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Anonymous wrote:He should remain in juvenile court so that we don’t destroy his life. Maybe he could go to a youth camp or something. He definitely needs some sort of heavy intervention. The fact that he was riding around with other younger kids is a sign that he is not a full on adult criminal. It’s cheaper in the long run if we can rehabilitate this young man rather than break him in adult prison.

It must be nice living in La La Land.

Most criminals don't get better. Rehabilitation, wrap around services, and therapy don't work well to reduce crime. The most effective way to reduce crime is by throwing people who commit crime in jail to prevent them from harming other people. Most kids are not antisocial criminals that steal cars or act out violently. The people that do this should be locked up to protect the rights of everyone else.

This. IDGAF about rehabilitation. I just want the threat removed. Bury him under the jail and lock his parents up too.

+100 if your toddler got mowed down by some “just a kid” car thief I don’t think you’ll care too much about giving him a second chance.

I care about the safety of my community. I don’t care about the offenders. They can do their time, clean up their act, and go on to be productive members of society if they’d like. But they need to be locked away long enough to not just be able to keep doing the same crap over and over. I would rather some criminal kid rot in prison until his 30s than a single innocent person be harmed.

I also don’t want to hear about how these kids are “disadvantaged.” Plenty of kids growing up disadvantaged manage to not commit crimes and they deserve to live in a safe area as well. Also plenty of rich kids commit crimes and they should be locked up too. Get the problem kids off the streets so the good kids can flourish.

You are a terrible racist.

That is the go to insult these days when logic fails.

This is why I suggested reading Betts's book. I am quite confident the relevant poster would not be deemed a racist by Betts merely for raising tough questions. One vein of his book is how senseless a lot of the troubled behavior happens to be. And Betts would question impulsive calls to racism. One thing that shocked me upon his release is that Betts was admitted to Howard and Maryland for college. Howard, under the guise of "moral" standards, pulled his admission. So much for being the black Mecca. I was struck by the irony.

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Anonymous wrote:He should remain in juvenile court so that we don’t destroy his life. Maybe he could go to a youth camp or something. He definitely needs some sort of heavy intervention. The fact that he was riding around with other younger kids is a sign that he is not a full on adult criminal. It’s cheaper in the long run if we can rehabilitate this young man rather than break him in adult prison.

It must be nice living in La La Land.

Most criminals don't get better. Rehabilitation, wrap around services, and therapy don't work well to reduce crime. The most effective way to reduce crime is by throwing people who commit crime in jail to prevent them from harming other people. Most kids are not antisocial criminals that steal cars or act out violently. The people that do this should be locked up to protect the rights of everyone else.

This. IDGAF about rehabilitation. I just want the threat removed. Bury him under the jail and lock his parents up too.

+100 if your toddler got mowed down by some “just a kid” car thief I don’t think you’ll care too much about giving him a second chance.

I care about the safety of my community. I don’t care about the offenders. They can do their time, clean up their act, and go on to be productive members of society if they’d like. But they need to be locked away long enough to not just be able to keep doing the same crap over and over. I would rather some criminal kid rot in prison until his 30s than a single innocent person be harmed.

I also don’t want to hear about how these kids are “disadvantaged.” Plenty of kids growing up disadvantaged manage to not commit crimes and they deserve to live in a safe area as well. Also plenty of rich kids commit crimes and they should be locked up too. Get the problem kids off the streets so the good kids can flourish.

You are a terrible racist.

That is the go to insult these days when logic fails.

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Anonymous wrote:He should remain in juvenile court so that we don’t destroy his life. Maybe he could go to a youth camp or something. He definitely needs some sort of heavy intervention. The fact that he was riding around with other younger kids is a sign that he is not a full on adult criminal. It’s cheaper in the long run if we can rehabilitate this young man rather than break him in adult prison.

It must be nice living in La La Land.

Most criminals don't get better. Rehabilitation, wrap around services, and therapy don't work well to reduce crime. The most effective way to reduce crime is by throwing people who commit crime in jail to prevent them from harming other people. Most kids are not antisocial criminals that steal cars or act out violently. The people that do this should be locked up to protect the rights of everyone else.

This. IDGAF about rehabilitation. I just want the threat removed. Bury him under the jail and lock his parents up too.

+100 if your toddler got mowed down by some “just a kid” car thief I don’t think you’ll care too much about giving him a second chance.

I care about the safety of my community. I don’t care about the offenders. They can do their time, clean up their act, and go on to be productive members of society if they’d like. But they need to be locked away long enough to not just be able to keep doing the same crap over and over. I would rather some criminal kid rot in prison until his 30s than a single innocent person be harmed.

