Anonymous wrote:It is simply a life of lack of consequences.
DC will treat this as a property crime and the weapons charges will get tossed because at the end of the day, the DA here does not treat stun guns as weapons.
They'll be out and back to crime by the end of the week.
Anonymous wrote:Certainly not all the old days were good (80s crack wars anyone?), but I don’t recall armed carjackings by twelve yr olds as being a thing.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Carjackings have increased because cars are harder to steal. If you don’t have a key, you can’t drive it.
Gangs have long used kids for low level crimes—that dates back at least to the Depression but probably longer (Oliver twist anyone?). Kids who don’t have good family structures are more susceptible to that.
Also, I’ve seen stats that violent crimes by girls has gone up a lot over recent decades. It’s the downside of feminism—girls can be just as crappy as boys now! Society used to tell boys to fight for what they wanted, and girls should sit down and/or support the boys—now girls feel as entitled as boys which is great in some ways but not in others.
The problem is that DC doesn’t provide swift and serious punishment for such offenses.
Truth.
And thanks to Racine, the city is moving in the opposite direction.
Expect the DC crime wave to get much worse.
Anonymous wrote:Kids are home playing Grand Theft Auto instead of watching The Brady Bunch, The Partridge Family and Father Knows Best. You don't think there's a price to be paid for that?
What, you thought legalizing marijuana would keep them pacified?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Carjackings have increased because cars are harder to steal. If you don’t have a key, you can’t drive it.
Gangs have long used kids for low level crimes—that dates back at least to the Depression but probably longer (Oliver twist anyone?). Kids who don’t have good family structures are more susceptible to that.
Also, I’ve seen stats that violent crimes by girls has gone up a lot over recent decades. It’s the downside of feminism—girls can be just as crappy as boys now! Society used to tell boys to fight for what they wanted, and girls should sit down and/or support the boys—now girls feel as entitled as boys which is great in some ways but not in others.
The problem is that DC doesn’t provide swift and serious punishment for such offenses.
Anonymous wrote:Carjackings have increased because cars are harder to steal. If you don’t have a key, you can’t drive it.
Gangs have long used kids for low level crimes—that dates back at least to the Depression but probably longer (Oliver twist anyone?). Kids who don’t have good family structures are more susceptible to that.
Also, I’ve seen stats that violent crimes by girls has gone up a lot over recent decades. It’s the downside of feminism—girls can be just as crappy as boys now! Society used to tell boys to fight for what they wanted, and girls should sit down and/or support the boys—now girls feel as entitled as boys which is great in some ways but not in others.
Anonymous wrote:Those girls are lucky they didn’t get shot.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Nothing has “shifted.” It’s just a couple sensational stories.
Awfully dismissive of murder, PP.
No one died here and the other case was *felony* murder which is not the same as murder. The death was not intended as would be required for “normal” murder.
Thank god they weren’t unmasked on a plane! They would have made front page new on WaPo. Now those kids were bad actors.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Nothing has “shifted.” It’s just a couple sensational stories.
Awfully dismissive of murder, PP.
No one died here and the other case was *felony* murder which is not the same as murder. The death was not intended as would be required for “normal” murder.
I'm sure this clarification does not matter to the family of the man who was murdered.
And, I agree, OP. There is a shift. Years ago, people would have been aghast at the idea of pre-teens attempting a car jacking.
What has changed? Lack of consequences. Poor role models. Mothers and fathers who don't parent. As long as these kids see others committing crimes and getting off with little more than a slap on the wrist, it will continue.