holden118 t1_j19cq48 wrote on December 22, 2022 at 5:03 PM

Reply to comment by islander1 in Baltimore police investigate 39 rideshare carjacking, robbery cases since November by ThatguyfromBaltimore

Once again more excuses. Just because you weren't raised right doesn't give you a free pass to whatever you want. Just because you might have had a hard time in life doesn't give you the permission to rob people. I was bullied every day in school since 4th grade. I don't take my shitty experience and use it as an excuse to rob/rape people.

Those kids know what they are doing, they should be tried as adults and live in a cell for a few years. Its the same reason we charge kids as adults when they murder someone. Kids aren't stupid and using those excuses just gives them an easy out.

islander1 t1_j19d9rj wrote on December 22, 2022 at 5:06 PM

Oh yeah, being bullied is exactly the same as being poor, parentless, living in a home without electricity or money.

Fuck sake.

holden118 t1_j1ad4sp wrote on December 22, 2022 at 8:59 PM

And yet none of those things are excuses for being a pos that steals cars and robs people of their hard earned money.

fuck sake

islander1 t1_j1aeqo0 wrote on December 22, 2022 at 9:10 PM

Just one of many clueless takes in this thread.

My point is understanding the why behind these, for once.

If these kids had an actual opportunity to 'earn money' the vast majority would.

Until these problems are reconciled, it's going to get worse - not better.

bmore t1_j19fq2b wrote on December 22, 2022 at 5:22 PM

Evidence definitively proves you wrong. I'm not sharing opinions, I'm sharing facts based on extensive peer reviewed research. You are simply wrong. It's basically like you're calling the world flat.

It's extra disappointing because what you're calling for (charging and incarcerating youth as adults) is proven to cause higher rates of recidivism, which is exactly opposite the end goal.