[csvset]

An African American and a licensed clinical social worker, Patton says it pains her to know that many of the teenagers involved in the attacks in the Loop are black.

I wouldn't have guessed. /s

"I don't care what color you are, you need to behave," she says.

Imagine that.

State law prohibits Metro from fining anyone under seventeen caught riding the train without a ticket.

WTH? Ghetto thug provision ?

Over the years Virginia Beach and Norfolk Virginia have discussed "light rail" . VB essentially said they didn't want the light rail to extend to the oceanfront because they didn't want thugs riding in from the Norfolk ghettos.

Norfolk is now building the light rail and recently VB is thinking about having it extended to include stops in VB. This is after 20 years of saying, "No Way".

[kindred]

[Over the years Virginia Beach and Norfolk Virginia have discussed “light rail” .]

Did not Virginians elect liberals to their Congress and political offices as the state moves left? Are they not suffering the consequences of the political powers that be? If so, do they really have a right to complain for the representitives choices they elected to represent their interests in the State buildings?
You know the answer.

[VanShuyten]

I’ll bet Anacostians in DC are just waiting for the Dulles Light Rail extention through Tyson’s Corner, home of the Gallaria and other high-end malls, to open for the same reason.

[CurlyDave]

State law prohibits Metro from fining anyone under seventeen caught riding the train without a ticket.

Since none of them have any money to pay fines, fining them would do no good.

I suggest short juvenile detention terms say 10 days for the first offense, 20 for the second, and so on. Enforce this vigorously and the problems will be alleviated.