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Double Shooting at 2:15am on the 700 Block of 12th St, SE
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“1D Double shooting /700 blk 12th St SE /(2) adult males (1) shot in the head unconscious (1) shot in the hip conscious/breathing”
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“Shooting_0215 hrs_700 blk of 12th St SE_B/M 20′s skinny build wearing a wht t-shirt blue jeans shorts armed with a blk revolver L/S fleeing in a yellow cab DO NOT TAKE ACTION CALL 911″
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A lot has changed in this neighborhood since you lived here four years ago. Sure the area...
Stabbings and carjackings too last night over in SE! Why oh why, it’s almost as if it’s a weekend ritual?
The American culture needs to be fixed.
Hand-wringing over how bad these kids turn out won’t fix it. Warehousing them in jail after they go bad won’t fix it.
The “haves” living in gated/moated communities to protect themselves from the “have nots” is the only outcome in our future if we don’t change our approach.
The only difference between these “thugs” and a vegan hipster is an accident of birth. But in today’s America (the real 2012 America, not the America of post-WW2 myth), it’s ALL about where you were born.
much more complex than the ‘accident of birth’… but nevermind that… just go enjoy the beautiful day
yes, i also took sociology 101.
It isn’t “American” culture that’s broken. That you’re so far from the root problem means that you’ll never find a solution.
I have a feeling that “the real root problem” is less conducive to a solution, and that it’s intent is to apologize for the status quo and remove any complicity from people already comfortable in an growingly inequitable society.
American culture is the problem when countries with similar levels of affluence have only a fraction of the crime.
your attitude, unfortunately shared by many others, is one of the big problems – someoje born into the have nots who worked his butt off to escape it
I was born into a poor family in the South. We didn’t have much, but I worked hard (both at school and in part-time employment), went to a state school, and I worked 5 jobs and relied on loans to pay my way through it. I started with the same (or less) than a lot of these wannabe-thugs going around robbing people. The difference? Parenting. I was taught to respect my elders, work hard, and it paid off.
Good for you! You win the internet today!!
the only difference is parenting? otherwise, you had the exact same shot, huh?