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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We did the heavy prison penalties for these crimes in the 90s, people. It didn't deter a single criminal from making DC the country's homicide capital. Unsupervised, angry teens living in poverty and deprivation will always turn to crime. Having schools provide more Special Education and mental health services, truancy accountability, and even raising the minimum wage so poor parents have to work fewer jobs and can spend more time at home supervising their kids would make a big difference. The minimum wage in DC should be at least 20 an hour with how expensive everything is here. [/quote]

Part of the problem is denial - yes, a lot of these kids have serious problems, often as a result of multi-generational dysfunction.  But the school system and current political system wants to whitewash it and just mainstream these kids, pretending those issues at home don't really exist.  The reality is that some of those kids DO need diversions into special ed or mental health services, intensive programs to help them keep up, stay in school and off the streets - and yes, in some cases may need to be separated entirely from toxic home situations or other more intensive diversions for reform but that immediately gets slapped down with "tHaTs RAYciST!!!!1!" because most of the kids who are struggling are black.  But no, that's not it at all.  If ALL black kids were being diverted, you might have a point, but since not all black kids would be, you don't.[/quote]

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