Gun found at Wilson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:According to the Washington Post, a group teenagers robbed someone at knifepoint at 44th and Davenport Streets and another person at 47th and Brandywine.

Can't be the OOB students at Wilson, on a weekend?

[Anonymous]

The suspect brought the gun to school as he feard for his life as he had gotten into a fight earlier in the school year.

He was however expelled, but got reinstated. His father also said he has a prior arrest record, but didn't elaborate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:According to the Washington Post, a group teenagers robbed someone at knifepoint at 44th and Davenport Streets and another person at 47th and Brandywine.

Can't be the OOB students at Wilson, on a weekend?

Who knows? Maybe IB. 8-10 kids is a pretty big cohort.

[Anonymous]

I've heard that it might have been a gang initiation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I've heard that it might have been a gang initiation.

Great. So AU Park is becoming a gangbangers' playground.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What, might I ask, do the preceding posts have to do with a student bringing a loaded semi-automatic pistol into the high school?

Since you asked, I think the prior exchange illustrates one of the challenges of trying to address cultural or socioeconomic issues that may have contributed to the gun situation. Even a letter home from the new principal is dismissed by those with an agenda or whose desire to demonize those they dislike supersedes genuine concern for students or success of the school(s). When that culture of blind negativity permeates then it makes it very difficult to address a situation such as the one at Wilson where a student brought a gun to school.

Now, if you are suggesting that the thread should be limited to only discussions of the gun then this would have been three posts long. Gun brought to school. Update on juvenile offender issued by school/DCPS/police. Letters from principal. But if that's the kind of fact-based update you're looking for then, respectfully, WTH are you doing reading DCUM?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've heard that it might have been a gang initiation.

Great. So AU Park is becoming a gangbangers' playground.

If you tell police to go soft in youth crime, thats what you get. We called a police officer from when there was petty vandalism at our home. Kids were about 12, not from the local schools. We still ended up paying for the damage, but at least the kid was called on it. If it got through or not, I don't know but we did our part . When you live by metro it's a great way for criminals to drop by, be jerks, melt away. In my books, things have been out of hand for a while. Use your phones. Call the cops. See something, say something. I find DC police supportive and professional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What, might I ask, do the preceding posts have to do with a student bringing a loaded semi-automatic pistol into the high school?

Since you asked, I think the prior exchange illustrates one of the challenges of trying to address cultural or socioeconomic issues that may have contributed to the gun situation. Even a letter home from the new principal is dismissed by those with an agenda or whose desire to demonize those they dislike supersedes genuine concern for students or success of the school(s). When that culture of blind negativity permeates then it makes it very difficult to address a situation such as the one at Wilson where a student brought a gun to school.

Now, if you are suggesting that the thread should be limited to only discussions of the gun then this would have been three posts long. Gun brought to school. Update on juvenile offender issued by school/DCPS/police. Letters from principal. But if that's the kind of fact-based update you're looking for then, respectfully, WTH are you doing reading DCUM?

I must say honestly that I'm shocked at some of the pretty casual, almost blase responses to the Wilson gun incident, particularly against the background of school and other mass shootings that the country has witnessed.

[Anonymous]

I agree that kids should be called to task for even petty crime. If they get the message as kids when the consequences are minor, they will be less likely to commit more serious crimes as adults. Don't feel guilty about calling the cops on a kid; understand that it's in the kid's best interest in the long term.

I think the Wilson administration and businesses around the school (like CVS) have tolerated harassment of pedestrians and stealing for too long. There should be a concerted and coordinated effort to teach these kids how to behave before it's too late.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What, might I ask, do the preceding posts have to do with a student bringing a loaded semi-automatic pistol into the high school?

Since you asked, I think the prior exchange illustrates one of the challenges of trying to address cultural or socioeconomic issues that may have contributed to the gun situation. Even a letter home from the new principal is dismissed by those with an agenda or whose desire to demonize those they dislike supersedes genuine concern for students or success of the school(s). When that culture of blind negativity permeates then it makes it very difficult to address a situation such as the one at Wilson where a student brought a gun to school.

Now, if you are suggesting that the thread should be limited to only discussions of the gun then this would have been three posts long. Gun brought to school. Update on juvenile offender issued by school/DCPS/police. Letters from principal. But if that's the kind of fact-based update you're looking for then, respectfully, WTH are you doing reading DCUM?

I must say honestly that I'm shocked at some of the pretty casual, almost blase responses to the Wilson gun incident, particularly against the background of school and other mass shootings that the country has witnessed.

I'm shocked that the kid was reinstated at school. If bringing a gun to school doesn't get you expelled, what does??

[Anonymous]

Of course, DCPS was quick to expel the prodigy pianist who missed too many days class in order to attend international competitions, even though she kept up with her work on the road. But the kid who brings a semiautomatic to school gets to stay? That's DCPS logic for you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What, might I ask, do the preceding posts have to do with a student bringing a loaded semi-automatic pistol into the high school?

Since you asked, I think the prior exchange illustrates one of the challenges of trying to address cultural or socioeconomic issues that may have contributed to the gun situation. Even a letter home from the new principal is dismissed by those with an agenda or whose desire to demonize those they dislike supersedes genuine concern for students or success of the school(s). When that culture of blind negativity permeates then it makes it very difficult to address a situation such as the one at Wilson where a student brought a gun to school.

Now, if you are suggesting that the thread should be limited to only discussions of the gun then this would have been three posts long. Gun brought to school. Update on juvenile offender issued by school/DCPS/police. Letters from principal. But if that's the kind of fact-based update you're looking for then, respectfully, WTH are you doing reading DCUM?

I must say honestly that I'm shocked at some of the pretty casual, almost blase responses to the Wilson gun incident, particularly against the background of school and other mass shootings that the country has witnessed.

I'm shocked that the kid was reinstated at school. If bringing a gun to school doesn't get you expelled, what does??

This can't be true?!

[Anonymous]

See the post at 7:11 above. It suggests the kid was reinstated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:See the post at 7:11 above. It suggests the kid was reinstated.

Maybe the kid was, or maybe it's just a rumor. I don't think an anonymous DCUM post is proof of anything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What, might I ask, do the preceding posts have to do with a student bringing a loaded semi-automatic pistol into the high school?

Since you asked, I think the prior exchange illustrates one of the challenges of trying to address cultural or socioeconomic issues that may have contributed to the gun situation. Even a letter home from the new principal is dismissed by those with an agenda or whose desire to demonize those they dislike supersedes genuine concern for students or success of the school(s). When that culture of blind negativity permeates then it makes it very difficult to address a situation such as the one at Wilson where a student brought a gun to school.

Now, if you are suggesting that the thread should be limited to only discussions of the gun then this would have been three posts long. Gun brought to school. Update on juvenile offender issued by school/DCPS/police. Letters from principal. But if that's the kind of fact-based update you're looking for then, respectfully, WTH are you doing reading DCUM?

I must say honestly that I'm shocked at some of the pretty casual, almost blase responses to the Wilson gun incident, particularly against the background of school and other mass shootings that the country has witnessed.

I'm shocked that the kid was reinstated at school. If bringing a gun to school doesn't get you expelled, what does??

This can't be true?!

Not true. He was reinstated for another incident earlier in the school year.