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Anonymous wrote:What can be done is that people can drop their entitlement. If you’re not disabled and you get on a bus, you and your kids need to be prepared to stand. Stop policing others’ language. Done.

What can be done is that people can drop their entitlement. If someone asks you to stop cursing, you don't get to assault them. Done.

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I thought the video would be way worse. Obviously what the kids did was unacceptable and they should be charged with assault. But they don’t have weapons and they’re not hitting her, they’re just trying to push her off the bus. Way scarier stuff happens on the buses. I think it was 10+ years ago at the height of when DC was “good” and there were kids throwing rocks at the buses which was really dangerous. This is bad but not that “scary.”

Anonymous wrote:This is the result when a society glorifies near universal disrespect and violence.

This is a result when a society continues to oppress and segregate poor people and gives youth in these communities little hope and a lot of anger.

Crimes were committed on that bus and those responsible need to be held accountable. However, there are deeper issues at play that need attention.

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I thought the video would be way worse. Obviously what the kids did was unacceptable and they should be charged with assault. But they don’t have weapons and they’re not hitting her, they’re just trying to push her off the bus. Way scarier stuff happens on the buses. I think it was 10+ years ago at the height of when DC was “good” and there were kids throwing rocks at the buses which was really dangerous. This is bad but not that “scary.”

Anonymous wrote:What can be done is that people can drop their entitlement. If you’re not disabled and you get on a bus, you and your kids need to be prepared to stand. Stop policing others’ language. Done.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We need ti have metro police start riding on the bus and trains around the clock to protect people. This is so terrible. I let my kids13 and 19 ride the bus alone occasionally, but the lines we take are full of rowdy kids. Its unacceptable.

Metro Transit Police should be on buses, too. MPD should be on Circulators, akin to TSA on planes - you won't know who they are, but they will keep you from hurting anyone. But that would require a huge cultural shift at MPD. They view themselves more as warriors than cops with all of us and our petty needs, like safety, beneath them. Look at their crime clearance rates - it's almost as if we pay them to not work.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A woman on the bus gave up her seat so another woman and her kids could sit down together. And then she asked a group of teens to stop cursing. I have no idea "how" she asked, but nothing justifies what these kids did to her. And I get why people are scared to intervene. What can be done to help prevent some of the out-of-control behavior of youth?

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/video-shows-a-woman-being-attacked-pushed-off-a-dc-metrobus

What can be done? Avoid areas and places, like “bad neighborhoods” and public transit where violent people are more likely to be.

Your privilege is really showing. You realize that so many people in DC have no choice but to live where they live and take public transportation, right. So we should make it safer for them instead of throwing our hands up and letting these hoodlums run the show.

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I thought the video would be way worse. Obviously what the kids did was unacceptable and they should be charged with assault. But they don’t have weapons and they’re not hitting her, they’re just trying to push her off the bus. Way scarier stuff happens on the buses. I think it was 10+ years ago at the height of when DC was “good” and there were kids throwing rocks at the buses which was really dangerous. This is bad but not that “scary.”

Anonymous wrote:Honestly I thought the video would be way worse. Obviously what the kids did was unacceptable and they should be charged with assault. But they don’t have weapons and they’re not hitting her, they’re just trying to push her off the bus. Way scarier stuff happens on the buses. I think it was 10+ years ago at the height of when DC was “good” and there were kids throwing rocks at the buses which was really dangerous. This is bad but not that “scary.”

Anonymous wrote:We need ti have metro police start riding on the bus and trains around the clock to protect people. This is so terrible. I let my kids13 and 19 ride the bus alone occasionally, but the lines we take are full of rowdy kids. Its unacceptable.