DC Residents Speak on Crime

My name is Tamika. The store has been vandalized before with a bunch of teens running in and then one of the staff members got hurt and injured as well and it kind of traumatized me a little bit. I didn't like it. It's kind of hurtful. Sometimes I'd be afraid to walk out this door, go to my car. People work hard for their business. Tired of kids looting, they're stealing every day. Even adults come here and steal. They walk beside the kids, the kids stuff in their pockets. What type of parenting? You know? Like I tell kids all the time, I give them free stuff all the time. I tell them like, if you're hungry, I'mma feed you. There's no need to steal from you. A lot of teens need to be dealt with, accountable for their actions because they know right from wrong. If their parents can't be accountable for them, I mean the government need to step in.