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Founder and Executive Director, @CivRightsCorps | Author of Usual Cruelty

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    1. Karsten Weide 威德柳‏ @WeideKarsten Sep 13

      Karsten Weide 威德柳 Retweeted Alec Karakatsanis

      Alec, your claim that crime is down U.S.-wide is just like @chesaboudin claim it is down in SF. Technically true. But once you look more closely, it is clear that certain types of crime are up. In our city, murders are up. Burglaries. Car thefts. Arson. Shootings. Drug OD dead.https://twitter.com/equalityAlec/status/1437420997083373571 …

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      Alec KarakatsanisVerified account @equalityAlec
      Here is the data: https://www.thirdway.org/memo/the-crime-of-the-crime-narrative …
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    2. Alec Karakatsanis‏Verified account @equalityAlec Sep 13
      Replying to @WeideKarsten @chesaboudin

      What do you imagine the significance to be of even modest yearly fluctuations in any of these particular "crimes"? Do you know whether pollution crimes, wage theft, or any other crime not widely investigated is up? What the role of cops and prosecutors are in any of these?

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    3. Karsten Weide 威德柳‏ @WeideKarsten Sep 13
      Replying to @equalityAlec @chesaboudin

      I don't. And neither do you. I'm just thinking progressives make pretty sweeping claims about crime and its causes considering they have no clue. Part of this for sure is a repeat of the 60s. Civil rights movement -> anti-police sentiment -> less policing -> more crime.

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      Alec Karakatsanis‏Verified account @equalityAlec Sep 13
      Replying to @WeideKarsten @chesaboudin

      i think you should read my long thread, as well as the two major articles i wrote that are cited in the thread. i very rarely make "sweeping claims about crime" because i think the concept of "crime" is pretty much meaningless and a terrible approximation for harm and well-being.

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        2. Alec Karakatsanis‏Verified account @equalityAlec Sep 13
          Replying to @equalityAlec @WeideKarsten @chesaboudin

          that said, we do know from decades of domestic and international research that inequality, alienation, lack of medical and mental health care, and lack of social connection and creative outlets cause interpersonal violence and conflict.

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        3. Karsten Weide 威德柳‏ @WeideKarsten Sep 13
          Replying to @equalityAlec @chesaboudin

          Sure. I agree. But progressives' criminal justice reforms addressing root causes will take years to work, if they ever do (considering many are experimental). In the meantime, we must guarantee public safety. Without this most basic item of civil society, you have anarchy.

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        2. Karsten Weide 威德柳‏ @WeideKarsten Sep 13
          Replying to @equalityAlec @chesaboudin

          I do not believe it is a good idea to give up on the idea of keeping those who break the law from harming society any more. I am not against addressing the root causes of crime BTW. But progressives do it at the expense of public safety. 1st, guarantee public safety.

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        3. Paul‏ @netfire4 Sep 13
          Replying to @WeideKarsten @equalityAlec @chesaboudin

          I do not believe that your vision offers ANY additional safety for me, in fact I believe you offer only a loss of both liberty and safety. The evidence is consistent and obvious tough on crime policies are a failed antique. Liberty and Justice first, only then can we be safe.pic.twitter.com/THuGN8nNy4

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