Anonymous wrote:Sure. Because these 14 year olds sticking pistols in people’s faces and demanding their car are really just doing it because our parks don’t have enough green space and free concerts.


I’m sure that’s the reason.

Actually it is. Kids — like everyone— know when they’re not valued and when their needs aren’t taken into account. Kids who are supervised and who have positive consistent adults in their lives do better than those who don’t. Universal childcare, recreational activities, and constructive activities make a difference for individual kids and for communities as a whole. Just read through the pages here and that’s clear. The issue then, is prioritizing and paying for these experiences for all kids from day one — contrasted with what we do now.

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Anonymous wrote:Violent criminals need to be removed and isolated from society. Doesn’t matter whether they’re 12 years old or 65. They need to go.

Start a public awareness campaign. Put the word out everywhere. After “____” date, if you get caught committing a violent crime, you’re gone. And you’re not coming back, for years. Maybe decades”.


Sure it’s unconstitutional. Sure it’s cruel and unusual.

It’ll work.


Because after you’ve removed a few thousand people, everyone else will get the message. And between people who’ve already been removed, and those discouraged by the new penalties, crime WILL drop precipitously. Guaranteed.

+1 look at El Salvador. Highest murder rates, rampant gang violence. New president came in, heavily cracked down. Crime has gone wayyyyyyy down. Yes, people are complaining about it being unjust.. but it sure worked. And non-criminals are much better off.

This. Schools and teachers already do a lot, and in DC, they don’t do a great or equitable job of educating kids. My kid goes to a dcps high school. I don’t necessarily want her to be taking her tests next to a kid who carjacked the night before and was let back on the streets. We need to remove these kids from society and rehabilitate them— it’s on the justice system to do that, not schools.

Anonymous wrote:No problem with after school programs as long as violent criminals are locked up for a very long time, and those who are able are put to work. There are always public infrastructure projects that need to be done.

Also, DC should start a program where it will pay any DC resident 10k to get a vasectomy, regardless of income.

Time to bring back chain gangs.

No problem with after school programs as long as violent criminals are locked up for a very long time, and those who are able are put to work. There are always public infrastructure projects that need to be done.

Also, DC should start a program where it will pay any DC resident 10k to get a vasectomy, regardless of income.

I support it

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Anonymous wrote:We did the heavy prison penalties for these crimes in the 90s, people. It didn't deter a single criminal from making DC the country's homicide capital. Unsupervised, angry teens living in poverty and deprivation will always turn to crime. Having schools provide more Special Education and mental health services, truancy accountability, and even raising the minimum wage so poor parents have to work fewer jobs and can spend more time at home supervising their kids would make a big difference. The minimum wage in DC should be at least 20 an hour with how expensive everything is here.

This is the answer

No, the answer is both. Law abiding citizens have more of a right to safety than violent criminals have a right to do whatever the heck they want. We need to take dangerous people away from society until they can peacefully exist in society. AND we need to help address the root of these problems with earlier interventions and support, parenting classes, food, special ed, etc.

It not either or.

Parents need free therapy and financial management/investment from point of conception.
Tap into churches, schools, and sports teams to share information about myriad of dc youth services. Tap into these networks to support transport.
Provide a trade skill at an earlier age for youth not interested in college.
Literally award families money for student school attendance.
Kids to tap into free tutoring program at dc libraries.
Show them they have a path to escape the cycle and grow
Lower age of youth from 24 to 18 or lower for some crimes like murder

All this being said, agree that this city doesn’t protect citizens the way it should. Bring back consequences

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Anonymous wrote:I agree with the 25 and younger for night curfew, simply because you must now be 21 yrs or older to purchase nicotine. Exceptions to the 25 and younger curfew would be those in college or grad school working late night jobs and they should be required to have a pass.

So the 25 year old big law first year coming home at midnight needs to get a pass to walk home?

Yes, because DC laws claim that anyone 25 or younger is a youth. They could also assault one of the partners with a deadly weapon, have their sentence reduced to nothing, then have their record expunged.