With all due respect to Commander Kyle, I don't agree with his statement that the juveniles' carjackings are due to lack of after-school sports.
Of the thousands and thousands of young teens in D.C., less than 20 have been charged with carjackings this year. (I wish the number was "0")
In my opinion it's not due to lack of after-school sports or there would be thousands. Doesn't make sense to me. Counselling and follow-up programs would help these kids and that makes sense to me. Maybe it wouldn't turn all of their lives around but could halt a majority of them from continuing on with crime.
I have not seen the word "counselling" for the juveniles arrested in any of the articles I've found. I find that deeply saddening because I believe it would make a difference in many circumstances.
JMO
D.C. Police Department talks carjacking task force progress | WDVM25 & DCW50 | Washington, DC
"The investigation has shown that many perpetrators are juveniles as young as 14 years old. “There really just isn’t the opportunities out there for young people to be engaged, such as after-school sports,” Commander Kyle said.
Morning my sweet Zen, and all!
This article really infuriates me. No excuses should ever be given to these teens. It sends a terrible message to not only the teens who killed this innocent victim, but to other teens out there as well who may be thinking of doing something similar.
The way he phrases it is just as offensive as Juan Williams' dismissive excuse.
There is simply no excuse for what they did. None.
Fgs! As you've said there are thousands of children who aren't out doing crimes. If they are given excuses what incentives do they have to do better or not do crimes at all when they know excuses are always made? None, imo.
I don't believe these two teens can change even if given help.
Has the parents of the teens who killed this man spoken out in the media or contacted the grieving family to tell them how heartbroken they are that he was killed by their children?
The plea deal is disgusting. It really doesn't hold them accountable imo.
I still feel once allowed out on the streets again they will do more crimes, because they've learned nothing, and have been given merely slap on the hand with a feather.
It leaves a terrible message for other teens for they know if they carjack someone even killing the victim nothing really will be done to any of them, and instead excuses will be made for the horrible crimes they've done.
Imo, by making excuses it gives other teens the impression they can do crimes too, and excuses will be made for them too.
We already know we are seeing crimes skyrocket all across our nation, and many involve teen criminals.
Foolish plea deals like this only emboldens more teen criminal to do more crimes making them feel untouchable.
Again, sadly I do not feel any kind of help will help these two. By now at their age they are who they are, and who they will continue to be.
All teens should be taught that all human life is valued, and precious.
How many teen killers have we already seen who does the most sadistic murders and/or rapes who never exhibited one ounce of regret or remorse for what they've done? Way too many to count. And imo, teen violent crimes are rising.
These teens are the same. Imo, neither has shown any remorse or regret that their own criminal activity lead to a totally innocent man being killed because of their actions.
They also do what other adult offenders do when it's more than one, and that is to place blame on the other one when both were all in on the hijacking.
Jmhoo
