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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Seriously OP - if you get your news from DCUM, I'm worried about you.[/quote]

Agreed.  (Np here.). However, as someone relatively new to DC, I had no idea the day after Easter was sometimes a violent day at the zoo.  The news didn't report it.  I learned about the Calvert bridge shooting on DCUM. A random comment about AA family day made me do a lot of googling.  It took a lot of time to figure out what AA Family Day was, it's history (both good and bad), and determine that my family and I should skip the zoo yesterday. We were actually planning to go but thankfully I did some research.  But I never would have know it was an unsafe day if I only watched the local news.[/quote]

Thanks for sharing that perspective as someone new to DC. Do you think you'll go next year? What would you say to friends or relatives who might be in town?[/quote]

No way.  I will avoid the zoo for all of Spring Break and Easter. I'm not going to risk my life and the lives of my family to be politically correct.  I will tell all friends, relatives, and tourists to stay far away.  The community needs to end this crap now.  Right now, tourists all over the US are telling their families and communities how violent DC is and how normal people can't even visit the zoo on a Spring day.  We who live here know that's not accurate, but this is the reputation DC will get.[/quote]

Let's not forget who pays for and operates the zoo.  The federal government and the Smithsonian..  It is the National Zoo, where locals and tourists should feel welcome.  It's not some private local hunting ground for a few screwed up DC gang bangers.
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Thank you for bringing up this obvious yet so-far-ignored point. Time for the zoo to step up and either ensure safety or suspend the event until safety is guaranteed and the city can improve, not worsen, our image.[/quote]
With the history of violence on this "event" it should be reassigned or cancelled. Why should the Easter Holiday be AA Day at the zoo in the first place?[/quote]

Blame the racist history of this country for the need to have this day in the first place. [/quote]

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