The bus driver should have called the police and kicked those kids off the bus. They should be banned from taking any metro transportation for a month

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Anonymous wrote:A woman on the bus gave up her seat so another woman and her kids could sit down together. And then she asked a group of teens to stop cursing. I have no idea "how" she asked, but nothing justifies what these kids did to her. And I get why people are scared to intervene. What can be done to help prevent some of the out-of-control behavior of youth?

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/video-shows-a-woman-being-attacked-pushed-off-a-dc-metrobus

What can be done? Avoid areas and places, like “bad neighborhoods” and public transit where violent people are more likely to be.

Your privilege is really showing. You realize that so many people in DC have no choice but to live where they live and take public transportation, right. So we should make it safer for them instead of throwing our hands up and letting these hoodlums run the show.

Your sanctimony is touching.

their s/b they're

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Anonymous wrote:lock them up for 5 years. They'll learn their lesson

Awesome. That’s totally worked in the past.

And your way of letting them run wild and break any and all laws is working? No, no it's not, and you know it, so stop with the restorative justice garbage already. I don't care about the culture or the fact that their parents don't seem to have an IQ that would allow them to properly parent children and teach them right from wrong. This is not about being black, this about a lack of respect for other humans, regardless of their skin color. So yes, lock them up, give them a f g skill while their locked up, teach them something about civilization and tell them that if they are not gainfully employed forty hours a week for the first five years their out that they will be locked up for another five years. There, fixed.

Is there a number where people can discreetly text when there is trouble on the bus or rails? Someone who doesn’t want to paint a target on themselves by calling may feel comfortable texting.

If there is a number it should be large in every metro car and every bus.

Anonymous wrote:We need ti have metro police start riding on the bus and trains around the clock to protect people. This is so terrible. I let my kids13 and 19 ride the bus alone occasionally, but the lines we take are full of rowdy kids. Its unacceptable.

What's the point of this? The police will not intervene and thugs like those in the video don't care about the po po .... they will do what they want, know they wont go to jail in Miriam Bowser world and the rest of us are screwed. You do not live in the reality of today's world.

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Anonymous wrote:Good thing the city council is revising the criminal code so these folks won’t spend a day in jail.

When I read in the article that this was "unacceptable"..my first thought was.. "OK, so what are you going to do about it?" Nothing. Those people will get a slap on the wrist and go on to probably commit more violence.

Just smoke up the public's a$$es.

What do you propose we do sitting in downtown Bethesda after the fact? How can we do something?

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Anonymous wrote:There is a thread on the Washington DC sub on Reddit about this event. A comparison of the two threads is not particularly flattering to this site.

Are you goin to say why or just let us guess?

That Reddit sub is full of a bunch of spoiled brats apologizing for being white.

You answered the post above you, but not in the way you think.

Where is your apology?

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:There is a thread on the Washington DC sub on Reddit about this event. A comparison of the two threads is not particularly flattering to this site.

Are you goin to say why or just let us guess?

That Reddit sub is full of a bunch of spoiled brats apologizing for being white.

You answered the post above you, but not in the way you think.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:There is a thread on the Washington DC sub on Reddit about this event. A comparison of the two threads is not particularly flattering to this site.

Are you goin to say why or just let us guess?

That Reddit sub is full of a bunch of spoiled brats apologizing for being white.

Anonymous wrote:There is a thread on the Washington DC sub on Reddit about this event. A comparison of the two threads is not particularly flattering to this site.

Are you goin to say why or just let us guess?

There is a thread on the Washington DC sub on Reddit about this event. A comparison of the two threads is not particularly flattering to this site.

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Anonymous wrote:lock them up for 5 years. They'll learn their lesson

Awesome. That’s totally worked in the past.

What do you mean works?

I don’t know about five years, but there is a fitting and appropriate punishment for this crime and it certainly involves some time served.

Anonymous wrote:lock them up for 5 years. They'll learn their lesson

Awesome. That’s totally worked in the past.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:A woman on the bus gave up her seat so another woman and her kids could sit down together. And then she asked a group of teens to stop cursing. I have no idea "how" she asked, but nothing justifies what these kids did to her. And I get why people are scared to intervene. What can be done to help prevent some of the out-of-control behavior of youth?

https://www.fox5dc.com/news/video-shows-a-woman-being-attacked-pushed-off-a-dc-metrobus

What can be done? Avoid areas and places, like “bad neighborhoods” and public transit where violent people are more likely to be.

Your privilege is really showing. You realize that so many people in DC have no choice but to live where they live and take public transportation, right. So we should make it safer for them instead of throwing our hands up and letting these hoodlums run the show.

But EVERYONE has a choice in how they act. So I choose to avoid being in areas where people can't act like decent human beings.

Wow! You can make that ‘choice’ due to your privilege. Some of us are forced to take mass transit. And we should be able to do so safely.

Also, don’t be so smug. As crime rises everywhere, the ‘areas where people can’t act like decent human beings’ will be more and more widespread.

This privilege slur doesn’t mean sh!y to me. Say it all you want.

I live in DC but choose not to go to areas like that and have taught my kids to leave any environment where they are uncomfortable and to not get involved when situations like that happen.

So you’re proud of the fact that you have raised your kids to standby and watch while an older lady gets attacked? Umm, kudos to you, I guess?

Who said anything about being proud? It’s just not being willfully stupid or making unforced errors.