Comments on: Robbery and Stabbing Near Petworth Metro Friday Night

By: G

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 04:12:44 +0000

Nate, both of those young men should be enrolled in school and even though today was the first day, it is not too late. I used to work for DCPS and can assist in identifying his neighborhood school and getting him enrolled. Let me know and we can work something out.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 23:39:30 +0000

Increases in the number of police, in this study, is cited as the number one cause of the decline in crime in the 90′s. NOTE: this is NOT attributing any change in specific policing strategy. It is merely increasing the number.

http://pricetheory.uchicago.edu/levitt/Papers/LevittUnderstandingWhyCrime2004.pdf

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:21:39 +0000

Yup, taking the sneakers was probably an afterthought. The beating was likely provoked by “disrespecting” or some other juvenile “beef”. A sneaker robbery is actually less appalling, if you think about it, since something tangible is being fought over.

By: AngryParakeet

AngryParakeet — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:43:56 +0000

There was this woman I used to work with… ahhh nevermind.

By: Dirty

Dirty — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:27:53 +0000

There are people that kill for “disrespecting”, there are people that commit armed robbery for less than $100, people will break your window and steal less than $10. These are the people that don’t think about consequences and react without common sense or logic. Risk/reward is not part of the equation. I had DC grand jury duty last summer, saw these situations all the time. The parents probably don’t have common sense and the schools don’t teach it because pre-algebra and geometry are more important to these peoples success than common sense. Nuff said.

By: Marcus Aurelius

Marcus Aurelius — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 15:11:35 +0000

It doesn’t make any sense for 12 people to rob someone of their sneakers. That’s why when the real story comes out it will probably not be about someone getting robbed for their sneakers.
But the sneakers are beside the point. I grew up in NYC during the 80s-90s. People were robbed, and in some cases stabbed or shot, for all kinds of things including: gold chains, designer eyglasses, sheepskin coats, leather jackets, fur hats, boom boxes, dirt bikes . . . I could go on and on. The common threads were a belief that it was okay to steal something from someone else rather than work for it and a disrespect for the value of human life.

By: Anon

Anon — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:38:06 +0000

Do we know the details on what type of sneakers these were because I too find it hard to believe a dozen young guys stabbed someone for a pair of sneakers. What happens if the sneakers are too big or too small? With a dozen guys the likelihood of the shoes not fitting is probably small but what if they fit more than one person. Who gets the shoes then?

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:36:24 +0000

Jay’O – call me crazy but I’ll trump your Metro Police in front of every metro stop by adding police in front of every housing project. All the money spent on ripping up 14th street for the 200th time could be put to better use building all weather shelters around the city to keep cops out of their car and in visible areas where they can do some good

By: Jay'O

Jay'O — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:07:17 +0000

“it could make help” should read: “It might help”

By: Jay'O

Jay'O — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 14:05:51 +0000

Wow, that’s really tragic. It makes me wonder why we can’t get Metro cops out infront of the Metro stations. It seems there’s a good amount of crime around metro stations and if we had plain clothes metro cops around, it could make help…