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economaster t1_je9sa8h wrote

Reply to comment by engineeringsquirrel in Republican congressman calls D.C. schools ‘crappy,’ ‘inmate factories’ by Ok_Culture_3621

But this is just measuring the education level of the population as a whole not the schools. I assume the smart people leave that backwards state. Doesn't really reflect on the quality of schools though. For example DC has one of the highest education rates in the US but our schools are a dumpster 🔥.

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AnonyJustAName t1_je9rhcs wrote

Reply to comment by Cythrosi in Republican congressman calls D.C. schools ‘crappy,’ ‘inmate factories’ by Ok_Culture_3621

Got it. Hopefully not. My sense was that was mostly about finances but some @ crime so I wondered if that was a goal again. Hope the committee with oversight over DOJ joins or has own hearings. The fact that DC AG has a much higher prosecution rate using same lab and MPD should be looked into. It's not Graves, this has been a trend since late in Obama administration, across Trump and now Biden. So many cases declined and also undercharged and pled.

The provision where MPD cannot look at BWC footage before writing reports (not police involved shootings, everything else) seems unusual and like it is a cause of many cases not going forward per USAO. The rate of no papered cases seemed to tick up around the time BWC were implemented, maybe that legislation should be revisited?

The goal of public safety and incentives of USAO careers need to be better aligned, particularly as there is no electoral accountability. The reduction in funds for USAs could be gas on the dumpster fire in DC since we have no ability to fund elected prosecutors, court capacity, etc. Ugh.

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InterestingNarwhal82 t1_je9rexj wrote

Reply to comment by EastoftheCap in Republican congressman calls D.C. schools ‘crappy,’ ‘inmate factories’ by Ok_Culture_3621

“School to prison pipeline” is different from “crime factory.” The school to prison pipeline argument seeks to address how systemic racism leads Black kids, especially Black boys, to be disciplined more harshly than their white peers, leading to a decrease in academic learning time and greater chance of dropping out. Then, systemic racism leads them to be unfairly targeted by LEOs, receive harsher punishments for misdemeanors than their white peers, and wind up in prison at higher rates (compared to the overall population) than their white peers.

Calling a school with a high POC:white ratio a “crime factory” is a racist dog whistle.

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Sujjin t1_je9qzwk wrote

Reply to comment by twenty-six-sixty-six in Republican congressman calls D.C. schools ‘crappy,’ ‘inmate factories’ by Ok_Culture_3621

>Congress reviews all DC legislation before it can become law. Congress can modify or even overturn such legislation. It can impose new and unwanted laws on the District. This retains authority over the District's local budget, most of which is funded only by taxes levied by the District on its residents.

Given DC is at the mercy of congress the fault really does lie with them.

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