This has evidently either been revived or stepped up as of today. I had warned my son when this thread first started and he hasn't had issues. Today was a different story and he had to walk all the way around from the exit he usually takes to exit. Anyone else's kid deal with this today or lately? Its ridiculous!

My daughter experienced this as well and only wanted to get food from Canes.

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Anonymous wrote:I googled it said "targeted ticket check" because of rowdy groups of teens and fighting in Union Station.

It's ridiculous to ban all minors from the building, though.

Pretty common in shopping malls, which Union Station basically is.

They were not banned from the Metro.

Why are you stating facts, this is intended to bash Trump for being the root cause of all DC problems.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG what totalitarian hellhole would ban children from area they don't need to be that have been prone to your violence.

Oh, the DC government would?

https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/dc-curfew-law

Trump
Did this fool

Maga cult of stupidity

Stopping Americans going to a hockey game is on Trump!

I hope this a MAGA satire attempt and not an illiterate idiot leftist.

My teens go to different schools (one DCPS one private) and on the day in question, yeah, they just used the exterior escalator that allows direct street -metro access. My daughter said she thinks there was a specific incident that day that lead to the ban. It’s not all the time. Friday after school a kid from Latin apparently tried to pick a fight with my other kid. So they are typically allowing teens and yes, I’m happy for them not to be allowed to roam in groups there.
Other stores limit teens. There is a local shop nearby that only allows one student at a time.

For the poster worried about how their kid will get to Gonzaga - he will take the exterior escalator and walk the few blocks to campus.

Anonymous wrote:The comment about keeping travelers safe from groups of teens is sickening. Or atr you targeting teens with brown and black skin?
As a reminder - the national guard is NOT domestic law enforcement. Let’s not forget this. It is a terrible that they have been permitted to harass and intimidate people in DC with the rifles on their backs as we move around trying to conduct our daily lives. And terrible that anyone on this board thinks that is okay.

Counterpoint: the only time the metro is at all bad is 3:30 at school release and it’s all teens getting into it. If they didn’t assault random people waiting in line at raising cane’s, there wouldn’t be a broad swell of approval for keeping kids out of the mall and food court. I don’t want it to be National guard, but I’m ok with MPD breathing down their necks. It’s the least we can ask for given how much money gets spent on these kids. It shouldn’t be offensive to ask them to behave, and monitor them when they don’t, it’s part of the social contract.

The comment about keeping travelers safe from groups of teens is sickening. Or atr you targeting teens with brown and black skin?
As a reminder - the national guard is NOT domestic law enforcement. Let’s not forget this. It is a terrible that they have been permitted to harass and intimidate people in DC with the rifles on their backs as we move around trying to conduct our daily lives. And terrible that anyone on this board thinks that is okay.

Groups of teens make trouble. They are trying to keep Union Station safe for travelers.

Of all of the idiotic things they have done in DC this bothers me so much. I am at the Union Station daily (take the MARC train). The teens I see there are usually Gonzaga kids and they have never bothered me. They are NOT the problem. I do see adults evading metro fares all the time, though.

Anonymous wrote:ugh they did this last year during the DC invasion. After his success at the Kennedy Center, our dear leader wants to re-name another institution in his honor. So create a fake distraction then come in an solve a non problem. Abracadabra, there's nothing to see here; there are no Epstein files.
god I hate what he's getting away with.

thanks obama /s

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Anonymous wrote:How would they know how old your son was? There must be more to this story.

He is a freshman- they were asking for IDs to prove he was 18 or over

How are kids supposed to get to Gonzaga!

Given what I saw today they will not be.

Love that for the MAGA parents.

+1

And, yet, crime is way down on the Hill. The residents are loving it!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I googled it said "targeted ticket check" because of rowdy groups of teens and fighting in Union Station.

It's ridiculous to ban all minors from the building, though.

Pretty common in shopping malls, which Union Station basically is.

They were not banned from the Metro.

Anonymous wrote:OMG what totalitarian hellhole would ban children from area they don't need to be that have been prone to your violence.

Oh, the DC government would?

https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/dc-curfew-law

Trump
Did this fool

Maga cult of stupidity

Stopping Americans going to a hockey game is on Trump!

Anonymous wrote:You can access the Metro without entering the station. Does he take Maryland commuter rail or something? Amtrak? Does he NEED to get into the station?

Lol, probably.

OMG what totalitarian hellhole would ban children from area they don't need to be that have been prone to your violence.

Oh, the DC government would?

https://mpdc.dc.gov/page/dc-curfew-law