RM versus Wooton

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

PP here.. I'm an RM parent, and the gossip is not helping. I'm fully aware of what the police stated in that case, and the gossip going around. My own kids have reiterated the gossip.

The police stated that there was no evidence that the first incident involved a gun. People said that they saw what "looked like" a gun, but that doesn't mean there was one. Maybe it was a toy gun. Maybe it wasn't even a toy gun. We don't know, but people like you keep saying that it was a gun.

How many times have we read new stories where someone, including the police, thought some person had a gun, and they shot them, and it turned out that it wasn't a gun?

The gossip is fueling fears. I''m not saying RM has no issues. It absolutely does. But let's focus on what we know factually, and not what what people gossip about.

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

You and your gang-related obsession... You completely missed the point.

DP.. if it doesn't matter then why do some people keep saying MCPS has a gang problem, including RM? That always gets mentioned when RM comes up.

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

You and your gang-related obsession... You completely missed the point.

DP.. if it doesn't matter then why do some people keep saying MCPS has a gang problem, including RM? That always gets mentioned when RM comes up.

The posters saying this seem to have an agenda that is anything but truthfulness. They are unable to provide any credible evidence to support these claims and are simply fearmongering because it suits their political agenda.

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

You and your gang-related obsession... You completely missed the point.

DP.. if it doesn't matter then why do some people keep saying MCPS has a gang problem, including RM? That always gets mentioned when RM comes up.

Look at this kid. He is most likely not a gang member. Does that make it any better? RM has plenty of kids like this one.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/richard-montgomery-high-school-student-accused-of-robbing-shell-gas-station-at-knifepoint

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

You and your gang-related obsession... You completely missed the point.

DP.. if it doesn't matter then why do some people keep saying MCPS has a gang problem, including RM? That always gets mentioned when RM comes up.

Look at this kid. He is most likely not a gang member. Does that make it any better? RM has plenty of kids like this one.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/richard-montgomery-high-school-student-accused-of-robbing-shell-gas-station-at-knifepoint

Do you know if the Whitman kid wielding the knife in the Churchill parking lot was a gang member?

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

You and your gang-related obsession... You completely missed the point.

DP.. if it doesn't matter then why do some people keep saying MCPS has a gang problem, including RM? That always gets mentioned when RM comes up.

Look at this kid. He is most likely not a gang member. Does that make it any better? RM has plenty of kids like this one.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/richard-montgomery-high-school-student-accused-of-robbing-shell-gas-station-at-knifepoint

Do you know if the Whitman kid wielding the knife in the Churchill parking lot was a gang member?

What does that (if the incident actually happened) got to do with Wootton?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

You and your gang-related obsession... You completely missed the point.

DP.. if it doesn't matter then why do some people keep saying MCPS has a gang problem, including RM? That always gets mentioned when RM comes up.

Look at this kid. He is most likely not a gang member. Does that make it any better? RM has plenty of kids like this one.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/richard-montgomery-high-school-student-accused-of-robbing-shell-gas-station-at-knifepoint

Do you know if the Whitman kid wielding the knife in the Churchill parking lot was a gang member?

What does that (if the incident actually happened) got to do with Wootton?

They're nearby and it provides a sense of how these schools compare.

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

You and your gang-related obsession... You completely missed the point.

DP.. if it doesn't matter then why do some people keep saying MCPS has a gang problem, including RM? That always gets mentioned when RM comes up.

Look at this kid. He is most likely not a gang member. Does that make it any better? RM has plenty of kids like this one.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/richard-montgomery-high-school-student-accused-of-robbing-shell-gas-station-at-knifepoint

Do you know if the Whitman kid wielding the knife in the Churchill parking lot was a gang member?

What does that (if the incident actually happened) got to do with Wootton?

They're nearby and it provides a sense of how these schools compare.

Near by? Now you are really stretching… stay on topic.

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

You and your gang-related obsession... You completely missed the point.

DP.. if it doesn't matter then why do some people keep saying MCPS has a gang problem, including RM? That always gets mentioned when RM comes up.

Look at this kid. He is most likely not a gang member. Does that make it any better? RM has plenty of kids like this one.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/richard-montgomery-high-school-student-accused-of-robbing-shell-gas-station-at-knifepoint

Do you know if the Whitman kid wielding the knife in the Churchill parking lot was a gang member?

What does that (if the incident actually happened) got to do with Wootton?

They're nearby and it provides a sense of how these schools compare.

don't worry. With the boundary changes coming with Crown HS, Wootton is sure to get its fair share of "not gang member" knife wielder. Then people will come on here and say, "Don't buy in Wootton. They have gangs".

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

You and your gang-related obsession... You completely missed the point.

DP.. if it doesn't matter then why do some people keep saying MCPS has a gang problem, including RM? That always gets mentioned when RM comes up.

Look at this kid. He is most likely not a gang member. Does that make it any better? RM has plenty of kids like this one.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/richard-montgomery-high-school-student-accused-of-robbing-shell-gas-station-at-knifepoint

Do you know if the Whitman kid wielding the knife in the Churchill parking lot was a gang member?

