What on earth happened in Navy Yard last night (Saturday 10/26)?

[Anonymous]

Metro station was shut down, there were crowds of literally hundreds of teens milling around up and down M St, several shootings , more than a dozen robberies by groups of teens from 2nd and M all the way to Hill East.

What precipitated this? Was there a concert or something last night?

[Anonymous]

Also robberies at Navy Yard. And more, but I'm not going to look into it. Too depressing.

[Anonymous]

[Anonymous]

Wow. I can tell I'm turning into an old lady, but jeez. Some of these kids were not raised right. I wonder how this was organized. Sounds like a social media thing.

[Anonymous]

These crimes were organized on social media. There is the growing perception on social media, especially tick tock, that DC is very easy/lenient on youth crime and thus there is very little risk involved for larcenies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These crimes were organized on social media. There is the growing perception on social media, especially tick tock, that DC is very easy/lenient on youth crime and thus there is very little risk involved for larcenies.

They're not wrong

[Anonymous]

Was Metro shutdown to ensure that there would enough victims to assault?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Metro station was shut down, there were crowds of literally hundreds of teens milling around up and down M St, several shootings , more than a dozen robberies by groups of teens from 2nd and M all the way to Hill East.

What precipitated this? Was there a concert or something last night?

Why would a concert result in shootings?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Was Metro shutdown to ensure that there would enough victims to assault?

To contain the offenders in one area vs. marauding on the metro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I can tell I'm turning into an old lady, but jeez. Some of these kids were not raised right. I wonder how this was organized. Sounds like a social media thing.

I'm turning into an old lady too. Jeez is right.

Something needs to change and hard discussions need to be had but this isn't sustainable.

[Anonymous]

Start with giving out tickets for eating food on metro.
Next tickets for jumping turnstiles.
Collect on camera tickets.
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I was in another US city earlier this week and was shocked when I saw police out pulling cars over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:These crimes were organized on social media. There is the growing perception on social media, especially tick tock, that DC is very easy/lenient on youth crime and thus there is very little risk involved for larcenies.

It’s not a perception.

These kids know that nothing will happen to them, and that unarmed residents of DC are sitting

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow. I can tell I'm turning into an old lady, but jeez. Some of these kids were not raised right. I wonder how this was organized. Sounds like a social media thing.

I'm turning into an old lady too. Jeez is right.

Something needs to change and hard discussions need to be had but this isn't sustainable.

+2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Was Metro shutdown to ensure that there would enough victims to assault?

To contain the offenders in one area vs. marauding on the metro.

Did the police show up to catch the contained offenders or did they hope it would just "die down?"

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Start with giving out tickets for eating food on metro.
Next tickets for jumping turnstiles.
Collect on camera tickets.
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I was in another US city earlier this week and was shocked when I saw police out pulling cars over.

I have a different idea. How about we start with prosecuting and punishing violent offenders.