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It's fascinating to read an article that you'd assume would be something vastly different than the flippant tweets we've seen from folks who don't even know who's on their city's Public Safety Committee, and yet makes word for word the exact same points.
I'm really concerned if the folks who've been studying this issue for decades are this far along in the process
No one in this conversation, from scholars writing op-eds to the twitterers, have so much as mentioned NYC's own community programs as viable alternatives to policing. Likely because most of them have no idea these programs exist. Also concerning! https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/22/nyregion/Coronavirus-social-distancing-violence-interrupters.html
If you want to overhaul how justice and safety are ensured in our country, I am all ears. But breezy "well most rapes aren't prosecuted anyhow" comments aren't going to convince me you've got any kind of actual answers.
(Seriously though, I highly recommend The Interrupters, which I remember watching (jesus christ) eight years ago and being completely floored.) https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/interrupters/
Cure Violence has an actual track record — you can argue with it, but they've been out there for decades. Interesting how these programs aren't really part of the conversation, but we've got references to nebulous "community care workers"
