We’ve reached a point where most of our politicians in DC view a “tough on crime” approach that utilizes traditional means like increasing the number of cops, more aggressively prosecuting violent crimes, disruptive programs like gun buy backs and targeting drug trade that is causing crime by putting lots of people high on dangerous drugs out on the street, placing my cops in communities to deter criminal activities, and aggressively scaring at risk kids away from crime with “scared straight” style programming, as totally nonviable.

So we’re struck trying to come up with a solution that will address crime NOW (not in 5-20 year horizons, but this year) and there is no gentle, progressive solution that will stop the current crime cycle. We have to convince people to stop doing drugs and committing crime, and the only way to do that quickly is to lock people up and put cops in their line of sight. I wish there was another way, but it’s getting out of control. We need a solution that will work quickly.

We need batman and robocop

Anonymous wrote:Here’s an article on “violence interruptors”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/30/is-dc-wasting-money-violence-reduction-programs/

These are glorified make work programs for returning felons. Your heart is in the right place, but this city is seeing an increase in crime. Can we get some real solutions? Maybe prosecute some people for once?

Need to rebrand the program as Human Shields.

So we have our answer, let's just build a bunch of music studios and hand out free cash every month to violent criminals. That in turn should dramatically lower incarceration rates so long as we also just stop arresting any violent felon who is still younger than 75 years old (since research shows that brains keep developing throughout adulthood).

I think we should start at the root of the problem and pay people to NOT have kids that they are unable to care for. These men never had a chance because their parents failed them from the very start.

I also love the recommendations. Seriously, a music studio for carjackers? How about getting a real job so you don't have time to goof around all day.

That's like asking a defense contractor how to prevent war. Or McDonald's how to fight obesity.

Here’s an article on “violence interruptors”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/30/is-dc-wasting-money-violence-reduction-programs/

These are glorified make work programs for returning felons. Your heart is in the right place, but this city is seeing an increase in crime. Can we get some real solutions? Maybe prosecute some people for once?

Anonymous wrote:There needs to be robust overhaul of programs. A lot of young people don’t know about all the opportunities available to them. Violence interruption requires more funding and more organization.

1) you are basically spouting platitudes that have been regurgitated for decades (more programs! No one knows about the programs!). Programs don’t stop people committing crimes right now. They are helpful, don’t get me wrong, but they are not an immediate solution to crime. Also, there are millions of dollars allocated to programs and the most spent per pupil for students.

2) all studies show “violence interruptors” have no efficacy in terms of interrupting violence. Look it up. Point me to any studies that show that the 9M the dc council spent this year is a useful outlay of tax payer dollars and not a poor substitute inspired by a council intent on implementing progressive criminal justice policies that are not grounded by fact based findings. I get it. They are an alternative method and we incarcerate too many people. However, they do not stop crime.

3) what immediate concrete steps can we take to lower the rising car jackings and homicides. Please don’t throw out a blanket response like “more funding for programs. How do we lower it?

There needs to be robust overhaul of programs. A lot of young people don’t know about all the opportunities available to them. Violence interruption requires more funding and more organization.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who cares? The more inner city black men kill each other, the better.

Okay racist

You're welcome!

At least you're open about your hatred towards black people

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Who cares? The more inner city black men kill each other, the better.

Okay racist

You're welcome!

Anonymous wrote:Who cares? The more inner city black men kill each other, the better.

Okay racist

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is at least one quote that got it right in that article. It’s so obvious but apparently easily dismissed.

“They’re killing each other for sport, and it’s motivated by music,”

+1000

You left out the end: “They’re killing each other for sport, and it’s motivated by music,” said Jones, 42

Middle-aged man thinks kids these days are listening to terrible music, posters on parent forum agree.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this may sound crazy but I honestly think we should turn part of the empty midwest into a penal colony of sorts. There is nobody out there anyway so why not build a town and essentially fence it off in like Idaho or Montana. Kind of like Australia for the British. They'll have to learn a new way of life but they would not be allowed back out of the state

The good and decent people of Idaho and Montana don’t want your violent city criminal trash.

Better idea - fence off DC and let the criminals stay right where they are. You created them. YOU can deal with them.

We didn't create them. We're trying to keep the criminals from getting guns, but you idiots keep getting in the way of that.

TIL guns make people violent. Do they also make you illiterate? Because we could kill two birds with one stone here.