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Is anyone else a member of this Facebook group and a Hill resident? A lady’s house was shot by kids with paintballs and she posted her anguish on the Facebook page. This paintball issue happened multiple times to the same resident. Instead of the group members being supportive, most of them told her not to calm the police to find the kids that did it because of the potential for the kids to go to jail or worse and because of potential police brutality.

I read the postings on this Facebook group a lot to stayinformed about local issues. I’m kind of concerned based on reading many of the responses to thud and other posts that we’re getting to a place where self flagellation is somehow expected. As if living in a city, and this probably directed to gentrifiers in dc, you’re supposed to just be a victim of crime and not call the police. Are many people like this now and it’s racist to call the cops? Or are these posts just virtue signaling? Basically if you call the cops now when you’re assaulted or whatever you are the one who’s bad? There have been other posts like this on the group where someone was hurt or verbally assaulted, posted their sad story online, only to be lectured to by some kid who merely says “don’t call the cops” you should just grin and bear it.

I’d post my annoyance on the groups page, but honestly the mods would probably kick me off for being “rude” or something.

Basically kids were walking around with paintball guns (in the cold snow) shooting things. Paintballs can freeze and really hurt. Also, this is the same neighborhood where kids were lighting leaves on fire under cars, there has been a large increase in car jackings, etc…so when I read posters encouraging victims to just move on and not do anything like tell the police I’m kind of surprised. The kids were on camera.

These are really just childish pranks.

Arson is not a prank.

Oh please.

So they lit a couple of leaves on fire. MYOB.

Besides, what does the city provide for these kids to do? Nothing?

Parks, after school programs, meals?

How about juvie?
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Any youth from 14 to 22 can have a government paid summer job.
Any youth in public or public charter school can have free lunch and free breakfast.
There are numerous sports and recreation leagues---basketball, football, soccer, tennis, plus organizations that will provide sports equipment to kids who need it
There are numerous organizations that provide mentors (e.g., boys and girls club).

There is no shortage in this city of do-gooder organizations and government money to help needy children.
What there is NOT is any type of accountability for lousy parents.   There is also a child protective services system that is focused on "family reunification" to the detriment of the best interests of the child---where kids are put through a revolving door of foster care/return to dsyfunctional home/back to foster care, etc.    And don't come back and talk about how poverty is the cause of poor parenting, because there are poor families who are NOT poor parents.   There are also any number of government programs/set asides/training programs to help adults who want to work.  [/quote]

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