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Reply to "In the 90's, DC murders were over drugs, what drives current murder spree in DC ???"
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[quote=Anonymous]During the Barry years it was clear that an anything goes mentality on behalf of the city prevailed. We had many corrupt policemen who were willing to look the other way. Poverty and crime were the norm. Today you have isolated pockets of hard core poverty and you’re seeing isolated pockets of hard core crime. The city isn’t gentrifying as much as the poor are leaving to escape the residual crime and violence. The city is doing its part, unknowingly, with charter schools which further concentrate underachievers in public schools. Look at the number of students in schools like Ballou and Anacostia. Despite new facilities kids migrate to charters or the parents leave in search of safety and a future. Expecting people to wait until they’re the last poor person in a neighborhood of wealth is insane. In a nutshell it’s opportunity. With a decent economy the poor escape while they can. [/quote]
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