Navy Yard is a great, newly constructed community. It will not survive if violence and chaos are allowed to run unfettered. The trendy shops and restaurants will shut down, and then we'll all be lectured about "underinvestment" and "systemic racism."

@CoreyWriting See Inner Harbor in Baltimore. From thriving tourist attraction to abandoned zombie land.

@CoreyWriting Without better education for these young men to be busy with jobs, this will continue.

@CoreyWriting Navy yard is an economic zone built around the baseball stadium.

@CoreyWriting True but I bet these “teens” know this. They probably view this development as “gentrification” or “invasion” or “an attempt to push the black community out of DC”. To be fair to them, it would be. Not intentionally as such, but as a consequence if it succeeds.

@CoreyWriting Same old problem of shrinking 3rd spaces for 13-18 set and the conflict between trying to get kids to go for something lightly supervised vs having nothing constructive to do at all because us adults are wired to find teenagers obnoxious and they are wired to be obnoxious

@CoreyWriting This is why I am skeptical of YIMBYism. You can build, but cities remain dangerous

@CoreyWriting public officials in the democrat party needs to address the real problems in the black community instead of always blaming racism.. otherwise, these teens will continue to wreak havoc and terrorize society

@CoreyWriting In the 80s white kids used to do shit like this after heavy metal concerts all the time. The most infamous were Judas Priest shows. That song "Breaking the Law" got everybody riled up real nice. And yet civilization didn't end.

@CoreyWriting Exactly. But I’ve already seen a post claiming that this is actually a fight against ‘capitalism’. Even if removing these gatherings would directly benefit their local areas. Makes zero sense.

@CoreyWriting They need to establish a riot desert.

@CoreyWriting I remember Navy Yard, Waterfront, SE in general pre-Nats park. There's been millions of dollars spent to gentrify the space, bringing in huge & much-needed tax base. Mayor Bowser needs to come up with a plan. I'd go rubber bullets & RC agent.

@CoreyWriting >then we'll all be lectured about "underinvestment" and "systemic racism." might be the real worst part here

@CoreyWriting “One fight” OMG look at the violence and chaos!!!

@CoreyWriting My pal @glukianoff lives near there. What's your prediction?

@CoreyWriting Never put a metro stop where you don’t want the monkeys to run amuck.

@CoreyWriting I give it 24 months to be fully boarded up, just like Baltimore harbor.

@CoreyWriting @Zmicer25 The spirit of lawlessness is clearly abroad in the city. The troublemaking community got the memo from City Hall.

@CoreyWriting The same people who think teens should be allowed to do this are complaining about the lack of "third spaces."

@CoreyWriting Lived here 3 years and have already seen places starting to close. Chicken & whiskey, lululemon, all purpose, bww, etc. Places that border the park where the juvenile weekend fight clubs have gotta take a hit on the weekends due to the chaos.

@CoreyWriting Oh please these are kids having fun in their minds. No they shouldn’t do this but for the most part their is no crime and violence and please show the no. Black kids . I’ve seen a couple of these teen takeovers and whites & Latinos be there to but the cameras just show blacks

@CoreyWriting Or you could have a media outlet telling you one of the best neighborhoods in the country is Atlantic Station in Atlanta. Atlanta residents cannot get out there fast enough, but, yeah.

@CoreyWriting OK. Ask yourself this. Where did these kids come from? Are they from the area? And if not , who paid them to be there? These need to be answered

@CoreyWriting We live here and we are moving next spring. Enough is enough.

@CoreyWriting A studio down there is like 3k and you gotta deal with this?! Hell no

@CoreyWriting You are correct with that assessment. Back in my teen years, I would be seeking a job there. WTH!

@CoreyWriting Simple solution: dress code the whole area. Shirt/tie for gents, ankle length dress for women. No ball caps, no sneakers, no midriff or shoulders.

@CoreyWriting Because the DC government refuses to address the felon-in-law segment of the black american community and the fact that a lot of parents do not care unless they spend a weekend in prison.

@CoreyWriting There’s a lot of people paying $3k for a 1 bed that will move out

@CoreyWriting New law, if your kids get arrested you get kicked off ebt. That'll get the parents invested in reigning in their kids.

@CoreyWriting 'teen dispersal' hahahaha. thats generous dont worry olivia - the rest of us who grew up here know what it really is

@CoreyWriting End DC Home Rule!!

@CoreyWriting I hope they fuck navy yard up , I hope America burns to the ground . Fuck this whole racist ass system

@CoreyWriting So where do they get to go then? If the infrastructure that was built is off limits to them, where can they go? I am all about economic development. It can be a great thing. But not if the people in or around the neighborhood it was built in can’t use it.

@CoreyWriting Thug deserts please

@CoreyWriting There’s a growing issue with youth. More are committing serious violent crimes at younger ages. Economic policies have incentivized single-parent structures & dependence on the state, reducing supervision. Policies should support stable families & greater parental accountability.