Posted on 10/16/2024 10:29:48 AM PDT by grundle
Just young black yutes learning to be black men, nothing to see...
“Teens”
Obviously it’s not going to save the criminals, but more activities would help younger kids go down a different path.
Oh, for Pete’s sake! They live in a city. There is plenty to do. Try growing up in a small town with not even a movie theater. You find things to do. Those things don’t have to be destructive.
Private Schools do a good job in this category.
Someone saw Les Miserables, and thinks they are an expert on criminal justice.
I have heard it for decades “A victim of culture”.
“teenagers”
Part of the problem is govt. logistics. They have to transport Lord knows how far to a school, but they don’t use school buses for the higher grades, they give them bus passes for the transit system. They’ve arranged that everyone has to transfer buses downtown, which results in big groups of teens downtown waiting for the next bus. That’s usually when the trouble starts.
As a side note, Pittsburgh police will no longer answer most relatively minor calls if the suspect is not still on-scene. They made an official announcement to that effect.
For example, suppose your house has just been burglarized and the burglar has left (hopefully). The police will not respond. Just call it in, and receive a report number. That’s it.
Same goes with shoplifting, menacing, stalking, etc. How long will it be before Pittsburghers just stop bothering to report such crimes?
And that might be the whole idea. Fewer reports mean crime is down, right?
The Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (the one liked by the Beatles, Donovan, Mia Farrow and Dr. Deepak Chopra) had a detailed plan. He wanted to build good quality outdoor basketball courts in low income city neighborhoods, and have recreation centers nearby with exercise and weight rooms and places to gather and see movies and have clubs meeting and so on.
His aide said: "This is going to cost a lot of money. Where will the money come from?"
Maharishi: "From wherever it is now."
Chain gangs.
We have whole cities that need fixing.
yes
Is midnight basketball still a thing?
Such people should be charge as collaborators to the crime.
How about midnight basketball?
I liked it when towns shutdown after 10ish and there were no open businesses to rob, congregate in, or harass. You went home.
pittsburgh stealers...
Only a lad
You really can’t blame him
Only a lad
Society made him
Only a lad
He’s our responsibility
Oh, oh-woah-woah
Only a lad
He really couldn’t help it
Only a lad
He didn’t wanna do it
Only a lad
He’s underprivileged and abused
Perhaps a little bit confused
Oh-oh-oh, oh-woah-woah-woah
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