Zoo Lights Shooting and Violence

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Honestly this make me wary of taking my kids downtown and to zoo lights. I'm not even sure how you'd protect yourself when they are beating up shop owners.

In other words, never leave Ashburn?

I mean being out with my children at night.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Honestly this make me wary of taking my kids downtown and to zoo lights. I'm not even sure how you'd protect yourself when they are beating up shop owners.

You don't need to be afraid, just be street smart. Keep your eyes open and don't go to Zoo Lights or Gallery Place when there are going to be a ton of troublemakers (after 8pm, summers, holiday weekends). If you see a big crowd of kids, move on. (In fact, just avoid big crowds altogether.) I've moved my kid from subway cars before because I don't like who's on them. We will go to zoo lights this year, but probably from 4:30-7 on a weeknight.

TBH, my biggest fear is those d*mn firecrackers. I have a very reactive stress response, and if I hear firecrackers in a crowded place or on the Metro, I would seriously freak out. I think my kid is much more likely to get hurt/scared in a stampede than in a shooting.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wow. Just wow. And total silence from the mayor.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/zoolights-chaos-video-shows-kids-mob-store-near-national-zoo-attack-employees

Jesus, how are these kids being raised?? Animals.

They aren’t being raised. They almost all grow up in single parent homes with one parent earning low wages and working strange hours.

There is something really wrong if large of groups behave like this. It's honestly hard for me to understand how kids turn out this way, even neglected ones (the circumstances described above sound more like benign neglect).

It's really not difficult to understand. You have kids? You know how they are wrecked if the get crappy sleep, or eat too much junk? Or don't get fresh air? Or bathed? Or sat down and spoken with about important things?

These kids aren't getting any of that. None of it. It's really sad until you remember what chaos and trauma they impose on innocent, law abiding decent citizens.

No, I don't buy this. There are plenty of poor kids who don't go around rioting and stomping people in the head. It's not only that these kids are deprived and traumatized; but also that the city isn't engaged in policing efforts to stop them from ganging up how they please. The "bad" kids know they have impunity, and they exercise it.

Agreed. If you behave poorly and get away with it over and over, you will continue to behave poorly. Not rocket science. Especially when DC leadership chooses to make excuses for their behavior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly this make me wary of taking my kids downtown and to zoo lights. I'm not even sure how you'd protect yourself when they are beating up shop owners.

You don't need to be afraid, just be street smart. Keep your eyes open and don't go to Zoo Lights or Gallery Place when there are going to be a ton of troublemakers (after 8pm, summers, holiday weekends). If you see a big crowd of kids, move on. (In fact, just avoid big crowds altogether.) I've moved my kid from subway cars before because I don't like who's on them. We will go to zoo lights this year, but probably from 4:30-7 on a weeknight.

TBH, my biggest fear is those d*mn firecrackers. I have a very reactive stress response, and if I hear firecrackers in a crowded place or on the Metro, I would seriously freak out. I think my kid is much more likely to get hurt/scared in a stampede than in a shooting.

You sound very fragile. Far too fragile to give others advice about how to stay safe in a city. With a "very reactive stress response" (whatever the hell that is) you should stay in a quiet, safe suburb. City life isn't for you.

And you also seem to be afraid of black kids. Also not really a workable condition in the city.

[Anonymous]

It appears the police have made 2 arrests in the assaults that occurred at the Fro Yo shop. Both the owner and his wife were attacked, the wife was punched in the face repeatedly by a male and a female and required stitches.

December 4, 2019



Arrests Made in an Aggravated Assault: 3000 Block of Connecticut Avenue, Northwest



(Washington, DC) – Detectives from the Metropolitan Police Department’s Second District have announced two arrests have been made in reference to an Aggravated Assault that occurred on Saturday, November 30, 2019, in the 3000 block of Connecticut Avenue, Northwest.



At approximately 9:17 pm, a group of juveniles entered an establishment at the listed location causing a disturbance. During the disturbance, two suspects approached two victims and assaulted them. The suspects then fled the scene. One of the victims was transported to a local hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.



On Wednesday, December 4, 2019, 19 year-old Emoni Robinson, of Northeast, DC, was arrested and charged with Simple Assault. Additionally, a 14 year-old juvenile female, of Southeast, DC, was arrested and charged with Aggravated Assault.



