Thread on @chesaboudin and the McAlister case. I am appalled by the local media coverage. The racial overtones, the salivating, the sensationalism. The thirst for 3 strikes. It is like revisiting Willie Horton, except its 2021.
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Shootings and homicides have increased in every city in the US: it's the pandemic and attendent economic crisis. Jailing people doesn't do anything to prevent ODs, in fact, given medical neglect in Jail, and rampant drug use in jails, it may increase them.
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And two women being dead isn't a reason to change policy. Ancedotes are a terrible basis for rule changes.
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Making strides against our atrocious system of mass incarceration does indeed help me sleep better at night.
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