Zoo Lights Shooting and Violence

[Anonymous]

This same type of wanton mayhem and violence happened allllllllll the time when I lived in Baltimore too, and of course every single time the apologists came out of the woodwork. On what planet are you people from? I was once a teenager too, and never did we assault and sucker punch adults in the face for fun, like in the video, because we were just being youths.

I'm pretty sure we can demand the minimum from our own citizens to behave better than it is like Mad Max.

[Anonymous]

There is one way for the police to move things along and start making arrests. It requires some old fashioned police work and some financial incentives (the only way to get things done in DC). Show the 7-Eleven looting videotape to DC high school principals and their immediate staffs. Have them identify any students in their school. For each student identified the school would get a $5000 bonus. But if it is later found that they failed to identify students on the tape, the school would lose at least at least twice that amount of money. The rioters, looters and shooters need to be arrested swiftly and punished harshly.

[Anonymous]

As DC students can apply for fare cards to ride for free (I believe round the clock- it used to be just school hours/days), fare evasion by teens is evasion of being tracked through card use. If a student forgets their card there should be a mechanism where they can access a temporary one at the turnstile, leaving name, address, school and a clear photograph of their face or something like that.

[Anonymous]

This is not a problem that we can legislate ourselves out of.

This country was built upon the assumption that people take personal responsibility for themselves.

That assumption holds true as the country has evolved and gained (albeit slowly) a greater appreciation for people of all different backgrounds.

Government can't force people to take personal responsibility for themselves.

If people don't take personal responsibility for their lives -- regardless of who they are and where they live -- then we'll deteriorate as a nation. I fear that we've already started down that road.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This same type of wanton mayhem and violence happened allllllllll the time when I lived in Baltimore too, and of course every single time the apologists came out of the woodwork. On what planet are you people from? I was once a teenager too, and never did we assault and sucker punch adults in the face for fun, like in the video, because we were just being youths.

I'm pretty sure we can demand the minimum from our own citizens to behave better than it is like Mad Max.

I can understand teenage violence but I can’t understand the imbeciles that apologize for this behavior. Sadly, there are people that will forgive any bad behavior based on the race of the perpetrator.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:What the heck happened? The Post story is unclear. Fireworks we're heard (inside the zoo? Outside the zoo?) and then the fighting was outside the zoo? The shooting was outside the zoo?

They closed Conn Ave because of the people streaming out of the zoo?

Crazy. And aggravating. The zoo has been trying to increase security and close itself off from the neighborhood, and wants increased fencing. So aggravating that people likely not from the neighborhood are creating the ammunition for those m measures to go through.

Yes, it's crazy that People Not From the Neighborhood came to the National Zoo. It's crazy and aggravating that UMC white people can't have a sealed off bubble in NWDC where no urban issues, like crime or guns, intrude. How dare they do this to you!

NP. PP’s choice of words is unfortunate and reeks of lots of “isms” but this is the freaking zoo. It’s a family event. I imagine all families at the zoo tonight regardless of their race or SES expected this to be a reasonably safe place.

exactly. zoolights is full of families & babies & children of ALL RACES. drop your stupid wokeness and realize that nobody wants to have to run out of the zoo in a panic because some dumbsh*t kids are setting off fireworks.

I'm done with kids setting off fireworks in crowded places -- they need to be charged very seriously.

You mean like setting them off in metro? Im with you, but police arent allowed to address teens. Someone will "capture" it on their stupid camera phone, say they are violating the kids rights and the officers will be investigated and put on leave. And if the kids are apprehended and charged, our council will make sure they are out in a week, probably with a voucher for firecrackers.

I saw a white SJW filming 2 black police officers outside the trader Joe's on 14th street while they were calmly explaining to an erratic homeless black man , he was banned for stealing, but had the manager's permission not to arrest him as long as he never returns to the store. I still don't understand what the officers were doing wrong that the bimbo SJW felt the need to film them.

Do some people really think that we should let criminals do whatever they please with impunity ?

That's what the Mayor actually does.

Just wait until after she is re-elected in 2022. That’s when the real fun starts. Item #1 on the agenda will be to make all high schools city wide. Then, all the upper NW pearl clutches get to send their snowflakes to the other side of town. And just wait until you see who comes out of the Tenleytown metro 180 times a year.

