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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]“Violence interrupters” are more about knowing the friends and family of those victims as violence tends to occur in pocketed outbreaks (among known parties). The fact that the kids were likely not from the neighborhoods around the zoo means there is much less worry of on-going violence for the zoo neighbors while there is greater risk around the homes of those involved. 
I happen to live in a neighborhood plagued by violence. There were kids (toddler to teen) roaming my street on Weds and Fri. I watched ding-dong-ditch be played and my dogs got harassed a bit while out in the front yard. I came outside (working from home those days) to intervene in my dogs having kids bark back and yell at them and eventually had to exclaim “you all must be bored!” because the kids did not scatter when my adult self cane out to I intervene. They just nodded and agreed that they were BORED! [b]There was nothing for them to be involved in.[/b] They were switching each others shoes for entertainment (one little girl wearing one swapping one shoe with another). There are a lot of friendly amiable kids that live around me and very little for them to do. There is mischief to get into though.
A few posters on here I would like to thank. The one who used to run early mornings in the zoo and the one who moved and lived near the zoo long ago (moved to MoCo?) and the one who asked how criminal we all are if parking over the two hours allotted were seen as harshly as other infractions. Anyway, I worry for my neighbors and pray they not be villianized. [/quote]

Mostly true, except that there are a lot of legal things for kids in DC to be involved in, and most of it is free and accessible by Kids Ride Free metro. There is very little excuse for boredom in this city. And since you mentioned Wednesday night, on Wednesday night, kids should be in after school activities at school for free until at least 4:30, supervised free after care until 6 (most non-wealthy neighborhood schools have this), then home to study and read until bedtime. I have teens in the city too and they are never out and about being 'bored' and getting into trouble. There is plenty to do.

Being bored cannot be allowed to be an excuse for violence, harassment, or illegal behavior.[/quote]

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