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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Did you think people who never had a stable family or went to school regularly would be magically law abiding citizens?  They clearly are desperate people who should know better but aren't able to because they gave nothing.  Shooting them or jailing them doesn't resolve the problem.  It's a societal thing where the gap between rich and poor are too great.  Unless you put in community and neighborhood programs just strict law enforcement will drive crime to another part of the city but doesn't rid crime.  People who have nothing have nothing to lose. [/quote]

How many more community programs do you want? Schools offer mental health, meals, healthcare, teach kids to ride bikes, Dc has summer youth employment, safe passage people to get home from school safely, free after and beforecare for low income residents.  My kid’s title 1 school offers parenting sessions to deal with behavior/other issues.  The district has a robust social welfare program, you can’t get evicted in DC, you don’t have to pay traffic or parking tickets, you don’t have to pay for metro or buses, etc.  [/quote]

Schools are under-resourced and understaffed so there really is not enough money and staffing to help children and families heal from generational trauma. As Frederick Douglas once said, "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." Schools and other community-based programs are for the benefit of society, if you cut those programs or under-fund them, you can expect crime to raise. The result we are seeing is from the COVID closures which mentally and socially impacted the most vulnerable in society. [/quote]

Schools are underresourced?  Don't we have the highest per pupil spending and the second highest teacher pay package in the country?

What does that have to do with decriminalizing property damage?  [b]Nobody wants to live somewhere where their private property is considered part of a free public rage room.[/b][/quote]

No, they don't. I'll add where their bodies and safety and those of loved ones are considered part of a free public rage room either.

And combining this type of widespread damage, with nothing done about it, with people getting shot on K St. at rush hour picking up a spouse from work, does not make DC an appealing place to live, work or visit. Someone was mugged right near Old Ebbitt/WH on Sunday afternoon, broad daylight, LOTS of people around. None of that matters anymore, even LE in sight is no guarantee of safety. That is why a hired guard is of so much less value than in 90s, then "eyes on the street" had a significant value. Crime in DC is a national and international story, likely to impact tourism, too. CRE tax revenue is in free fall, DC really can't afford to lose middle class residents and tourists. The guy from Argentina punched in the face on metro at Columbia Heights had broken facial bones. His X post has over 5 M views. And still the Council weakens laws at the behest of activists it refuses to disclose, smh.

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