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Anonymous wrote:While inside a car

https://wtop.com/local/2025/07/3-year-old-girl-dies-following-holiday-weekend-shooting-in-southeast-dc/

Horrible. But - WTF was a child that young doing sitting in a parked car and not home in bed at 3 am on Saturday morning?

This. Parents were doing something to be out at 3am. Poor kid.

I was poor once. Life is completely upside down and different when one is poor. I have been driving around just to get away from violence at home, or find a place to park and sleep. It doesn't make any sense to a middle or UMC person who has money and options, but the lives of the poor, are totally different.
I can't even tell you how many times I was beaten, dragged, chased, yelled at with no safe place to be or go. Now add kids to this all.
I could have been shot many times just for being near Park Road, Sherman Avenue, Georgia Avenue, and Irving street or waking home from work 4 am. I had no business being that poor, but living among them made all 100 times harder.
I'm not poor anymore. It was a miracle I pulled through. And before you say, why didn't I work 24/7 to get out. I did. The money was taken before I could even get the check and then some when it was home supposedly safe. It's so hard to explain how this works in poor communities. Few month living among the poor and their behavior, feeling, emotions, actions would all make sense There are many more kids to die being out and about at night, and grown up ofcourse.

In this situation, where dragging your toddlers around at three in the morning is one alternative then you are ethically and morally required to select the other alternative. Which is to place your children with a stable relative, even in another state. Let grandma raise them or auntie or cousin or high school classmate somebody who’s really really stable. And then you probably also have an ethical obligation to have your tubes tied. Or at least initiate ultra long acting birth control.

I'm sure the parents of this dead 3-year-old would love for you to go tell them this advice, which you seem to think is basically obvious and easy to follow. Try having a little bit of empathy for everyone in this horrible situation instead of just judging them for making choices that you're unlikely ever to even face?

DP

Someone SHOULD HAVE told them exactly this.

They are the reason their child is dead. My only sympathies are with the dead girl. Not her dirtbag family who got her killed going dirtbag stuff.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While inside a car

https://wtop.com/local/2025/07/3-year-old-girl-dies-following-holiday-weekend-shooting-in-southeast-dc/

Horrible. But - WTF was a child that young doing sitting in a parked car and not home in bed at 3 am on Saturday morning?

This. Parents were doing something to be out at 3am. Poor kid.

I was poor once. Life is completely upside down and different when one is poor. I have been driving around just to get away from violence at home, or find a place to park and sleep. It doesn't make any sense to a middle or UMC person who has money and options, but the lives of the poor, are totally different.
I can't even tell you how many times I was beaten, dragged, chased, yelled at with no safe place to be or go. Now add kids to this all.
I could have been shot many times just for being near Park Road, Sherman Avenue, Georgia Avenue, and Irving street or waking home from work 4 am. I had no business being that poor, but living among them made all 100 times harder.
I'm not poor anymore. It was a miracle I pulled through. And before you say, why didn't I work 24/7 to get out. I did. The money was taken before I could even get the check and then some when it was home supposedly safe. It's so hard to explain how this works in poor communities. Few month living among the poor and their behavior, feeling, emotions, actions would all make sense There are many more kids to die being out and about at night, and grown up ofcourse.

In this situation, where dragging your toddlers around at three in the morning is one alternative then you are ethically and morally required to select the other alternative. Which is to place your children with a stable relative, even in another state. Let grandma raise them or auntie or cousin or high school classmate somebody who’s really really stable. And then you probably also have an ethical obligation to have your tubes tied. Or at least initiate ultra long acting birth control.

I'm sure the parents of this dead 3-year-old would love for you to go tell them this advice, which you seem to think is basically obvious and easy to follow. Try having a little bit of empathy for everyone in this horrible situation instead of just judging them for making choices that you're unlikely ever to even face?

DP

Someone SHOULD HAVE told them exactly this.

They are the reason their child is dead. My only sympathies are with the dead girl. Not her dirtbag family who got her killed going dirtbag stuff.

Anonymous wrote:So gross that people use occasions like this to try to post the usual anti-DC sentiment.

Guess what, shooting happen everywhere in our disturbed country. From my hometown, known as a rich suburb:

https://www.wral.com/news/local/5-year-old-girl-shot-cary-road-rage-released-hospital-july-2025/

Anonymous wrote:Trump’s America.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While inside a car

https://wtop.com/local/2025/07/3-year-old-girl-dies-following-holiday-weekend-shooting-in-southeast-dc/

Horrible. But - WTF was a child that young doing sitting in a parked car and not home in bed at 3 am on Saturday morning?

They are probably living in their car. Have some grace.

Anonymous wrote:Unfortunately, the sad truth is that this murder will be quickly forgotten, just like many other murders of Black people, because there is no police officer that was involved.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While inside a car

https://wtop.com/local/2025/07/3-year-old-girl-dies-following-holiday-weekend-shooting-in-southeast-dc/

Horrible. But - WTF was a child that young doing sitting in a parked car and not home in bed at 3 am on Saturday morning?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While inside a car

https://wtop.com/local/2025/07/3-year-old-girl-dies-following-holiday-weekend-shooting-in-southeast-dc/

Horrible. But - WTF was a child that young doing sitting in a parked car and not home in bed at 3 am on Saturday morning?

