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[quote=Anonymous]It is not a troll post. It is how the law works and it is how DC residents have been screaming for the law to work for years.

We have been saying for years that it is not fair that one should be denied a job because of a pot conviction or a shoplifting conviction while a youth. So now we have made it so that a person cannot be denied that job...legally. And now we are complaining that they were not denied the job based on a background investigation?

What was supposed to disqualify them? The freezer bag of marijuana? Pot is legal in DC. The guns? I can't tell on the photos that the guns are illegal. So if I am Janey and doing a quick background investigation and social media lookup, what disqualified this individual? Even a pot conviction or previous carjacking has little to do with the job the young man is applying for.

We have been saying for a year now that young men of color are discriminated against when applying for jobs...and now you are surprised that he was hired with the set of rules we have created to deliberately allow him to be hired. I know he was hired prior to last year, but last years sentiments were not new. DC had been going this way for a long time.

You cannot have your cake and eat it to. The girls who killed the Uber eats driver at the waterfront. They will need jobs soon and they will get hired because no one will be able to hold their histories against them. Same with the MLK Crew banger, who decides to apply for a job. We as a city have decided and voted that he should be able to get a job without his background holding him up.

Look at your voting record. These initiatives were not close. This is who we are in DC.[/quote]

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