Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the heck happened? The Post story is unclear. Fireworks we're heard (inside the zoo? Outside the zoo?) and then the fighting was outside the zoo? The shooting was outside the zoo?

They closed Conn Ave because of the people streaming out of the zoo?

Crazy. And aggravating. The zoo has been trying to increase security and close itself off from the neighborhood, and wants increased fencing. So aggravating that people likely not from the neighborhood are creating the ammunition for those m measures to go through.

Op here

My thoughts exactly. I bet airport security goes up ASAP. We live 3 blocks from the zoo. This is incredibly scary that not even a family event at the zoo is safe in DC. The Mayor needs to get her act together.

Anonymous wrote:I'm curious, do you think WDC is becoming as violent as Baltimore and if so, what trends/data do you see? If not, what do you see as differentiating factors?

P.S. I was too tired after all the company left Sat afternoon to make the ZooLights. Consider myself Lucky in The Burbs.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the heck happened? The Post story is unclear. Fireworks we're heard (inside the zoo? Outside the zoo?) and then the fighting was outside the zoo? The shooting was outside the zoo?

They closed Conn Ave because of the people streaming out of the zoo?

Crazy. And aggravating. The zoo has been trying to increase security and close itself off from the neighborhood, and wants increased fencing. So aggravating that people likely not from the neighborhood are creating the ammunition for those m measures to go through.

Yes, it's crazy that People Not From the Neighborhood came to the National Zoo. It's crazy and aggravating that UMC white people can't have a sealed off bubble in NWDC where no urban issues, like crime or guns, intrude. How dare they do this to you!

Anonymous wrote:Hey all you UNC NW DC dwellers--this is a big city, historically black, that you have aggressively gentrified. This thread is full of microaggressions and I'm sorry if it hurts your liberal heart to hear this but you're actually racist. Crime in DC is not nearly what it was years ago. No big city will be crime free.

And, our city has all these great Smithsonian museums (including zoo) which make great art and experiences available to everyone, regardless of socioeconomic class or ability to pay. I'm proud of that.

Anonymous wrote:Hey all you UNC NW DC dwellers--this is a big city, historically black, that you have aggressively gentrified. This thread is full of microaggressions and I'm sorry if it hurts your liberal heart to hear this but you're actually racist. Crime in DC is not nearly what it was years ago. No big city will be crime free.

And, our city has all these great Smithsonian museums (including zoo) which make great art and experiences available to everyone, regardless of socioeconomic class or ability to pay. I'm proud of that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the heck happened? The Post story is unclear. Fireworks we're heard (inside the zoo? Outside the zoo?) and then the fighting was outside the zoo? The shooting was outside the zoo?

They closed Conn Ave because of the people streaming out of the zoo?

Crazy. And aggravating. The zoo has been trying to increase security and close itself off from the neighborhood, and wants increased fencing. So aggravating that people likely not from the neighborhood are creating the ammunition for those m measures to go through.

Yes, it's crazy that People Not From the Neighborhood came to the National Zoo. It's crazy and aggravating that UMC white people can't have a sealed off bubble in NWDC where no urban issues, like crime or guns, intrude. How dare they do this to you!

They can enter the bubble if they check their guns at the door.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the heck happened? The Post story is unclear. Fireworks we're heard (inside the zoo? Outside the zoo?) and then the fighting was outside the zoo? The shooting was outside the zoo?

They closed Conn Ave because of the people streaming out of the zoo?

Crazy. And aggravating. The zoo has been trying to increase security and close itself off from the neighborhood, and wants increased fencing. So aggravating that people likely not from the neighborhood are creating the ammunition for those m measures to go through.

Yes, it's crazy that People Not From the Neighborhood came to the National Zoo. It's crazy and aggravating that UMC white people can't have a sealed off bubble in NWDC where no urban issues, like crime or guns, intrude. How dare they do this to you!

Are you one of the thugs?

Most likely.

An enabler for sure.

Lol. The PP calls this thread for what it is (i.e. scared UMC white folks who want to live in the city, yet without everything that city living brings), and is called out by said scared folk as a "thug" or "enabler." Priceless.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the heck happened? The Post story is unclear. Fireworks we're heard (inside the zoo? Outside the zoo?) and then the fighting was outside the zoo? The shooting was outside the zoo?

They closed Conn Ave because of the people streaming out of the zoo?

Crazy. And aggravating. The zoo has been trying to increase security and close itself off from the neighborhood, and wants increased fencing. So aggravating that people likely not from the neighborhood are creating the ammunition for those m measures to go through.

