Hush on skin tone. Got it. Red Line attack-take 3

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anything to protect those real estate values and prevent white flight! Errr, I mean yuppy flight.

?You mean Millenial Hipster flight.

No, it's the Millennial Hipsters who insist everyone wants to move to the city. Uh, wrong.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:See something, text something: 696873 (MyMTPD). If you see something suspicious on Metro, contact the police.

“We would encourage riders to err on the side of caution and let transit police investigate anything that doesn’t seem quite right. Simply put, if you see something, say something or text something.” When texting a tip, riders should provide as much information as possible, including the location, the nature of the incident or activity, and a description of persons of interest. The message will be send directly to the Metro Transit Police communication center, and riders will receive a confirmation that their text has been sent.

[Jeff, if you are going to delete this post, can you at least explain why? I'd like to avoid violating any of your posting rules, but I cannot avoid them if you won't say what they are.]

Wouldn't photos be more helpful in such a situation?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:See something, text something: 696873 (MyMTPD). If you see something suspicious on Metro, contact the police.

“We would encourage riders to err on the side of caution and let transit police investigate anything that doesn’t seem quite right. Simply put, if you see something, say something or text something.” When texting a tip, riders should provide as much information as possible, including the location, the nature of the incident or activity, and a description of persons of interest. The message will be send directly to the Metro Transit Police communication center, and riders will receive a confirmation that their text has been sent.

[Jeff, if you are going to delete this post, can you at least explain why? I'd like to avoid violating any of your posting rules, but I cannot avoid them if you won't say what they are.]

Wouldn't photos be more helpful in such a situation?

Great idea. Snap a pic and text it if you see suspicious behavior. That way, if an incident develops, the police may be better able to assess who to detain.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You know what's funny?

You all want perfect behavior from teens yet you can't even control yourselves enough to keep a thread open.

And by "perfect behavior from teens" you mean bashing someone in the face and breaking his jaw. Got it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:See something, text something: 696873 (MyMTPD). If you see something suspicious on Metro, contact the police.

“We would encourage riders to err on the side of caution and let transit police investigate anything that doesn’t seem quite right. Simply put, if you see something, say something or text something.” When texting a tip, riders should provide as much information as possible, including the location, the nature of the incident or activity, and a description of persons of interest. The message will be send directly to the Metro Transit Police communication center, and riders will receive a confirmation that their text has been sent.

[Jeff, if you are going to delete this post, can you at least explain why? I'd like to avoid violating any of your posting rules, but I cannot avoid them if you won't say what they are.]

Wouldn't photos be more helpful in such a situation?

Great idea. Snap a pic and text it if you see suspicious behavior. That way, if an incident develops, the police may be better able to assess who to detain.

That could end up engaging the individual and escalate a situation. Picture would be great if possible without being noticed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4) it was rush hour. ... Could nobody help the man/call for help sooner?

I dunno, but if I were there I sure as f*** wouldn't get near a group of 10 teens in this city.

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Funny how Americans won't intervene when a fellow citizen is being beaten on a crowded train during rush hour yet some Americans foiled terrorist attack in a midair flight. What happened to American courage?

The people with the guts to fight back are too smart to live in areas served by the red line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You know what's funny?

You all want perfect behavior from teens yet you can't even control yourselves enough to keep a thread open.

This. They talk about the teens' upbringing, but what about the lazyminded cretins who raised you all to be the hateful racists that you are? You are impeding progress as surely as those teens are.

Oh dear, you are so unfortunate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4) it was rush hour. ... Could nobody help the man/call for help sooner?

I dunno, but if I were there I sure as f*** wouldn't get near a group of 10 teens in this city.

l

Funny how Americans won't intervene when a fellow citizen is being beaten on a crowded train during rush hour yet some Americans foiled terrorist attack in a midair flight. What happened to American courage?

The people with the guts to fight back are too smart to live in areas served by the red line.

Amen to that!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at this country. Look at this world. Poor people are the majority everywhere. Do y'all really think its a good idea to declare outright war against impoverished people?
You do know that's where y'all rationalization is leaning toward, right?
You telling me you think its a good idea to force people to take shots and pills to receive government assistance? Lol - that sounds like just the kind of spark that will end up igniting the powder keg...sounds like just the type of tyranny that folks see as "the last straw" and start a full-fledged revolution over.

So what do YOU see as a solution? We have bands of unruly children roaming the Metro, Georgetown and further out. We should just let rule the streets with no consequences? If I was poor certainly wouldn't go about having a bunch of children I could not pay for. The entitlement has to stop.

Unless you can provide some conclusive irrefutable evidence that the bands of unruly children you speak of are all comprised youths whose parent(s) are on government assistance then such a solution is extreme to say the least. If there's even one unruly kid in the country who isn't from a poor household and whose parent(s) aren't getting any type of government assistance then your bright idea won't solve shit. All it will do is infringe upon the rights and liberties of MANY hardworking and law-abiding citizens who (once again) find themselves being denigrated and discriminated against for the ridiculous "crime" of not being rich.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Have the attackers been arrested? This is really frightening.

