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Aella
@Aella_Girl
The images of communities fixing their own neighborhoods is so powerful, and I wonder if it's more effective at reducing riots - to see your own people around you working to undo the damage is much more humanizing than seeing city workers in matching uniforms working for pay.
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@Aella_Girl
I have no idea if this is true but on a gut, emotional level I feel like the individual community members getting out there and working to help each other is more effective at stopping looting than the police and military. Maybe I just really want it to be true?
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@chopstickfury01
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@Aella_Girl
In a way, it likely is. The fact that they are the ones witnessing and physically dealing with the damage is going to effect them and make them not want to see this again. Cops are disaffected at some point, it's just a routine punctuated by high levels of stress.
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