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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Murder at Navy Yard metro this morning.

But, repeat after me, “things were worse in the 90s.”[/quote]

That was a shooting on the train not at the station but yeah … point taken. [/quote]

I lived there in the ‘90s and it was much worse. But that doesn’t mean today’s level of crime is ok and should be tolerated.
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Posts about the 11 year-old who was arrested by MPD for his involvement in 3 armed robberies, and covered by WTOP ?

- those should be deleted.  Nothing to see.  Move along.  Most feel safe in their neighborhoods.[/quote]

Wait - WHAT?!?

This can’t be real[/quote]
Yup it is, oh and the Post had an update today about the 12 year old who had previously been arrested on 9 carjackings, robberies, etc. He had for some reason been placed in a shelter house and not held at the juvie detention center and wait for it….he fled the insecure shelter and is at large. Yay DC and progressive criminal justice policies! [/quote]

You can’t ethically just throw a 12 yo into prison. Get real. That kid needs help and not just empty punishment. 12![/quote]
A 12 year old who has racked up 9 violent offenses cannot just be left to run the streets and victimize more people. He absolutely should have been in a secure juvenile detention facility. No one said he should have been placed in an adult prison. [/quote]

He wasn’t “just left” to roam the streets, he ran away from a shelter. There is no simple fix for this situation.[/quote]

Of course there's a simple fix!  You don't move him from the secure facility to the less secure facility, not with that kind of background.  Most juvenile systems have two options when kids aren't released to their parents -- less secure facility, which is exactly what it sounds like (you aren't supposed to walk out, but the doors aren't locked and no one will stop you) and a secure facility (doors are locked).  [/quote]

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