Yes, it's crazy that People Not From the Neighborhood came to the National Zoo. It's crazy and aggravating that UMC white people can't have a sealed off bubble in NWDC where no urban issues, like crime or guns, intrude. How dare they do this to you!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Memo to wilding “teenagers”: pull your pants up, buckle down in school or get a job, be civil and courteous and follow the law. Oh, and don’t shoot a gun in a crowd of families. It’s not that complicated.

Umm, yeah, its a little more complicated than your simpleton memo...

Anonymous wrote:Memo to wilding “teenagers”: pull your pants up, buckle down in school or get a job, be civil and courteous and follow the law. Oh, and don’t shoot a gun in a crowd of families. It’s not that complicated.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the heck happened? The Post story is unclear. Fireworks we're heard (inside the zoo? Outside the zoo?) and then the fighting was outside the zoo? The shooting was outside the zoo?

They closed Conn Ave because of the people streaming out of the zoo?

Crazy. And aggravating. The zoo has been trying to increase security and close itself off from the neighborhood, and wants increased fencing. So aggravating that people likely not from the neighborhood are creating the ammunition for those m measures to go through.

Yes, it's crazy that People Not From the Neighborhood came to the National Zoo. It's crazy and aggravating that UMC white people can't have a sealed off bubble in NWDC where no urban issues, like crime or guns, intrude. How dare they do this to you!

NP. PP’s choice of words is unfortunate and reeks of lots of “isms” but this is the freaking zoo. It’s a family event. I imagine all families at the zoo tonight regardless of their race or SES expected this to be a reasonably safe place.

exactly. zoolights is full of families & babies & children of ALL RACES. drop your stupid wokeness and realize that nobody wants to have to run out of the zoo in a panic because some dumbsh*t kids are setting off fireworks.

I'm done with kids setting off fireworks in crowded places -- they need to be charged very seriously.

You mean like setting them off in metro? Im with you, but police arent allowed to address teens. Someone will "capture" it on their stupid camera phone, say they are violating the kids rights and the officers will be investigated and put on leave. And if the kids are apprehended and charged, our council will make sure they are out in a week, probably with a voucher for firecrackers.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the heck happened? The Post story is unclear. Fireworks we're heard (inside the zoo? Outside the zoo?) and then the fighting was outside the zoo? The shooting was outside the zoo?

They closed Conn Ave because of the people streaming out of the zoo?

Crazy. And aggravating. The zoo has been trying to increase security and close itself off from the neighborhood, and wants increased fencing. So aggravating that people likely not from the neighborhood are creating the ammunition for those m measures to go through.

Yes, it's crazy that People Not From the Neighborhood came to the National Zoo. It's crazy and aggravating that UMC white people can't have a sealed off bubble in NWDC where no urban issues, like crime or guns, intrude. How dare they do this to you!

NP. PP’s choice of words is unfortunate and reeks of lots of “isms” but this is the freaking zoo. It’s a family event. I imagine all families at the zoo tonight regardless of their race or SES expected this to be a reasonably safe place.

exactly. zoolights is full of families & babies & children of ALL RACES. drop your stupid wokeness and realize that nobody wants to have to run out of the zoo in a panic because some dumbsh*t kids are setting off fireworks.

I'm done with kids setting off fireworks in crowded places -- they need to be charged very seriously.

Anonymous wrote:Hey all you UNC NW DC dwellers--this is a big city, historically black, that you have aggressively gentrified. This thread is full of microaggressions and I'm sorry if it hurts your liberal heart to hear this but you're actually racist. Crime in DC is not nearly what it was years ago. No big city will be crime free.

And, our city has all these great Smithsonian museums (including zoo) which make great art and experiences available to everyone, regardless of socioeconomic class or ability to pay. I'm proud of that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:What the heck happened? The Post story is unclear. Fireworks we're heard (inside the zoo? Outside the zoo?) and then the fighting was outside the zoo? The shooting was outside the zoo?

They closed Conn Ave because of the people streaming out of the zoo?

Crazy. And aggravating. The zoo has been trying to increase security and close itself off from the neighborhood, and wants increased fencing. So aggravating that people likely not from the neighborhood are creating the ammunition for those m measures to go through.

Yes, it's crazy that People Not From the Neighborhood came to the National Zoo. It's crazy and aggravating that UMC white people can't have a sealed off bubble in NWDC where no urban issues, like crime or guns, intrude. How dare they do this to you!

NP. PP’s choice of words is unfortunate and reeks of lots of “isms” but this is the freaking zoo. It’s a family event. I imagine all families at the zoo tonight regardless of their race or SES expected this to be a reasonably safe place.