by Jason Cherkis – Washington City Paper Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Chief Diane Groomes tells City Desk that District kids enrolled in the Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP) are still getting mugged on paydays. So far, five kids have been mugged on paydays and a sixth was mugged the day after a payday. The program started with knives and thefts. Washington City Paper recently reported that muggings and violence against jobs program kids became a common theme last summer. Officials had blamed the muggings on the fact that the kids were required to wear the now-infamous Mayor’s Conservation Corps … Continue reading D.C. Summer Jobs Program: Payday Muggings Continue