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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Violence interrupters out here putting their life at risk for the youth.This death of violence interrupter is a loss to the community but also the youth seeking role models. How people say oh violent interrupters don't work when police out here killing them? If they killing them all, how they supposed to help the youth? smh[/quote]

So-called “violence interrupters are pathetic and ineffective.  And now we know from Trayon’s case, the program is also corrupt.

Bring back the police! [/quote]

We haven't tried real violence interrupters. The program could still work. Throw some more money at it.[/quote]

I take it you’re being sarcastic, but there is a grain of truth here. The Bowser administration (and, to be fair, its recent predecessors) has really cornered the market in taking good ideas and doing them really badly. Streetcars would be fantastic, but the implementation was so abysmal that there is no real hope of DC getting any further mileage in the near future. Likewise, the bike lanes - good idea, but scattered across the city in apparently random locations not so much. Housing vouchers for the homeless are not a bad idea, but yet the administration screwed the pooch. Hiring cronies and hacks might be good politics for Bowser, but really screwed over the city.[/quote]

- except “violence interruptors” are a fundamentally unworkable and entirely ineffective idea.

The entire premise is fatally flawed.  Why waste more money on something which does not work ?[/quote]

Similar concepts seem to be working a charm in Baltimore and Detroit: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2024/09/29/us/us-violent-crime-rates-down-dg[/quote]

Baltimore?

That’s your example? Baltimore??

Is this some sort of joke or something??[/quote]
[b]”In the first half of 2024, the Baltimore Police Department (BPD) has seen double-digit reductions in gun violence, including a 36% decrease in homicides and a 30% decrease in non-fatal shootings. During this time, the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) clearance rates for homicides has improved to 70.1%, an increase of 24% from this time last year.”[/b]
https://www.baltimorepolice.org/news/baltimore-police-department-releases-2024-mid-year-crime-report-and-key-highlights[/quote]

Crime rates are decreasing because they are putting more violent criminals and murders in jail. This has nothing to do with violence interrupters. 1% of the population commits more than half of all violent crime. If you throw them in jail, crime will go down significantly. 
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