What does that (if the incident actually happened) got to do with Wootton?

They're nearby and it provides a sense of how these schools compare.

don't worry. With the boundary changes coming with Crown HS, Wootton is sure to get its fair share of "not gang member" knife wielder. Then people will come on here and say, "Don't buy in Wootton. They have gangs".

That may or may not happen. Let’s cross that bridge when we get there. By that time Jesus may come back and we may all face the judgment day anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

You and your gang-related obsession... You completely missed the point.

DP.. if it doesn't matter then why do some people keep saying MCPS has a gang problem, including RM? That always gets mentioned when RM comes up.

Look at this kid. He is most likely not a gang member. Does that make it any better? RM has plenty of kids like this one.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/richard-montgomery-high-school-student-accused-of-robbing-shell-gas-station-at-knifepoint

Do you know if the Whitman kid wielding the knife in the Churchill parking lot was a gang member?

What does that (if the incident actually happened) got to do with Wootton?

They're nearby and it provides a sense of how these schools compare.

don't worry. With the boundary changes coming with Crown HS, Wootton is sure to get its fair share of "not gang member" knife wielder. Then people will come on here and say, "Don't buy in Wootton. They have gangs".

That may or may not happen. Let’s cross that bridge when we get there. By that time Jesus may come back and we may all face the judgment day anyway.

Of course it won't be true but some will fearmonger in an effort to boost home prices in their areas.

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

You and your gang-related obsession... You completely missed the point.

DP.. if it doesn't matter then why do some people keep saying MCPS has a gang problem, including RM? That always gets mentioned when RM comes up.

Look at this kid. He is most likely not a gang member. Does that make it any better? RM has plenty of kids like this one.

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/richard-montgomery-high-school-student-accused-of-robbing-shell-gas-station-at-knifepoint

Do you know if the Whitman kid wielding the knife in the Churchill parking lot was a gang member?

What does that (if the incident actually happened) got to do with Wootton?

They're nearby and it provides a sense of how these schools compare.

don't worry. With the boundary changes coming with Crown HS, Wootton is sure to get its fair share of "not gang member" knife wielder. Then people will come on here and say, "Don't buy in Wootton. They have gangs".

That may or may not happen. Let’s cross that bridge when we get there. By that time Jesus may come back and we may all face the judgment day anyway.

Of course it won't be true but some will fearmonger in an effort to boost home prices in their areas.

What? You've been posting defending RM b/c you are worried about property value? WTF PP?

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

That is completely untrue. MCPS doesn't keep track of 'gang-related' incidents because it would make certain schools look bad. However, ask anyone in the MCPD and they will tell you that Montgomery County and MCPS most definitely has a gang problem. And, some of the incidents that occur at school (drug-related, usually) involve gang members.

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

That is completely untrue. MCPS doesn't keep track of 'gang-related' incidents because it would make certain schools look bad. However, ask anyone in the MCPD and they will tell you that Montgomery County and MCPS most definitely has a gang problem. And, some of the incidents that occur at school (drug-related, usually) involve gang members.

Give it up. That poster is completely tone deaf.

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Anonymous wrote:Right before the Giant across from Wootton closed we said our goodbyes to the cashiers. They mentioned that the Wootton kids would come in everyday at lunch and after school and steal hundreds of dollars worth of merchandise. So, they are not all angels.

Perfect hearsay.

but repeating that there were two gang related gun incidences at RM when the police said there was only one, and neither were gang related, is not hearsay?

I’m an RM parent. The police did not say there were not two gun related incidents. They said there was on incident in which the individual was found with a gun on them and one in which the police did not locate the gun. I was listening to the police scanners as it happened. The students saw the gun (and the principal acknowledged that the students were circulating photos of what appeared to be a gun), but the individuals ran off into the woods between the school and the apartment building. The police circled around the apartment building but did not find them, at least in the hours i was listening. It seems to me likely the kid had a gun and either tossed it in the woods or stashed it in one of the apartments. They were carefully worded comminciwtions from the school and MCPD. I don’t have any knowledge as to whether or not they were gang related. I think people made assumptions that teen boys running around with guns were likely gang affiliated but I don’t know what the correlation is there.

I don't really understand what difference it makes if these events were gang related or not. If your kid is shot dead, would you find comfort knowing the killer was not a gang member?? Gun doesn't care who pulls the trigger.

There have been 0 gang-related incidents at an MCPS in over a decade, but some people love to fearmonger despite the lack of any credible evidence.

That is completely untrue. MCPS doesn't keep track of 'gang-related' incidents because it would make certain schools look bad. However, ask anyone in the MCPD and they will tell you that Montgomery County and MCPS most definitely has a gang problem. And, some of the incidents that occur at school (drug-related, usually) involve gang members.

Give it up. That poster is completely tone deaf.

DP.. can you cite a reliable source that states we have a gang problem in MCPS? I'm totally serious.