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[quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]
With any and all due respect, there is NO "immediate answer." Let's not kid ourselves. The expanding teen rage and resulting violence is only one consequence of deep rooted severe problems that have been ignored far too long. Slapping another bandaid onto a hemoraging generation may be better than nothing, but it will never really reduce the bloodshed, nor the trauma inflicted on Washington by its own.[/quote]

[b]I agree with you. If the zoo gets sealed off, it's probably just going to push the violence somewhere else.[/b] That's probably fine with most of the crowd posting here, but very short-sighted.

According to media reports, the 14-year-old arrested for the shooting had over 100 absences from school this year. Legislation introduced by David Catania last year and passed by the Council (and signed into law) requires students who are 14 - 17 be referred to social services after 15 absences. It would be worth looking into what actions, if any, social services took. This was clearly a child in need of intervention.
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Yes, parents who want to take their young children to the zoo and Woodley Park neighbors.  Just suck it up for the greater good of One City and leave the zoo area as the playground of choice for angry, violent teen criminals.  Otherwise, they'll just take their guns and knives elsewhere.[/quote]

You act like parents and residents elsewhere in the city are happy to have violence in their communities. But, guess what? They aren't any different than the folks in Woodley Park. You can try to act like the rest of the city doesn't exist and mock "One City", but that's a short-sighted approach. What is there to stop the kids from simply choosing another day of the year to go to the Zoo?
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Of course, no one wants violence in their communities, and that's precisely the point.  When one sees violence surrounding an event in recent years in a venue that attracts families with young kinds  as well as a spike in violence in a generally safe neighborhood, the response is to address it in a focused way.  It is not to accept some level of violence peanut-buttered across neighborhoods in the city.  I suppose that the teen criminals could choose another day at random to go to the zoo, but that would take a catalyst.  Unfortunately, Easter Monday has been the catalyst and it needs to be restructured.[/quote]

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