We& #39;ve spent the past week debating policing. I spent that time pouring over a body of political science research that focuses on the criminal justice system& #39;s effect on democracy.

What I found was troubling. https://www.vox.com/2021/4/23/22394495/police-democracy-weaver-lerman">https://www.vox.com/2021/4/23...

The groundbreaking research here comes from @VeslaWeaver and @amyelerman. Their book Arresting Citizenship finds that exposure to the criminal justice system collapses faith in government wholesale

Lerman and Weaver& #39;s quantitative analysis found that people who have been arrested or jailed are less likely to vote. Subsequent research has expanded their work, showing significant harms to democratic participation https://www.vox.com/2021/4/23/22394495/police-democracy-weaver-lerman">https://www.vox.com/2021/4/23...

In effect, overpolicing Black neighborhoods makes our crisis of democracy worse — exacerbating the problem of representation that& #39;s currently undermining the foundations of American democracy https://www.vox.com/2021/4/23/22394495/police-democracy-weaver-lerman">https://www.vox.com/2021/4/23...