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Anonymous wrote:Did you think people who never had a stable family or went to school regularly would be magically law abiding citizens? They clearly are desperate people who should know better but aren't able to because they gave nothing. Shooting them or jailing them doesn't resolve the problem. It's a societal thing where the gap between rich and poor are too great. Unless you put in community and neighborhood programs just strict law enforcement will drive crime to another part of the city but doesn't rid crime. People who have nothing have nothing to lose.

How many more community programs do you want? Schools offer mental health, meals, healthcare, teach kids to ride bikes, Dc has summer youth employment, safe passage people to get home from school safely, free after and beforecare for low income residents. My kid’s title 1 school offers parenting sessions to deal with behavior/other issues. The district has a robust social welfare program, you can’t get evicted in DC, you don’t have to pay traffic or parking tickets, you don’t have to pay for metro or buses, etc.

Schools are under-resourced and understaffed so there really is not enough money and staffing to help children and families heal from generational trauma. As Frederick Douglas once said, "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." Schools and other community-based programs are for the benefit of society, if you cut those programs or under-fund them, you can expect crime to raise. The result we are seeing is from the COVID closures which mentally and socially impacted the most vulnerable in society.

Yep.. yep.. and then folks get out of those schools and go to get a job and can only find part-time work near minimum wage because franchise companies don't want to bring on full time employees since the 08 crash and great recession because of health care requirements. So then they have to end up getting a *couple* jobs and working 60+ hour weeks just to barely make rent, while getting shit talked by people ordering their mocha mint latte and its taking too long.

Here's a thought... invest in schools. Invest in real community programs. Invest in food security. Invest in accessible, universal child and health care for young families.

I really wish we'd just try to put a good foot forward to make our society's default position altruistic instead of dog-eat-dog competitive for a change.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you think people who never had a stable family or went to school regularly would be magically law abiding citizens? They clearly are desperate people who should know better but aren't able to because they gave nothing. Shooting them or jailing them doesn't resolve the problem. It's a societal thing where the gap between rich and poor are too great. Unless you put in community and neighborhood programs just strict law enforcement will drive crime to another part of the city but doesn't rid crime. People who have nothing have nothing to lose.

How many more community programs do you want? Schools offer mental health, meals, healthcare, teach kids to ride bikes, Dc has summer youth employment, safe passage people to get home from school safely, free after and beforecare for low income residents. My kid’s title 1 school offers parenting sessions to deal with behavior/other issues. The district has a robust social welfare program, you can’t get evicted in DC, you don’t have to pay traffic or parking tickets, you don’t have to pay for metro or buses, etc.

Schools are under-resourced and understaffed so there really is not enough money and staffing to help children and families heal from generational trauma. As Frederick Douglas once said, "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men." Schools and other community-based programs are for the benefit of society, if you cut those programs or under-fund them, you can expect crime to raise. The result we are seeing is from the COVID closures which mentally and socially impacted the most vulnerable in society.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you think people who never had a stable family or went to school regularly would be magically law abiding citizens? They clearly are desperate people who should know better but aren't able to because they gave nothing. Shooting them or jailing them doesn't resolve the problem. It's a societal thing where the gap between rich and poor are too great. Unless you put in community and neighborhood programs just strict law enforcement will drive crime to another part of the city but doesn't rid crime. People who have nothing have nothing to lose.

How many more community programs do you want? Schools offer mental health, meals, healthcare, teach kids to ride bikes, Dc has summer youth employment, safe passage people to get home from school safely, free after and beforecare for low income residents. My kid’s title 1 school offers parenting sessions to deal with behavior/other issues. The district has a robust social welfare program, you can’t get evicted in DC, you don’t have to pay traffic or parking tickets, you don’t have to pay for metro or buses, etc.

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Anonymous wrote:How about having juvenile offenders, and their parents, clean graffiti off DC's bridges and monuments on weekends for the next couple years?

Look at the condition of the bridges in Woodley Park. So much gang graffiti that DC doesn’t bother to remove it anymore. Force the “juvenile” offenders on work details.

Absolutely!

Ha, DC does not even follow up on warrants when adult felons skip court. Good luck with teen work gangs happening.

Have parents anywhere, recently, faced fines, loss of benefits, etc. for juvenile misconduct?

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Anonymous wrote:How about having juvenile offenders, and their parents, clean graffiti off DC's bridges and monuments on weekends for the next couple years?

Look at the condition of the bridges in Woodley Park. So much gang graffiti that DC doesn’t bother to remove it anymore. Force the “juvenile” offenders on work details.

Those bridges are owned and maintained by the Feds. The NPS and Army Corps of Engineers are notoriously bad at maintenance.

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Anonymous wrote:How about having juvenile offenders, and their parents, clean graffiti off DC's bridges and monuments on weekends for the next couple years?

