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Caliman73

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15. There have been no real changes.
Mon Nov 22, 2021, 05:02 PM
Nov 2021

I have not seen any significant effort to actually address the systemic problems that facilitate crime. I have seen some sentencing reductions, but no real funding put into prevention programs.

Of course you are going to see increases if 90% plus of the problem is not dealt with.

Not in a good place. ananda Nov 2021 #1
Middle ground janterry Nov 2021 #2
We should speed up the courts Klaralven Nov 2021 #3
"Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions Torchlight Nov 2021 #4
Great post. Thanks for the Wilde quote. I'm certain to remember & use that for years to come . . . Journeyman Nov 2021 #6
A backlash against many of those policies is beginning ripcord Nov 2021 #5
This TheRealNorth Nov 2021 #9
I have family in New York thatdemguy Nov 2021 #7
Generally the federal system avoids cash bail. They evaluate Tomconroy Nov 2021 #8
Emily Bazelon has a great piece in the NYT Magazine Thunderbeast Nov 2021 #10
But I worry that there may be factors that are not accounted for in a statistical model TheRealNorth Nov 2021 #11
The problem is that people react with their emotions. Caliman73 Nov 2021 #12
The problem is that these changes were sold to the public as a way to reduce crime ripcord Nov 2021 #13
There have been no real changes. Caliman73 Nov 2021 #15
This becomes a true communism has never been tried exercise. cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #19
It only becomes that conversation if you frame it that way. Caliman73 Nov 2021 #21
Housing prices in plaes like the Upper East side are soft as a direct result of policies like cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #14
Upper East side of what? What is the specific policy? Caliman73 Nov 2021 #16
NYC. cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #18
bail needs to start low for first offense and/or minor offenses - and escalate quickly Amishman Nov 2021 #17
We need to decide if the criminal or the victim is more important ripcord Nov 2021 #20
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