Gumburcules t1_j9v2m7o wrote
Reply to comment by BigLeagueBanker69 in Quickest way to get from Capitol Hill to either Maryland or Virginia so I can place a sports bet? by WillAnderson419
Yeah, you could gamble on cholesterol taking you down after taking down a burger at Busboys and Poets or some cheesy grits at Open Crumb!
Or gamble on ventricular tachycardia after pounding too many coffees at the Starbucks or the Capital One Cafe!
Who knows, maybe a sculpture could fall on you and take you out at the Honfleur Gallery or a stage light could drop on you at the Anacostia Playhouse!
I guess you're right, there are many dangers we might not think about in a vibrant and fun community like Anacostia. Or were you just regurgitating a tired, racist, completely unoriginal trope?
BigLeagueBanker69 t1_j9v73py wrote
Idk, every time I check for violent crime it seems to be getting worse and worse. Talking about 10+ shootings a week. Hard to overlook man, I just hate violence.
Gumburcules t1_j9vay63 wrote
I just went to your link and literally zero of the shootings you are apparently referring to are in Anacostia. In fact on the map you linked there are only two crimes at all in Anacostia, one burglary and one robbery.
However the map you linked is showing crimes in a massive portion of the area, all the way from Suitland (which isn't even in DC) to Carver Langston which isn't in the same Ward or even Quadrant as Anacostia, which leads me to believe that you either don't understand how to use or read that crime map or you don't know what Anacostia even is.
WontStopAtSigns t1_j9v7jde wrote
Those crimes are about 97% drug related. Mind your business and there's nothing to be scared of.
BigLeagueBanker69 t1_j9v9cl3 wrote
Is it just fragmented crews of drug-dealers & users who get into issues over payment, theft, market share, etc. of street drugs?
Just confused b/c obviously DC doesn't have gangs like out in L.A. / Chicago. And I understand why gangs get into violent feuds over market share and who sells what drug on which block, etc. So is it kinda just the same thing but less structured/organized and more fragmented?
Just can't understand how so many lives are lost over a few grams of drugs. If we were talking Cartel level distribution with millions on the line, being trafficked by organized crime rings, I could at least understand why the stakes are so high that violence is inevitable. When these drug dealers get busted do they get caught with >$100K or is it literally just dudes killing each other over a few $20 bills?
Gumburcules t1_j9vgil6 wrote
> Just can't understand how so many lives are lost over a few grams of drugs.
You are raised in a situation that gives you no hope for the future. Nobody you know has ever gone to college and many never even graduated high school. Many if not most of the male figures in your life have been in jail.
All your life people around you have solved problems with violence, because violence is the only thing that gets respect. If someone takes your toy or your lunch money at school you don't get rewarded by your peers or your parents for ignoring them and being the bigger person, you get called a punk bitch, and then even more people take your toys or your lunch money because now you're known as a punk bitch who doesn't fight back.
You live your entire life with this mentality - fight back or things will get worse. You start fighting back with pushes and punches and people back off you. You get older and instead of fists people use knives and guns.
You scrape together some cash to buy a couple ounces of weed or crack or heroin and you start selling and making some money. It's more money than you could ever make legitimately because you either dropped out of high school or got "socially promoted" into a diploma but you read at a 2nd grade level and can't do more than basic arithmetic. But then someone comes and robs you for your stash. It was only $20, $50, $100, not that much but if you don't retaliate you'll be known as a punk bitch and get robbed every time you reup. You won't be able to make money in the drug trade and you certainly can't make much money out of it, so you do the only thing it seems you can do - you shoot the person who robbed you so you don't get known as a punk bitch and can keep your income stream. You might not get caught, and already have the mentality that you're eventually going to go to prison or die young so what do the consequences matter anyway?
To people like us with other options and a better upbringing it seems unthinkable, but when you're in that situation it's completely normal.
WontStopAtSigns t1_j9vad2l wrote
It's small money, and stupid beef. Usually pretty petty stuff tbh. Violent criminals aren't good at risk vs reward analysis or trying to build some sophisticated criminal enterprise.
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