It isn't black & white. What if you were the same person at 16 that held up a store with a gun, released because you were under 18. Now at 19, you're caught again with a gun selling meth. Named as the POI in several violent crimes but not enough to prove. What would you do?
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Replying to @facts16966471 @dbworku and
I would first look to solve why a 16 yr old has a gun?. Lets start there. 2nd why did a 16 year old had the need to hold up a store? If we intervened here, as a society, we likely will not have a 19 year old "with a gun selling meth"
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Replying to @GehaniNeil @facts16966471 and
We as a society don't want to ask the hard questions and actually solve the underlying problem. We are too quick to pass the buck. Let's look in the mirror and ask ourselves what could we as voters have done differently so a 16 year old doesn't have a gun and/or hold up a store
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Replying to @GehaniNeil @dbworku and
There's no passing the buck. They were caught with meth(with violence in the past in this made up narrative)which is why there's a higher bail. Their lives are THEIR responsibility, not society's. If they are actively CHOOSING to sell meth then they pay for it.
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Replying to @facts16966471 @dbworku and
I don't think its that simple. Yes, their "lives" are their responsibility but that assumes they have "lives" worth living. Good societies make sure that every citizen has the economic opportunity to have a life worth living on a level playing field with a safety net.
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Replying to @GehaniNeil @dbworku and
And the US offers you that choice. Some people just CHOOSE not to take it. You're a desi guy, you should be aware what a country with no opportunity looks like vs a one where we have 3.9% unemployment(pre covid) and no federal income taxation for half the country.
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Replying to @facts16966471 @dbworku and
I have lived in 3 countries under 3 systems. Yes, US is great and I am lucky to be living in
#SanFrancisco. A country this wealthy should not have homelessness, violent crime at all. That's due to economics. We have the skillset but we don't have the will or the conscience.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @GehaniNeil @dbworku and
Norway has all sorts of programs and safety nets that US doesn't. They still have homelessness Violent crime occur even amongst the wealthy, a higher proportion of violence occurs amongst the wealthy blacks, I have sources if you'd like to verify. Violence is not due to poverty
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Replying to @facts16966471 @dbworku and
Yes, I'd like to see the data on that. Poverty is not the sole cause of violence. Economics is one of many. Other ones are mental illness, psychosis, etc. Lethality of violence can be significantly reduced if we address our gun culture. We have the highest, due to guns.
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Replying to @GehaniNeil @dbworku and
Data attached. Source: https://randomcriticalanalysis.com/2015/11/16/racial-differences-in-homicide-rates-are-poorly-explained-by-economics/ … Explain poverty vs. Economics. Guns doesn't explain the UK then. Blacks form 2.8% of the population but are responsible for HALF the violent crime even there.pic.twitter.com/SmzHTZw0Nz
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"it’s clear that poverty predicts homicide quite independently of black" it seems like a cyclical argument. He's basically saying that blacks are poorer and tend to have higher single-mother ratio so blacks committ more violent crime. There's so much wrong with this logic :-(
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Replying to @GehaniNeil @facts16966471 and
Of course, he doesn't explain why there are so many single mothers in black communities, if that's true. Perhaps, because our
#CriminalJustice has racially targeted the men and boys?#CriminalJusticeReform (both parties support this now)1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes - Show replies
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