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71. Broken windows was not supposed to be about policing

Sat Aug 29, 2015, 02:23 PM

Aug 2015

It was supposed to be about repairing the small things in neighborhoods before they got large (graffiti, broken windows). It was supposed to be about social workers. I'm not sure you can blame the bastardization of the policy on James Q. Wilson.

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Young black man jailed since April for alleged $5 theft found dead in cell [View all] DonViejo Aug 2015 OP

omg marym625 Aug 2015 #1

Actually, omFg. This exemplifies the value of a life in 2015 corporate America. slumcamper Aug 2015 #5

yes. oh my fucking god! marym625 Aug 2015 #10

monsters i guess.... questionseverything Aug 2015 #7

monsters is right marym625 Aug 2015 #9

i do not have a problem with him being arrested even tho the amount stolen was low questionseverything Aug 2015 #12

Arrested, ok marym625 Aug 2015 #42

whenever anyone is charged with a crime as an American citizen questionseverything Aug 2015 #54

The bankers would make bail and OrwellwasRight Aug 2015 #70

he didn't need to be arrested Mosby Aug 2015 #73

Totally agree. slumcamper Aug 2015 #15

well said. marym625 Aug 2015 #43

Judges in America are the gatekeepers. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #32

They could and should marym625 Aug 2015 #44

i do not understand how the bail hearing did not take place? questionseverything Aug 2015 #55

Is there still a right to a speedy trial? mpcamb Aug 2015 #57

The tragedy of "bail" OrwellwasRight Aug 2015 #2

People steal, er borrow $5 out of their mom's purse all over the country. Elmer S. E. Dump Aug 2015 #4

Really? "all over the country"? Pour of their mom's purse?? JDPriestly Aug 2015 #33

Really? Kids steal from mothers and fathers. Elmer S. E. Dump Aug 2015 #41

yes, family members steal from each other. my father stole my identity magical thyme Aug 2015 #48

Horrors! JDPriestly Aug 2015 #51

I am not sure if bail is the issue to focus on here cstanleytech Aug 2015 #24

The judge should have sent him home if no facility could receive him. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #34

^This Supersedeas Aug 2015 #66

Another of endless examples of the two America's. randys1 Aug 2015 #3

Heartbreaking Roy Rolling Aug 2015 #6

discovered...by GUARDS early last Wednesday. slumcamper Aug 2015 #8

Correction Geronimoe Aug 2015 #11

Good points. But he was made yet another example. As will we all. erronis Aug 2015 #17

K & R !!! WillyT Aug 2015 #13

everyone in the system forgot about him? even the arresting officer? Sunlei Aug 2015 #14

This. What you said. TexasMommaWithAHat Aug 2015 #26

He should have been sent at the very least to the local hospital before he was that close to death. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #36

Crap. Will this never end? Live and Learn Aug 2015 #16

Since when does starving to death mean a "natural death"? procon Aug 2015 #18

In Jail for a $5 buck thief? WHY? When will the USA wake up to our corrupt law enforcement. rladdi Aug 2015 #19

Broken Windows policing bluestateguy Aug 2015 #20

Broken windows was not supposed to be about policing OrwellwasRight Aug 2015 #71

steal billions, get a job working for the white house occupants. so sad nt msongs Aug 2015 #21

Fucking hell. blackspade Aug 2015 #22

I'm okay with the arrest but mentally ill people shouldn't go to the jail. FLPanhandle Aug 2015 #23

Perhaps because many jails are now for profit. silverweb Aug 2015 #68

Maybe we should setup the same deal with hospitals FLPanhandle Aug 2015 #74

The profits would still go to the 1%. silverweb Aug 2015 #75

When is this change in our system that allows such horrors to continue going to happen? AuntPatsy Aug 2015 #25

More info about Chapman Blue_Tires Aug 2015 #27

Justice isn't blind, the American people are. mountain grammy Aug 2015 #28

Yet another wrong so deep that ... ananda Aug 2015 #29

... Faux pas Aug 2015 #30

The conditions in that jail must have seemed medieval to him. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #31

24-year-old child. Igel Aug 2015 #60

Yes. This plays out in courtrooms and hospitals all over the country. JDPriestly Aug 2015 #61

Horrible. Where is the justice? NowSam Aug 2015 #35

kick Angry Dragon Aug 2015 #37

How can those involved stand themselves another moment? They are monsters. Judi Lynn Aug 2015 #38

What. The. Syzygy321 Aug 2015 #39

Omg, it just keeps getting worse! $5.00! sabrina 1 Aug 2015 #40

Institutional manslaughter - they withheld vital treatment, and imprisoned him without process muriel_volestrangler Aug 2015 #45

So, arrest someone who steals $5.00 worth of groceries Unknown Beatle Aug 2015 #46

According to VA law d_legendary1 Aug 2015 #47

outrageous. there need to be murder charges brought. magical thyme Aug 2015 #49

Jamycheal... Dont call me Shirley Aug 2015 #50

Only should be held in jail to await trial if it's probable the person won't be there otherwise Babel_17 Aug 2015 #52

This makes me so angry Marrah_G Aug 2015 #53

So, so cruel. nt valerief Aug 2015 #56

K&R Solly Mack Aug 2015 #58

We need change. Sen Sanders represents that change. nm rhett o rick Aug 2015 #59

kick Liberal_in_LA Aug 2015 #62

depressing glinda Aug 2015 #63

and just what constitutes "natural causes" in an 18 year old?????? LiberalElite Aug 2015 #64

DENIED Equal Treatment under Law (14A) for being black. AGAIN. n/t freshwest Aug 2015 #65

Meanwhile, richie rich commends private prison industry. That's where the slaves are kept. lonestarnot Aug 2015 #67

Huh? Depaysement Aug 2015 #69

How do we know the guards didn't feed the man as 'prison punishment' or turned off his water as Sunlei Aug 2015 #72