deepstate_fangirl

deepstate_fangirl t1_jadg33v wrote

Reply to comment by no_sight in After violent weekend, D.C. homicides up 40 percent over last year by tehruben

Maybe listen to the podcast instead of offering a false dichotomy?

This lack of creativity is why we're trapped in doing the same thing over and over again despite getting increasingly worse results. Wouldn't it be great if there were other options besides murder and policing that is harmful to communities?

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deepstate_fangirl t1_jad4ld4 wrote

Reply to After violent weekend, D.C. homicides up 40 percent over last year by tehruben

There was an Ezra Klein show episode last year about murder rates and police presence that I think did a really good job making sense of what's going on, namely:

  • murder rates increasing
  • police presence makes crime rates decrease
  • police presence also traumatic for communities

The guest lays out that the US is a powder keg right now because we continually treat symptoms instead of root causes.

Link because it's a good listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/why-is-murder-spiking-and-can-cities-address-it/id1548604447?i=1000542813165

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