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Anonymous wrote:If you pulled out a can of pepper spray or mace and tried to use it on these kids, I’m betting it would wind up getting stuffed up your butt. After you got the beatdown of your life.

Escalating the level of violence against children who are essentially just playing around is only going to get you hurt or killed. They are being violent, so why introduce violence into the equation?

So what, in your view, is the appropriate response? You are sitting there minding your own business and get slapped in the head from behind. The group confronting you threatens more and worse. What do you say the recipient of this treatment should do?

I don't see why y'all are so confounded about what to do.
You already habitually cross the street when you see a non-white person coming your way.
You already instinctively clutch your purses when you see a non-white person coming your way.
You already fearfully call the police when you see a non-white person ambling in your neighborhood.
Just keep up that spirit of suspicious proactiveness when you see non-white teens coming your way on the platform or entering the Metro car and run.
Is it possible you may be perceived as being prejudiced when you leave every time a non-white person is in the vicinity, yes. But what matters is that you stay safe.
So again, this isn't rocket science people. Just continue do what white people have been doing for years ever since segregation ended whenever they see non-white people approaching - scram!!

Perhaps you should check the data showing exactly which demographic is committing 99% of the street crime in DC...

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Anonymous wrote:If you pulled out a can of pepper spray or mace and tried to use it on these kids, I’m betting it would wind up getting stuffed up your butt. After you got the beatdown of your life.

Escalating the level of violence against children who are essentially just playing around is only going to get you hurt or killed. They are being violent, so why introduce violence into the equation?

So what, in your view, is the appropriate response? You are sitting there minding your own business and get slapped in the head from behind. The group confronting you threatens more and worse. What do you say the recipient of this treatment should do?

I don't see why y'all are so confounded about what to do.
You already habitually cross the street when you see a non-white person coming your way.
You already instinctively clutch your purses when you see a non-white person coming your way.
You already fearfully call the police when you see a non-white person ambling in your neighborhood.
Just keep up that spirit of suspicious proactiveness when you see non-white teens coming your way on the platform or entering the Metro car and run.
Is it possible you may be perceived as being prejudiced when you leave every time a non-white person is in the vicinity, yes. But what matters is that you stay safe.
So again, this isn't rocket science people. Just continue do what white people have been doing for years ever since segregation ended whenever they see non-white people approaching - scram!!

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Anonymous wrote:If you pulled out a can of pepper spray or mace and tried to use it on these kids, I’m betting it would wind up getting stuffed up your butt. After you got the beatdown of your life.

Escalating the level of violence against children who are essentially just playing around is only going to get you hurt or killed. They are being violent, so why introduce violence into the equation?

They are not playing, they are assaulting people.

Ummmm, no.

What YOU consider “assault” , and what they would likely consider assault are probably two very different things. I’d imagine your threshold is probably a lot lower than theirs. You probably think common trash-talking or making outlandish, boastful threats is an assault. Their reality is that a REAL assault is something that puts you in a hospital. And less than that is just goofing around. And kids goof around. If those kids really wanted to hurt you, do you really think they wouldn’t be capable of doing more to harm you than making boasts and maybe invading your personal space? If they wanted to hurt you, they’d HURT you. But they don’t. Because they’re just playing.

Toughen up and grow some thicker skin, snowflakes.

You must be one of the teens on the metro. No, an assault is any time you touch me. These kids are not playing, they are criminals and they should be arrested. Where are metro police?

No, sorry, you’re quite wrong. An assault is not merely touching you. Perhaps maybe by the most hair-splitting technical definition, but in the real world, no.

No jury in DC is going to convict a kid of assault simply for touching you. No cop is gong to arrest a child just for putting their hands on you. No prosecutor is going file those charges simply because you were scared of kids. It’s not going to happen, snowflake.The only way those kids are going to get charged with anything at all is if you have to carried off the train on a stretcher.

Grow up. Stop being afraid of children. If you’re that terrified of them, give them some money and they’ll leave you alone.

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Anonymous wrote:If you pulled out a can of pepper spray or mace and tried to use it on these kids, I’m betting it would wind up getting stuffed up your butt. After you got the beatdown of your life.

Escalating the level of violence against children who are essentially just playing around is only going to get you hurt or killed. They are being violent, so why introduce violence into the equation?

They are not playing, they are assaulting people.

+1.

In any civilized country, any folks assaulting other folks would spend a few days in jail.

Why can't the US be a civilized country?

Because we prefer to put children in cages.

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Anonymous wrote:If you pulled out a can of pepper spray or mace and tried to use it on these kids, I’m betting it would wind up getting stuffed up your butt. After you got the beatdown of your life.

Escalating the level of violence against children who are essentially just playing around is only going to get you hurt or killed. They are being violent, so why introduce violence into the equation?

So what, in your view, is the appropriate response? You are sitting there minding your own business and get slapped in the head from behind. The group confronting you threatens more and worse. What do you say the recipient of this treatment should do?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you pulled out a can of pepper spray or mace and tried to use it on these kids, I’m betting it would wind up getting stuffed up your butt. After you got the beatdown of your life.

