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In reply to the discussion: Make It A Felony To Get Within 6 Feet Of Anyone Without Your Face Mask On [View all]WhiskeyGrinder
(22,326 posts)43. Increased policing is generally applied disproportionately, and people from already oppressed
populations bear the brunt. Poor, BIPOC and disabled people would be targeted, because they always are when policing is increased, no matter the initiative. A felony charge would increase incarceration, which would result in putting more people in prison, which are already hot spots. The carceral state is a vector for pandemics.
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Make It A Felony To Get Within 6 Feet Of Anyone Without Your Face Mask On [View all]
DanieRains
May 2020
OP
There Weren't Enough Masks For Health Care Workers They Couldn't Ask Us To Wear Them
DanieRains
May 2020
#10
Increased policing is generally applied disproportionately, and people from already oppressed
WhiskeyGrinder
May 2020
#43