This. Parents were doing something to be out at 3am. Poor kid.

I was poor once. Life is completely upside down and different when one is poor. I have been driving around just to get away from violence at home, or find a place to park and sleep. It doesn't make any sense to a middle or UMC person who has money and options, but the lives of the poor, are totally different.
I can't even tell you how many times I was beaten, dragged, chased, yelled at with no safe place to be or go. Now add kids to this all.
I could have been shot many times just for being near Park Road, Sherman Avenue, Georgia Avenue, and Irving street or waking home from work 4 am. I had no business being that poor, but living among them made all 100 times harder.
I'm not poor anymore. It was a miracle I pulled through. And before you say, why didn't I work 24/7 to get out. I did. The money was taken before I could even get the check and then some when it was home supposedly safe. It's so hard to explain how this works in poor communities. Few month living among the poor and their behavior, feeling, emotions, actions would all make sense There are many more kids to die being out and about at night, and grown up ofcourse.

In this situation, where dragging your toddlers around at three in the morning is one alternative then you are ethically and morally required to select the other alternative. Which is to place your children with a stable relative, even in another state. Let grandma raise them or auntie or cousin or high school classmate somebody who’s really really stable. And then you probably also have an ethical obligation to have your tubes tied. Or at least initiate ultra long acting birth control.

I'm sure the parents of this dead 3-year-old would love for you to go tell them this advice, which you seem to think is basically obvious and easy to follow. Try having a little bit of empathy for everyone in this horrible situation instead of just judging them for making choices that you're unlikely ever to even face?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While inside a car

https://wtop.com/local/2025/07/3-year-old-girl-dies-following-holiday-weekend-shooting-in-southeast-dc/

Horrible. But - WTF was a child that young doing sitting in a parked car and not home in bed at 3 am on Saturday morning?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While inside a car

https://wtop.com/local/2025/07/3-year-old-girl-dies-following-holiday-weekend-shooting-in-southeast-dc/

Horrible. But - WTF was a child that young doing sitting in a parked car and not home in bed at 3 am on Saturday morning?

This. Parents were doing something to be out at 3am. Poor kid.

I was poor once. Life is completely upside down and different when one is poor. I have been driving around just to get away from violence at home, or find a place to park and sleep. It doesn't make any sense to a middle or UMC person who has money and options, but the lives of the poor, are totally different.
I can't even tell you how many times I was beaten, dragged, chased, yelled at with no safe place to be or go. Now add kids to this all.
I could have been shot many times just for being near Park Road, Sherman Avenue, Georgia Avenue, and Irving street or waking home from work 4 am. I had no business being that poor, but living among them made all 100 times harder.
I'm not poor anymore. It was a miracle I pulled through. And before you say, why didn't I work 24/7 to get out. I did. The money was taken before I could even get the check and then some when it was home supposedly safe. It's so hard to explain how this works in poor communities. Few month living among the poor and their behavior, feeling, emotions, actions would all make sense There are many more kids to die being out and about at night, and grown up ofcourse.

In this situation, where dragging your toddlers around at three in the morning is one alternative then you are ethically and morally required to select the other alternative. Which is to place your children with a stable relative, even in another state. Let grandma raise them or auntie or cousin or high school classmate somebody who’s really really stable. And then you probably also have an ethical obligation to have your tubes tied. Or at least initiate ultra long acting birth control.

Anonymous wrote:We need to defund the police!

#BlackLivesMatter

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:While inside a car

https://wtop.com/local/2025/07/3-year-old-girl-dies-following-holiday-weekend-shooting-in-southeast-dc/

Horrible. But - WTF was a child that young doing sitting in a parked car and not home in bed at 3 am on Saturday morning?

This. Parents were doing something to be out at 3am. Poor kid.

I was poor once. Life is completely upside down and different when one is poor. I have been driving around just to get away from violence at home, or find a place to park and sleep. It doesn't make any sense to a middle or UMC person who has money and options, but the lives of the poor, are totally different.
I can't even tell you how many times I was beaten, dragged, chased, yelled at with no safe place to be or go. Now add kids to this all.
I could have been shot many times just for being near Park Road, Sherman Avenue, Georgia Avenue, and Irving street or waking home from work 4 am. I had no business being that poor, but living among them made all 100 times harder.
I'm not poor anymore. It was a miracle I pulled through. And before you say, why didn't I work 24/7 to get out. I did. The money was taken before I could even get the check and then some when it was home supposedly safe. It's so hard to explain how this works in poor communities. Few month living among the poor and their behavior, feeling, emotions, actions would all make sense There are many more kids to die being out and about at night, and grown up ofcourse.

In this situation, where dragging your toddlers around at three in the morning is one alternative then you are ethically and morally required to select the other alternative. Which is to place your children with a stable relative, even in another state. Let grandma raise them or auntie or cousin or high school classmate somebody who’s really really stable. And then you probably also have an ethical obligation to have your tubes tied. Or at least initiate ultra long acting birth control.