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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There needs to be robust overhaul of programs. A lot of young people don’t know about all the opportunities available to them. Violence interruption requires more funding and more organization. [/quote]

1) you are basically spouting platitudes that have been regurgitated for decades (more programs! No one knows about the programs!). Programs don’t stop people committing crimes right now. They are helpful, don’t get me wrong, but they are not an immediate solution to crime. Also, there are millions of dollars allocated to programs and the most spent per pupil for students.

2) all studies show “violence interruptors” have no efficacy in terms of interrupting violence. Look it up. Point me to any studies that show that the 9M the dc council spent this year is a useful outlay of tax payer dollars and not a poor substitute inspired by a council intent on implementing progressive criminal justice policies that are not grounded by fact based findings. I get it. They are an alternative method and we incarcerate too many people. However, they do not stop crime.

3) what immediate concrete steps can we take to lower the rising car jackings and homicides. Please don’t throw out a blanket response like “more funding for programs. How do we lower it?[/quote]

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