Dave's account to share information from time to time. I will not tweet as often, cleverly, or quickly as Dave, but will tweet once in a while. Sorry to any of you who find this jarring, but I wanted to reach out.

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@Nothercupacafe Yeah, he'll need some contextualization too.

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@kidcongo You too.

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@sirotisdozer I know the feeling, which usually leads to waking up in a panic Sunday morning-ish when I realize how much homecare I still have to do before they get home. "Go ahead and stop for dinner on your way, I'm doing fine here..."

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@sirotisdozer It goes by so fast...

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Step up, my suburban friends!

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@rjmazloom I couldn't figure out why the name in the story was so familiar...

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