To the nonbelievers of the Georgetown Attack... Car window smashed and handbag stolen last week

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I just wanted to post a message urging everyone to remain careful, even when in Georgetown

OP you really need to stop watching the Disney Channel and turn on the friggin news once in a while. Shit happens EVERYWHERE. There are no "safe spots"...there are no "crime free zones"...there are no magical villages of affluent immunity where people can throw caution and common sense out the window and be free to leave their purses in plain sight without worry and leave their keys in the ignition without concern. You should remain careful until you drop dead OP and if shit happens because of your ignorance and/or negligence...well, you asked for it.

Not the OP, but did you read her post? She knows she did a dumb thing by leaving her purse in plain view. She also acknowledges that even Georgetown is vulnerable to these types of crimes. She was railing against the naysayers who were denying that that other attack happened in which the woman was surrounded by a gang of youths as she was getting in her car. I think OP is with you, PP.

If anything, this is a PSA that if you move to a big city like DC, always be on guard. Do not expect DC to change. Crime has been an issue in the city for eons, like any city. This is not Kansas anymore, people!

Dollars to donuts OP would not have left her purse in plain sight in Ward 7 or Ward 8. She left her purse on the seat in Georgetown thinking it wouldn't be an issue. That's the privilege and stupidity that people are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Op -- you sound really naive. Criminals go where the money is -- so, yes, of course there will be crime in G'town.

[Anonymous]

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So you let them walk to the playground themselves? Cross busy roads? Play in front of the convicted child abusers house?

And your front door? Open, right?

No - you make a series of choices to protect your children and yourself.

Yes, they walk to the playground by themselves. Yes, they cross busy roads by themselves. No, they don't play in front of the convicted child abuser's house, because there isn't one in our neighborhood that there would be any reason to play in front of.

We keep the front door closed because we don't want the cat to get out.

So you don't lock your doors? What is your address?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why do young black men commit nearly all of the violent crimes in DC? What's wrong with them??

Poverty. 90%+ of the poor in DC happen to be black. And it's the poor who commit crimes (that get caught).

Same reason why in West Virginia most of the crime is committed by poor, low educated, and often addicted white folks.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Why do young black men commit nearly all of the violent crimes in DC? What's wrong with them??

Poverty. 90%+ of the poor in DC happen to be black. And it's the poor who commit crimes (that get caught).

Same reason why in West Virginia most of the crime is committed by poor, low educated, and often addicted white folks.

Also, the vicious cycle of crime. Kid grows up without a dad, lacks supervision, gets in with the wrong crowd, looking for a sense of belonging. Gets into small theft and selling drugs like his friends. Gets more daring. Commits bigger crimes, sells harder drugs. Gets caught. Gets slammed with a felony conviction at age 18. Serves some jail time. Gets hardened in prison. No rehabilitation offered. With a felony, can't find a job, can't get on welfare...goes back to crime. This issue really needs to be addressed by our society if we are ever going to break the cycle.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do young black men commit nearly all of the violent crimes in DC? What's wrong with them??

Poverty. 90%+ of the poor in DC happen to be black. And it's the poor who commit crimes (that get caught).

Same reason why in West Virginia most of the crime is committed by poor, low educated, and often addicted white folks.

Also, the vicious cycle of crime. Kid grows up without a dad, lacks supervision, gets in with the wrong crowd, looking for a sense of belonging. Gets into small theft and selling drugs like his friends. Gets more daring. Commits bigger crimes, sells harder drugs. Gets caught. Gets slammed with a felony conviction at age 18. Serves some jail time. Gets hardened in prison. No rehabilitation offered. With a felony, can't find a job, can't get on welfare...goes back to crime. This issue really needs to be addressed by our society if we are ever going to break the cycle.

Know what drastically cuts recidivism rates?

-the original Project Exile, created by Tim Kaine when he was mayor of Richmond. But the key provision was:

-incarcerate the offender AT LEAST 50 miles from their home. Suddenly, the offenders are not sharing a cell block with people they know from their own neighborhood. Suddenly, they don't get weekly visits from their mommas or their babies mommas.

Suddenly prison seems a lot more like punishment. THEN they realize that they no longer want to victimize innocent people once they are released- because they don't want to go back to prison.

[Anonymous]

Metro Transit police are trying to find the group of teenagers police say assaulted another teen and a Maryland couple aboard a train, taking electronics and the teen’s shoes.

One of the victims was a 43-year-old man who was left with injuries to his back and ribs, and the mark of a footprint on his face. The man, who suffered a stroke more than a decade ago, has disabilities.

