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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honestly, I think that we the DC residents are a big part of this problem. We vote our council members into office and we don't offer more than mild complaining about our city's ridiculously lax attitude toward criminal behavior, [b]because we don't want to be called racist. Never mind that poor and black/Hispanic residents of DC are much more likely to be victims of a serious crime--murder in particular. [/b]

I just saw in the news today that police arrested a 14 year old (!) in connection with the murder of the contractor in Trinidad. A hard-working immigrant was shot in the head in broad daylight by a 14 year old, but we know that the killer will probably serve a couple years in prison (if that), before being released because he is a minor.

I think if we were serious about holding our leadership's feet to the fire and forcing them to come up with better solutions, we would be calling our council members every day and maybe even protesting. But I know no one will go any further than posting about it on the internet...[/quote]

Totally not PC but I think this is a huge part of the problem.  There is always a big push to address the issue of a disproportionate number of black and Hispanic young men being locked up.  [/quote]

Don't fail to consider the fact that in DC, ex-offenders and family members of offenders are quite numerous and council members know that.  There's an old joke that in Iowa and Nebraska, politicians court the farm bloc.  DC politicians court the cell block.[/quote]

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