I also don’t want to hear about how these kids are “disadvantaged.” Plenty of kids growing up disadvantaged manage to not commit crimes and they deserve to live in a safe area as well. Also plenty of rich kids commit crimes and they should be locked up too. Get the problem kids off the streets so the good kids can flourish.

You are a terrible racist.

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Anonymous wrote:He should remain in juvenile court so that we don’t destroy his life. Maybe he could go to a youth camp or something. He definitely needs some sort of heavy intervention. The fact that he was riding around with other younger kids is a sign that he is not a full on adult criminal. It’s cheaper in the long run if we can rehabilitate this young man rather than break him in adult prison.

It must be nice living in La La Land.

Most criminals don't get better. Rehabilitation, wrap around services, and therapy don't work well to reduce crime. The most effective way to reduce crime is by throwing people who commit crime in jail to prevent them from harming other people. Most kids are not antisocial criminals that steal cars or act out violently. The people that do this should be locked up to protect the rights of everyone else.

This. IDGAF about rehabilitation. I just want the threat removed. Bury him under the jail and lock his parents up too.

+100 if your toddler got mowed down by some “just a kid” car thief I don’t think you’ll care too much about giving him a second chance.

I care about the safety of my community. I don’t care about the offenders. They can do their time, clean up their act, and go on to be productive members of society if they’d like. But they need to be locked away long enough to not just be able to keep doing the same crap over and over. I would rather some criminal kid rot in prison until his 30s than a single innocent person be harmed.

I also don’t want to hear about how these kids are “disadvantaged.” Plenty of kids growing up disadvantaged manage to not commit crimes and they deserve to live in a safe area as well. Also plenty of rich kids commit crimes and they should be locked up too. Get the problem kids off the streets so the good kids can flourish.

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Anonymous wrote:He should remain in juvenile court so that we don’t destroy his life. Maybe he could go to a youth camp or something. He definitely needs some sort of heavy intervention. The fact that he was riding around with other younger kids is a sign that he is not a full on adult criminal. It’s cheaper in the long run if we can rehabilitate this young man rather than break him in adult prison.

It must be nice living in La La Land.

Most criminals don't get better. Rehabilitation, wrap around services, and therapy don't work well to reduce crime. The most effective way to reduce crime is by throwing people who commit crime in jail to prevent them from harming other people. Most kids are not antisocial criminals that steal cars or act out violently. The people that do this should be locked up to protect the rights of everyone else.

Not true. A more significant number of these criminals stop by the time they hit their mid to late 20s.

Because they finally get put in jail?

I suggest reading Dwayne Betts book titled a Question of Freedom. Betts at 16 committed an armed carjacking at age 16 in Virginia and was sentenced as an adult to 8 years as an adult in state prison. He was no ordinary prisoner - not because of his age but rather because he is extraordinarily bright. He used his writing skills and intelligence in prison to assist others, and it was his own method of survival. Before his felony, the kid was looking at Georgia Tech. His reason for committing the crime is not clear although he admitted to it being absolutely senseless in terms of risk and reward. He seemed to ascribe the crime to racial isolation in PG County (not entirely clear).

Ironically given his skills (Yale law later on) he did straighten up by his mid 20’s. So he is atypical. His description of his fellow prisoners however, makes me doubt that they by and large they straighten out in their mid 20’s. So many of them lead lives with an incredibly narrow worldview-,learning how to make sound decisions and to have an awareness of consequences is really difficult for a number of these guys (and they are mostly men).

If you are 16 or older and stick a gun in people’s faces, being tried as an adult seems to make sense in terms of discouraging such crimes.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it a white kid or minority? Makes a huge difference.

If it’s a white kind with middle class parents he’s fxked.

If it’s a minority he will be released without bail.

People will down play you as a RWNJ but there is a case in Alexandria right now that proves your point brilliantly. A rich white kid from Old Town beat the snot out of a poor black kid from the berg who had been arrested at least twice before for assault. No punishmnt either time. But this time the poor black kid picked the wrong kid to try to rob and got beat bad and severely injured.

Rich white kids' parents have spent upwards of $30,000 keeping their son out of jail. Literally no charges for the black kid that started it all.

Link please? Could not find any coverage.

They are juveniles, no news coverage but get on Next Door.

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Anonymous wrote:Is it a white kid or minority? Makes a huge difference.

If it’s a white kind with middle class parents he’s fxked.

If it’s a minority he will be released without bail.

People will down play you as a RWNJ but there is a case in Alexandria right now that proves your point brilliantly. A rich white kid from Old Town beat the snot out of a poor black kid from the berg who had been arrested at least twice before for assault. No punishmnt either time. But this time the poor black kid picked the wrong kid to try to rob and got beat bad and severely injured.

Rich white kids' parents have spent upwards of $30,000 keeping their son out of jail. Literally no charges for the black kid that started it all.

Link please? Could not find any coverage.