Gay slurs were used http://wtop.com/local/2015/12/metro-searching-for-teens-who-beat-robbed-3-green-line-riders/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do young black men commit nearly all of the violent crimes in DC? What's wrong with them??

Poverty. 90%+ of the poor in DC happen to be black. And it's the poor who commit crimes (that get caught).

Same reason why in West Virginia most of the crime is committed by poor, low educated, and often addicted white folks.

Also, the vicious cycle of crime. Kid grows up without a dad, lacks supervision, gets in with the wrong crowd, looking for a sense of belonging. Gets into small theft and selling drugs like his friends. Gets more daring. Commits bigger crimes, sells harder drugs. Gets caught. Gets slammed with a felony conviction at age 18. Serves some jail time. Gets hardened in prison. No rehabilitation offered. With a felony, can't find a job, can't get on welfare...goes back to crime. This issue really needs to be addressed by our society if we are ever going to break the cycle.

Know what drastically cuts recidivism rates?

-the original Project Exile, created by Tim Kaine when he was mayor of Richmond. But the key provision was:

-incarcerate the offender AT LEAST 50 miles from their home. Suddenly, the offenders are not sharing a cell block with people they know from their own neighborhood. Suddenly, they don't get weekly visits from their mommas or their babies mommas.

Suddenly prison seems a lot more like punishment. THEN they realize that they no longer want to victimize innocent people once they are released- because they don't want to go back to prison.

I'm the PP and I agree with you. Of course prison should not be fun but by the same token, these people need WORK after they get out or they'll just go back to a life of crime. Too much unnecessary discrimination against felons. No, I am not one, in case you are wondering.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why do young black men commit nearly all of the violent crimes in DC? What's wrong with them??

Poverty. 90%+ of the poor in DC happen to be black. And it's the poor who commit crimes (that get caught).

Same reason why in West Virginia most of the crime is committed by poor, low educated, and often addicted white folks.

Also, the vicious cycle of crime. Kid grows up without a dad, lacks supervision, gets in with the wrong crowd, looking for a sense of belonging. Gets into small theft and selling drugs like his friends. Gets more daring. Commits bigger crimes, sells harder drugs. Gets caught. Gets slammed with a felony conviction at age 18. Serves some jail time. Gets hardened in prison. No rehabilitation offered. With a felony, can't find a job, can't get on welfare...goes back to crime. This issue really needs to be addressed by our society if we are ever going to break the cycle.

Know what drastically cuts recidivism rates?

-the original Project Exile, created by Tim Kaine when he was mayor of Richmond. But the key provision was:

-incarcerate the offender AT LEAST 50 miles from their home. Suddenly, the offenders are not sharing a cell block with people they know from their own neighborhood. Suddenly, they don't get weekly visits from their mommas or their babies mommas.

Suddenly prison seems a lot more like punishment. THEN they realize that they no longer want to victimize innocent people once they are released- because they don't want to go back to prison.

Or worse. Recall when Marion Barry was incarcerated and he was "serviced" by one of his fervent supporters during prison visiting hours?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op -- you sound really naive. Criminals go where the money is -- so, yes, of course there will be crime in G'town.

Then we need more police to go where the criminals are going.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Gotta love white folk. They never think anything will ever come along to upset their privileged neighborhood apple cart.

I didn't know that wishing to live live without predatory criminals robbing, knifing or shooting them is "white privilege."

It's only "white privilege" when white people in Shaw and Petworth start caring about crime after 30+ years of working class AA's complaining about it in the same neighborhood. Everyone - aside from criminals - wants safe streets but no one with power or money seemed to care much when it was only affecting "those people."

And who exactly had the "power" back then? I recall when Carol Schwartz was the only Republican and the only white elected official in the District building. The reason why not much was done back in the day was the sheer incompetence of the Dysfunctional City government.

[Anonymous]

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Not the OP, but did you read her post? She knows she did a dumb thing by leaving her purse in plain view. She also acknowledges that even Georgetown is vulnerable to these types of crimes. She was railing against the naysayers who were denying that that other attack happened in which the woman was surrounded by a gang of youths as she was getting in her car. I think OP is with you, PP.

If anything, this is a PSA that if you move to a big city like DC, always be on guard. Do not expect DC to change. Crime has been an issue in the city for eons, like any city. This is not Kansas anymore, people!

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It wasn't ever Kansas.

Plus there is also crime in Kansas.

My cousin's purse was stolen out of her car while she and her family were at church. In rural Kansas. Probably by some white meth-head. Crime is everywhere.