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Welp https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/12/opinion/sunday/floyd-abolish-defund-police.html">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/1...
It& #39;s fascinating to read an article that you& #39;d assume would be something vastly different than the flippant tweets we& #39;ve seen from folks who don& #39;t even know who& #39;s on their city& #39;s Public Safety Committee, and yet makes word for word the exact same points.
I& #39;m really concerned if the folks who& #39;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& #39;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">https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/2...
If you want to overhaul how justice and safety are ensured in our country, I am all ears. But breezy "well most rapes aren& #39;t prosecuted anyhow" comments aren& #39;t going to convince me you& #39;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/">https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/fron...
Cure Violence has an actual track record — you can argue with it, but they& #39;ve been out there for decades. Interesting how these programs aren& #39;t really part of the conversation, but we& #39;ve got references to nebulous "community care workers"
Well, of course https://www.thetrace.org/2017/02/chicago-homicides-cure-violence-interrupters/">https://www.thetrace.org/2017/02/c...