Nor have the gangs of 'juveniles' who recently mugged two people in normally safe AU Park, blocks from the Tenleytown Metro.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. The title of this post is begging for trolling behavior.
2. We need information such as skin tone in order to identify those involved. Some of them escaped by passing through the emergency doors into other train cars, so maybe people on those trains can help...but they need to know what they are looking for.

I'm finding it frustrating how, very often, crimes are committed and the media leaves out race. Sorry, telling me a male of a certain height committed a crime and hey, if I saw anything please contact police. Well, describe the person fully so I can maybe help. Trying to be PC is dangerous in these situations.

The Post's policy is the most extreme PC. They leave race out of the description because they claim it doesn't add anything. In a sense, the Post is being the opposite of PC because they are essentially saying that in DC the assumption, if not the reality, is that the overwhelming percentage of violent crimes are committed by individuals of one racial group so omitting it from the description won't add anything.

What exactly do you mean by "PC" here? Is this what you mean?

"agreeing with the idea that people should be careful to not use language or behave in a way that could offend a particular group of people"

While the Post is twisting itself in pretzel knots to avoid "offending a particular group of people", the Metropolitan Police Department routinely includes race in its alerts and suspect descriptions because it wants to warn residents and catch the bad guys.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/politically%20correct

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:1. The title of this post is begging for trolling behavior.
2. We need information such as skin tone in order to identify those involved. Some of them escaped by passing through the emergency doors into other train cars, so maybe people on those trains can help...but they need to know what they are looking for.

I'm finding it frustrating how, very often, crimes are committed and the media leaves out race. Sorry, telling me a male of a certain height committed a crime and hey, if I saw anything please contact police. Well, describe the person fully so I can maybe help. Trying to be PC is dangerous in these situations.

The Post's policy is the most extreme PC. They leave race out of the description because they claim it doesn't add anything. In a sense, the Post is being the opposite of PC because they are essentially saying that in DC the assumption, if not the reality, is that the overwhelming percentage of violent crimes are committed by individuals of one racial group so omitting it from the description won't add anything.

What exactly do you mean by "PC" here? Is this what you mean?

"agreeing with the idea that people should be careful to not use language or behave in a way that could offend a particular group of people"

While the Post is twisting itself in pretzel knots to avoid "offending a particular group of people", the Metropolitan Police Department routinely includes race in its alerts and suspect descriptions because it wants to warn residents and catch the bad guys.

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/politically%20correct

While the Post is twisting itself in pretzel knots to avoid "offending a particular group of people", the Metropolitan Police Department routinely includes race in its alerts and suspect descriptions because it wants to warn residents and catch the bad guys.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:4) it was rush hour. ... Could nobody help the man/call for help sooner?

I dunno, but if I were there I sure as f*** wouldn't get near a group of 10 teens in this city.

l

Funny how Americans won't intervene when a fellow citizen is being beaten on a crowded train during rush hour yet some Americans foiled terrorist attack in a midair flight. What happened to American courage?

The people with the guts to fight back are too smart to live in areas served by the red line.

Am originally from VA and now live in areas served by the Red Line. Am researching how to fight back, legally, since I'm over 18
Any ideas?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can't we worry about profiling/silliness when it does happen? I've read from time to time about bald middle black men getting harassed because a dreadlocked black teenager hit up a 7-Eleven an hour ago.

I'd also like to think the MPD and others keep a database of people who're likely to go "OMG Black people in the area!"

Actually, they don't. In fact, I talked to a couple of MPD officers who said that they experience the opposite problem, in that they encounter too many fine folks in
Washington who are reluctant to report suspicious behavior because they don't want to be considered as profiling, or worse. As a result, some persons who may seem up to no good in fact are, and the police might have prevented something had someone called them. The officers said if something seems off, it often is and that people should not be afraid to trust their gut. And when in doubt, call the police and let them sort things out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Can't we worry about profiling/silliness when it does happen? I've read from time to time about bald middle black men getting harassed because a dreadlocked black teenager hit up a 7-Eleven an hour ago.

I'd also like to think the MPD and others keep a database of people who're likely to go "OMG Black people in the area!"

Actually, they don't. In fact, I talked to a couple of MPD officers who said that they experience the opposite problem, in that they encounter too many fine folks in
Washington who are reluctant to report suspicious behavior because they don't want to be considered as profiling, or worse. As a result, some persons who may seem up to no good in fact are, and the police might have prevented something had someone called them. The officers said if something seems off, it often is and that people should not be afraid to trust their gut. And when in doubt, call the police and let them sort things out.

Like they sorted out Tamir Rice? No, thank you.