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[b]Juvenile offenders thoughts do not run so deep as to “sense that the city does not care about them”.[/b] The whole genesis of Racine’s proposal is that kids’ brains are not fully developed, so they certainly aren’t thinking as deeply as you suggest. What they sense is that there are few consequences for criminal behavior in DC so they take their teenage years as a crime freebie. Being committed to DYRS is a bit of street cred for many kids because they know that commitment doesn’t mean you will be locked away, you’ll generally still be at home with no supervision and running the streets.

Feel free to do a search of the kids between 16-17 in DC who have been charged as adults with murder, and then realize that under this proposal those kids would have been looking at a commitment to DYRS (which does not necessarily mean they will be detained) until a max of age 21. Here are some examples: the murderer of Neil Godleski in 2010, sniper Lee Malvo, one of the people charged with killing 10 year old Makiyah Wilson, and Maurice Bellamy who was convicted of murdering 2 people at age 17. [/quote]

I disagree - I think people have a pretty good sense about when the city (or whichever) government doesn't care about them, whether or not they can articulate it.[/quote]

It doesn't help that the Post and other left-leaning elite narrative makers constantly tell them that a) they can never get ahead because of racism,  b) they are poor because of racism, and c) money and bling is the source of happiness.[/quote]

You are being ridiculous.  First of all, whether you like to accept it or not, it is very clear through research that the male brain does not mature until they are about 25.  Criminal justice scholars talk about how people basically grow out of crime.  I have 2 sons - 19 and 22.  I swear they are the most immature creatures on earth.  There is a lot that DC can do with its youth to keep them busy.  They have not made that a priority.

I'm pretty sure that this group of folks do not read the post so that message is not getting to them.  Also, money and bling leading to happiness?  That's not a "left leaning" narrative.  That's called instagram and what this generation believes.[/quote]

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