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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn't a girl just stab another girl in the back around L'Enfant Plaza, too?  I am increasingly worried about our city's children participating in violence.[/quote]
Karl Racine and Charles Allen should maybe at some point be asked the tough questions about the rampant juvenile crime in the District.[/quote]

They should focus on the rampant inequality that exists in the city/country and the rampant lack of opportunities for people in certain communities.[/quote]

DP.  Can't they do both?

These kinds of responses to discussions about increased violent crime are getting really old.  [b]Lack of opportunity and inequality are issues that should be addressed, certainly, but they are not excuses for criminal behavior[/b].  There are plenty of people who face inequality and lack of opportunity but don't kill people while trying to steal their cars.[/quote]

So basically you are paying lip service to inequality, but when rubber hits the road, you are going to ignore it and throw the book at two young teens who almost certainly haven't gotten a single break in life and will have any chance at a decent future disappear with a jail sentence that will only harden them further.[/quote]

What is the age at which a person who grew up with crappy parents, failing schools, and systemic racism is responsible for their own actions? 15? 20? Never? If a person who has had no opportunities has children at 15 who then grow up with no opportunities and have children at 15 who have no opportunities, at what point in the chain does anyone have any real agency over their lives?

I understand the problem and I understand these kids have been failed by society, but what is the solution? Other than somehow removing toddlers from their parents to break the cycle (not happening, obviously) how do we actually change things? I would bet my 401K that neither of these girls are performing at grade level in school. [/quote]

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