Anonymous
12/23/2022 15:48
Subject: Another DC crime story
Anonymous wrote:Why didn’t they just hand over their coats? They put their kids at risk just to avoid the inconvenience of helping the underprivileged and oppressed youth in this city.
Who have already gotten their fifth coat and Christmas handouts of the season
Anonymous
12/22/2022 19:23
Subject: Another DC crime story
Why didn’t they just hand over their coats? They put their kids at risk just to avoid the inconvenience of helping the underprivileged and oppressed youth in this city.
Anonymous
12/21/2022 17:57
Subject: Another DC crime story
Anonymous wrote:Can't wait for the part where you all blame an entire race for the actions of 3 people; like normally happens in these threads. I can already smell the subtle racism.
-signed, a white lady
Are you sure you aren't smelling the malodorous combination of white guilt and condescension.
Anonymous
12/21/2022 17:55
Subject: Another DC crime story
Anonymous wrote:This is just part of city living. Also, think about how disadvantaged the three people were who did this. Yes they committed a crime, but does anyone here even care about what systemic and institutionalized crimes we’re inherently and systematically committed against them? A lot of racists in this thread.
You chief among the racists for continuing to excuse and pander to people rather than treating them like human beings with free will who can decide what to do or not do.
Anonymous
12/21/2022 17:52
Subject: Another DC crime story
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This one incident is an anecdote from one incident in one small area and doesn’t represent data. These things do happen in cities, however it’s important to remember that crime is actually low in relative terms and you are more likely to die riding your bicycle from being hit by a car than killed or violently assaulted by a stranger.
No one died.
That's why you have insurance.
Crime is higher rural areas.
Anything I missed?
Empathy, sympathy, compassion, a brain
Anonymous
12/21/2022 17:42
Subject: Another DC crime story
Anonymous wrote:This is just part of city living. Also, think about how disadvantaged the three people were who did this. Yes they committed a crime, but does anyone here even care about what systemic and institutionalized crimes we’re inherently and systematically committed against them? A lot of racists in this thread.
Please tell me this is satire.
Anonymous
12/21/2022 17:40
Subject: Another DC crime story
Anonymous wrote:This one incident is an anecdote from one incident in one small area and doesn’t represent data. These things do happen in cities, however it’s important to remember that crime is actually low in relative terms and you are more likely to die riding your bicycle from being hit by a car than killed or violently assaulted by a stranger.
What on earth?? Good grief. What an absurd post that doesn't even address the topic of this thread.
Anonymous
12/21/2022 16:03
Subject: Re:Another DC crime story
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The sad fact is that this stems from all the racial and class tensions in the area as well as the dissolution of community, the family, religion, and society in general. Kids weren’t punching mothers carrying 2-year olds in the face in the 50s and 60s; nor were teenage girls carjacking people. Their fear of judgment by their community, God, a judge or all three would have given them pause.
You can spin it all you want and rationalize it in a cloud of nondescript data points but these are all depressing signs.
Ah yes, the 50s and 60s were known as a time of absolute racial harmony in the US
DC had a vibrant, thriving black middle class at the time, largely due to families who had fled the Jim Crow South and secured good jobs with the federal government that enabled them to buy homes and live comfortably. U Street was a cultural and commercial hub. That’s not to say there werent societal ills stemming from poverty, segregation and institutionalized racism within DC itself.