Escalating the level of violence against children who are essentially just playing around is only going to get you hurt or killed. They are being violent, so why introduce violence into the equation?

So what, in your view, is the appropriate response? You are sitting there minding your own business and get slapped in the head from behind. The group confronting you threatens more and worse. What do you say the recipient of this treatment should do?

Get up and get off the train at the next stop, duh!!!! If you try to fight back in any way, they’ll see that as a sign of weakness and really start in on you. You might get really hurt, instead of just having your neck stinging from being slapped. Or offer them money to leave you alone. Anything but taking the law into your own hands.

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Anonymous wrote:If you pulled out a can of pepper spray or mace and tried to use it on these kids, I’m betting it would wind up getting stuffed up your butt. After you got the beatdown of your life.

Escalating the level of violence against children who are essentially just playing around is only going to get you hurt or killed. They are being violent, so why introduce violence into the equation?

They are not playing, they are assaulting people.

+1.

In any civilized country, any folks assaulting other folks would spend a few days in jail.

Why can't the US be a civilized country?

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Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:If you pulled out a can of pepper spray or mace and tried to use it on these kids, I’m betting it would wind up getting stuffed up your butt. After you got the beatdown of your life.

Escalating the level of violence against children who are essentially just playing around is only going to get you hurt or killed. They are being violent, so why introduce violence into the equation?

They are not playing, they are assaulting people.

Ummmm, no.

What YOU consider “assault” , and what they would likely consider assault are probably two very different things. I’d imagine your threshold is probably a lot lower than theirs. You probably think common trash-talking or making outlandish, boastful threats is an assault. Their reality is that a REAL assault is something that puts you in a hospital. And less than that is just goofing around. And kids goof around. If those kids really wanted to hurt you, do you really think they wouldn’t be capable of doing more to harm you than making boasts and maybe invading your personal space? If they wanted to hurt you, they’d HURT you. But they don’t. Because they’re just playing.

Toughen up and grow some thicker skin, snowflakes.

Yes, this is definitely a cultural issue and you need to be more sensitive. What you might consider assault is just horseplay in the black community.

Anonymous wrote:In DC it may come down to race, but nationally, it's a class thing. Lower-income people fight more, hit their kids more, are generally more violent. What they don't understand is that they don't get to inflict those behaviors on people outside of their community. It's scary and inappropriate. Just because someone hurts you does not make it ok to turn around and hurt someone else. Period. Making excuses and talking about it as a "Black" thing is insulting to Black people. Aim higher, people.

Anonymous wrote:Here the thing. However you personally define assault, if there is one thing the Amazon bid process (and sitting in some of the worst traffic in the country) has shown us, its that we need a functioning metro system in the DMV— that most people feel safe using. Including women commuting to work, pregnant women, families with kids, and older adults. Parents should also feel comfortable with sending teens on metro.

No, you don’t put up with it unless you are hospitalized.

No, you don’t just “give them your money” so they will go away.

We all pay for metro, and we all share metro, and it needs to be a safe, efficient way for everyone to commute. Otherwise, there is no point in pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into it.

Maybe we need a car or cars dedicated to high school kid school on the lines they use during school commute. Put them all in 1-2 cars and put some metro police in with them. Maybe we need to be more aggressive about banning troublemakers. We definitely need to beef up metro police presence in cars. Maybe get metro police out of their cars out from in the burbs.

Kids on metro need to follow the rules. If they can’t, the shouldn’t be riding Suburban kids— white, brown and black— ride school buses knowing they need to stay in their seats, use headphones with music, not yell, not start fights, etc., or face disciplinary consequences, up to and including being kicked off the bus. I’m baffled as to why kids who use metro to commute to school can’t be held to the same standards.

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Anonymous wrote:If you pulled out a can of pepper spray or mace and tried to use it on these kids, I’m betting it would wind up getting stuffed up your butt. After you got the beatdown of your life.

Escalating the level of violence against children who are essentially just playing around is only going to get you hurt or killed. They are being violent, so why introduce violence into the equation?

They are not playing, they are assaulting people.

Ummmm, no.

What YOU consider “assault” , and what they would likely consider assault are probably two very different things. I’d imagine your threshold is probably a lot lower than theirs. You probably think common trash-talking or making outlandish, boastful threats is an assault. Their reality is that a REAL assault is something that puts you in a hospital. And less than that is just goofing around. And kids goof around. If those kids really wanted to hurt you, do you really think they wouldn’t be capable of doing more to harm you than making boasts and maybe invading your personal space? If they wanted to hurt you, they’d HURT you. But they don’t. Because they’re just playing.

Toughen up and grow some thicker skin, snowflakes.

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Anonymous wrote:It's not just during the summer. I ride the metro right after schools get out and the kids are horrible. They throw large amounts of food and candy on the floor, draw in the seats, play loud music, and yes, regularly harass people. I saw a group harass a mentally handicapped person and an elderly man.

They know they can do what they want. Thanks, Libs.

F off, I am a liberal and I have no tolerance for these random assaults, including your dear leader's pussy grabbing.

That makes one of you.