Gang hysteria

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:I think the poster claiming "hysteria" and refusing to believe there are gangs in our schools is terrified. And it's understandable. No one want their kids to be in school with violent gang members. However, hiding your head in the sand won't make it better. Information is power. The more we know and understand about gangs in our schools, the better equipped we are to protect ALL of our children. Sometimes I think parents (and I include myself) with kids at schools that are considered safer, can't handle the reality that maybe ....just maybe....gang members don't care about school attendance zones. They are going to recruit wherever they can. They are going to sell drugs in wealthier areas because that's where the money is. It's tempting to pretend that it doesn't happen in safer communities. But you are fooling yourself. There are gangs in MOCO. There are gangs in DC. There are gangs in ACPS. There are gangs in Fairfax. Hell, there are gangs all the way down in Stafford. They are in our middle schools because they want to recruit while kids are young. It's scary. But sometimes we have to face scary things.

That is entirely my point. Let's work to fix the problem by using facts instead of lies and hysteria.

On another thread, I have asked several times for more facts, but other PPs call that disgusting.

These threads are really just breeding grounds for anti-immigrant hatred. Not solving any problems.

You are not going about it the right way. Posting a title accusing people of "hysteria" just because you are afraid of anti-immigrant posters is self-sabotage. I mistook you for one of them. Choose your words carefully next time.

Huh? I'm not afraid of them. I'm calling them out.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:I didn't notice if the threads were started by the same poster but I suspect not. The topic presses a lot of different buttons so lots of threads isn't a surprise.

I use DCUM because I like and have vague thoughts about moving there, not because I currently live there. I live in an area that's like a rough part in Washington NW. A little edgy, but not actually too rough.

My kid's grade school had the local police gang expert give a talk, and his talk was pretty alarming. He listed MS13 as a major problem, along with the Bloods, Crips and Latin Kings, and he said that a funeral of a gang leader in my area had attracted 2,000 people.

So, the way Trump approaches this issue is divisive, but the issue is actually an issue.

[Anonymous]

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The article in Wapo paints a horrible picture of a moco middle school, OP: beatings that send victims to the ER and a rape of a middle schooler that the victim was too afraid to report to the police.

I can’t answer your question but I believe it’s essential the safety of these poor kids that parents outside that school place pressure on the police and school system.

Isn't it in Riverdale? Different county? Closer to D.C.? Terrifying whichever county.

[Anonymous]

The timing of these posts were rather convenient for Corey Stewart. Isn’t his strategy to appeal to the fearful conservatives about Ms-13 and taking away confederate monuments?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The timing of these posts were rather convenient for Corey Stewart. Isn’t his strategy to appeal to the fearful conservatives about Ms-13 and taking away confederate monuments?

I am the OP in the Metro thread about this topic. I don’t live in the DC metro area. I haven’t been terribly tuned into the elections in the VA/DC area. But, I do have family and friends in VA with children who don’t attend the most affluent schools in FCPS. So, my post was more a concern for the schools, not the elections.
If you think this was timed for Stewart - blame the WaPo. It was this organization who published the story highlighting the problem.
And, it’s not just “fearful conservatives” who are concerned about the growing MS-13 problem. Read the thread in the metro - plenty of admitted liberals agree it is an issue that needs to be dealt with.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The article in Wapo paints a horrible picture of a moco middle school, OP: beatings that send victims to the ER and a rape of a middle schooler that the victim was too afraid to report to the police.

I can’t answer your question but I believe it’s essential the safety of these poor kids that parents outside that school place pressure on the police and school system.

Isn't it in Riverdale? Different county? Closer to D.C.? Terrifying whichever county.

It’s Prince George’s County.

[Anonymous]

I saw that article. Scary stuff. There are issues in Springfield too (where we used to live which is Fairfax County) though not to that extreme.

[Anonymous]

Bad hombres