Look at the condition of the bridges in Woodley Park. So much gang graffiti that DC doesn’t bother to remove it anymore. Force the “juvenile” offenders on work details.

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Anonymous wrote:How about having juvenile offenders, and their parents, clean graffiti off DC's bridges and monuments on weekends for the next couple years?

Look at the condition of the bridges in Woodley Park. So much gang graffiti that DC doesn’t bother to remove it anymore. Force the “juvenile” offenders on work details.

Absolutely!

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Anonymous wrote:Did you think people who never had a stable family or went to school regularly would be magically law abiding citizens? They clearly are desperate people who should know better but aren't able to because they gave nothing. Shooting them or jailing them doesn't resolve the problem. It's a societal thing where the gap between rich and poor are too great. Unless you put in community and neighborhood programs just strict law enforcement will drive crime to another part of the city but doesn't rid crime. People who have nothing have nothing to lose.

Again, makes it clear: public safety is going to be held hostage as a way of pressuring ordinary people to agree to massive redistribution programs. Standard tactic of the left.

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Anonymous wrote:How about having juvenile offenders, and their parents, clean graffiti off DC's bridges and monuments on weekends for the next couple years?

Look at the condition of the bridges in Woodley Park. So much gang graffiti that DC doesn’t bother to remove it anymore. Force the “juvenile” offenders on work details.

Anonymous wrote:How about having juvenile offenders, and their parents, clean graffiti off DC's bridges and monuments on weekends for the next couple years?

Anonymous wrote:The guy is right. Shame no one told BLM. How’s their mansion with the pool going? Still enjoying?

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Anonymous wrote:Truth. I know a LOT of S African expats. They love S Africa. It's beautiful. But they don't want to live in a beautiful prison. DC is beautiful. Beautiful tree canopy, memorials etc. Except the criminals roam free and law abiding citizens are prisoners. This is wrong.

PP, you clearly are delusional to think that you live in a prison. Have you ever seen documentaries around the world concerning prison conditions? FFS, most people on average are not victims of crime. But whether living in an American city, European city, Canadian city or Australian city, you must be self aware. It's not even cold enough to be walking around with a $1,000 Canada Goose or other material goods. If being robbed, remember you have insurance, give up the materials and walk away.

This is easy to say. During one of the recent car jackings a young African American father of two children gave up his keys but was still shot to death. Also, no one has insurance for a Canadian Goose jacket.

There's no reason to have more than a basic jacket. Your excess wealth should go back into the community to support the citizens that little or even nothing. Instead of being seen as a criminal target, you will be viewed as a fellow contributing member of society.

So what's your definition of a basic jacket? $50, $100? Free, aka, stolen from someone. What about jeans? Sneakers? Do you want to mandate what people can spend on those things to?

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Anonymous wrote:Did you think people who never had a stable family or went to school regularly would be magically law abiding citizens? They clearly are desperate people who should know better but aren't able to because they gave nothing. Shooting them or jailing them doesn't resolve the problem. It's a societal thing where the gap between rich and poor are too great. Unless you put in community and neighborhood programs just strict law enforcement will drive crime to another part of the city but doesn't rid crime. People who have nothing have nothing to lose.

How many more community programs do you want? Schools offer mental health, meals, healthcare, teach kids to ride bikes, Dc has summer youth employment, safe passage people to get home from school safely, free after and beforecare for low income residents. My kid’s title 1 school offers parenting sessions to deal with behavior/other issues. The district has a robust social welfare program, you can’t get evicted in DC, you don’t have to pay traffic or parking tickets, you don’t have to pay for metro or buses, etc.

Do the parents pay for anything? Do they not have any skin in the game of life? Things that you do not have to work for or work towards have no value.

Anonymous wrote:You asked for it, you got it. No interest in the local gvt ever again, they don’t listen. Just rent a cop and gate.

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Anonymous wrote:Did you think people who never had a stable family or went to school regularly would be magically law abiding citizens? They clearly are desperate people who should know better but aren't able to because they gave nothing. Shooting them or jailing them doesn't resolve the problem. It's a societal thing where the gap between rich and poor are too great. Unless you put in community and neighborhood programs just strict law enforcement will drive crime to another part of the city but doesn't rid crime. People who have nothing have nothing to lose.

How many more community programs do you want? Schools offer mental health, meals, healthcare, teach kids to ride bikes, Dc has summer youth employment, safe passage people to get home from school safely, free after and beforecare for low income residents. My kid’s title 1 school offers parenting sessions to deal with behavior/other issues. The district has a robust social welfare program, you can’t get evicted in DC, you don’t have to pay traffic or parking tickets, you don’t have to pay for metro or buses, etc.