realNoahMC t1_j2b4xyt wrote
In my opinion, I think violent crime in DC or elsewhere in the country has more or less the same reasons:
It is not necessary a police problem ( although bad policing can be blamed) it is not necessary a race problem (although the fucked up racist history and still current affairs unfortunely can be blamed).
I believe, it is mostly an economic problem. Poor people regardless of background will commit violent crimes , while rich people regardless of background usually commit non-violent crime but their crimes negatively affects this country more. That is not to say that violent crime should be ignored but we need to get our heads out of our asses and stop this socialism to the very rich while we get almost shit, and we need push for more equitable and fairer economic society where every American can live in dignity and that our taxes that we literally pay into for most of our lives gives us the benefits and privileges that we as American citizens deserve in this country.
I am not into DC politics but from what I understand that DC is taking good steps to help people in need and then takes a couple of steps back by relaxing policing laws...
Just my two cents of socio-political rambling. Back to my gyming...
MrPterodactyl t1_j2be7s5 wrote
Poverty plus density equals violence. I used to live in a rural area with plenty of heavily armed poor people and you didn't really have to worry about crime.
Usually it would go on in the trailer parks or in houses deep in the woods. Here it can go on one block away from your yuppie apartment.
Tahh t1_j2bnwoz wrote
You'd think Beijing or Bangladesh would be up to their ears in murders.
DfcukinLite t1_j2c08yu wrote
No you wouldn’t, because their society and culture is different then here.
realNoahMC t1_j2cap9d wrote
They don't have a gun culture over there I think but I am sure there are other violent crimes. Like China with their reeducation camps and I believe Bangladesh has a big rape problem from articles I read diring the pandemic because of poverty and lack of funds to get married/start a relationship.
MrPterodactyl t1_j2cfc9c wrote
That's a good point. The scots-irish honor culture which heavily influenced black culture is a big part of it too.
Police in Asian countries are also openly allowed to do things that would be considered brutality over here.
I read that in Singapore, police can beat you for littering.
realNoahMC t1_j2ca92h wrote
Good point but maybe it also has to do with the high cost of living in DC
hooliganswoon t1_j2ctbbb wrote
It’s crazy to me that this is downvoted at all… maybe it’s the policing thing for missing the mark on blame that rests on the USAO instead of police, but otherwise I really don’t get how this is contentious.
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