[Anonymous]

Facial recognition should be used to proactively arrest these youths

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:This same type of wanton mayhem and violence happened allllllllll the time when I lived in Baltimore too, and of course every single time the apologists came out of the woodwork. On what planet are you people from? I was once a teenager too, and never did we assault and sucker punch adults in the face for fun, like in the video, because we were just being youths.

I'm pretty sure we can demand the minimum from our own citizens to behave better than it is like Mad Max.

I can understand teenage violence but I can’t understand the imbeciles that apologize for this behavior. Sadly, there are people that will forgive any bad behavior based on the race of the perpetrator.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The problem is that teens "being teens" in DC means violence. If they would stop evading metro fares and then shooting people, there wouldn't be a problem to start with.

Shame on you. There are thousands of teens who live and/or go to school in DC, and being a teen in DC does not mean violence. There are many adults who commit crimes in DC, does that mean that being an adult in DC means being a criminal?

[Anonymous]

Want to know what causes gentrification? Incidents like the Zoo. Why? Any black family with the ability to depart from DC leaves and heads to the 9th Ward PGC. Soon you’re left with old folks and wealthy white and black couples that can navigate the system and avoid these types of calamities.

#DontShootDC

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There is one way for the police to move things along and start making arrests. It requires some old fashioned police work and some financial incentives (the only way to get things done in DC). Show the 7-Eleven looting videotape to DC high school principals and their immediate staffs. Have them identify any students in their school. For each student identified the school would get a $5000 bonus. But if it is later found that they failed to identify students on the tape, the school would lose at least at least twice that amount of money. The rioters, looters and shooters need to be arrested swiftly and punished harshly.

This idea is both stupid and illegal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:“Violence interrupters” are more about knowing the friends and family of those victims as violence tends to occur in pocketed outbreaks (among known parties). The fact that the kids were likely not from the neighborhoods around the zoo means there is much less worry of on-going violence for the zoo neighbors while there is greater risk around the homes of those involved.
I happen to live in a neighborhood plagued by violence. There were kids (toddler to teen) roaming my street on Weds and Fri. I watched ding-dong-ditch be played and my dogs got harassed a bit while out in the front yard. I came outside (working from home those days) to intervene in my dogs having kids bark back and yell at them and eventually had to exclaim “you all must be bored!” because the kids did not scatter when my adult self cane out to I intervene. They just nodded and agreed that they were BORED! There was nothing for them to be involved in. They were switching each others shoes for entertainment (one little girl wearing one swapping one shoe with another). There are a lot of friendly amiable kids that live around me and very little for them to do. There is mischief to get into though.
A few posters on here I would like to thank. The one who used to run early mornings in the zoo and the one who moved and lived near the zoo long ago (moved to MoCo?) and the one who asked how criminal we all are if parking over the two hours allotted were seen as harshly as other infractions. Anyway, I worry for my neighbors and pray they not be villianized.

Mostly true, except that there are a lot of legal things for kids in DC to be involved in, and most of it is free and accessible by Kids Ride Free metro. There is very little excuse for boredom in this city. And since you mentioned Wednesday night, on Wednesday night, kids should be in after school activities at school for free until at least 4:30, supervised free after care until 6 (most non-wealthy neighborhood schools have this), then home to study and read until bedtime. I have teens in the city too and they are never out and about being 'bored' and getting into trouble. There is plenty to do.

Being bored cannot be allowed to be an excuse for violence, harassment, or illegal behavior.

[Anonymous]

Well wishes to the two teens who were shot and their families. May you be blessed with a speedy recovery.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:There is one way for the police to move things along and start making arrests. It requires some old fashioned police work and some financial incentives (the only way to get things done in DC). Show the 7-Eleven looting videotape to DC high school principals and their immediate staffs. Have them identify any students in their school. For each student identified the school would get a $5000 bonus. But if it is later found that they failed to identify students on the tape, the school would lose at least at least twice that amount of money. The rioters, looters and shooters need to be arrested swiftly and punished harshly.

This idea is both stupid and illegal.

Not illegal at all. We need aggressive, relentless policing so that the criminals are caught and severely punished.

[Anonymous]

Severely punished? The council is working to release how many criminals and essentially absolve those under 25 of guilt because their brains aren’t fully formed yet give 16-yr. olds and felons the vote.