This case is still under investigation. Anyone who has knowledge of this incident should take no action but call police at [phone] or text your tip to the Department's TEXT TIP LINE at 50411. Crime Solvers of Washington, DC currently offers a reward of up to $1,000 to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the person or persons responsible for a crime committed in the District of Columbia.

[Anonymous]

Video from inside the Fro Yo

https://www.fox5dc.com/video/631408

Neighboring businesses express concern

https://www.fox5dc.com/video/630992

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly this make me wary of taking my kids downtown and to zoo lights. I'm not even sure how you'd protect yourself when they are beating up shop owners.

You don't need to be afraid, just be street smart. Keep your eyes open and don't go to Zoo Lights or Gallery Place when there are going to be a ton of troublemakers (after 8pm, summers, holiday weekends). If you see a big crowd of kids, move on. (In fact, just avoid big crowds altogether.) I've moved my kid from subway cars before because I don't like who's on them. We will go to zoo lights this year, but probably from 4:30-7 on a weeknight.

TBH, my biggest fear is those d*mn firecrackers. I have a very reactive stress response, and if I hear firecrackers in a crowded place or on the Metro, I would seriously freak out. I think my kid is much more likely to get hurt/scared in a stampede than in a shooting.

You sound very fragile. Far too fragile to give others advice about how to stay safe in a city. With a "very reactive stress response" (whatever the hell that is) you should stay in a quiet, safe suburb. City life isn't for you.

And you also seem to be afraid of black kids. Also not really a workable condition in the city.

Look at the video from the Fro Yo with teens and young adults standing on tables, throwing chairs and punches. I do not think that a parent would need to be "fragile" to want to avoid such situations with young kids in tow (or at all!)

[Anonymous]

“You sound very fragile. Far too fragile to give others advice about how to stay safe in a city. With a "very reactive stress response" (whatever the hell that is) you should stay in a quiet, safe suburb. City life isn't for you.“

Another brainwashed urban warrior.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Honestly this make me wary of taking my kids downtown and to zoo lights. I'm not even sure how you'd protect yourself when they are beating up shop owners.

You don't need to be afraid, just be street smart. Keep your eyes open and don't go to Zoo Lights or Gallery Place when there are going to be a ton of troublemakers (after 8pm, summers, holiday weekends). If you see a big crowd of kids, move on. (In fact, just avoid big crowds altogether.) I've moved my kid from subway cars before because I don't like who's on them. We will go to zoo lights this year, but probably from 4:30-7 on a weeknight.

TBH, my biggest fear is those d*mn firecrackers. I have a very reactive stress response, and if I hear firecrackers in a crowded place or on the Metro, I would seriously freak out. I think my kid is much more likely to get hurt/scared in a stampede than in a shooting.

You sound very fragile. Far too fragile to give others advice about how to stay safe in a city. With a "very reactive stress response" (whatever the hell that is) you should stay in a quiet, safe suburb. City life isn't for you.

And you also seem to be afraid of black kids. Also not really a workable condition in the city.

Look at the video from the Fro Yo with teens and young adults standing on tables, throwing chairs and punches. I do not think that a parent would need to be "fragile" to want to avoid such situations with young kids in tow (or at all!)

So if you use gut reaction to remove yourself or "cross the street" you are accused of racism, but the alternative could be to be punched in the face or have a chair hit your kid. Head-scratcher.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

So true. Is this Charles Allen's initiative? Has it passed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow. Just wow. And total silence from the mayor.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/zoolights-chaos-video-shows-kids-mob-store-near-national-zoo-attack-employees

That’s because she’s been too focused on her threat to publicly “shame” Ward 3 residents for opposing her proposed upzoning gift to her developer cronies.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Video from inside the Fro Yo

https://www.fox5dc.com/video/631408

Neighboring businesses express concern

https://www.fox5dc.com/video/630992

Wow. That is terrible.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Video from inside the Fro Yo

https://www.fox5dc.com/video/631408

Neighboring businesses express concern

https://www.fox5dc.com/video/630992

Wow. That is terrible.

Terrifying.

[Anonymous]

Why aren't the police taking guns off the streets?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why aren't the police taking guns off the streets?

I've never actually seen a gun on the street. They're usually in pockets.