Every 10 additional community organizations in a city led to a 9% drop in murder and 6% drop in violent crime. Here’s why that’s important. (1/x)https://twitter.com/upshotnyt/status/928571281146089473 …
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For example, Baltimore Safe Streets, a community-based approach to reducing shootings, has a budget of $1.5 million. But Baltimore police get nearly $500 million/year.
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About $100 million each year gets invested in community orgs focused on black men *nationwide.* By contrast, $20 billion is spent each year on policing black men and another $30 billion on incarcerating them. http://bmafunders.org/quantifying-hope-2017/ …pic.twitter.com/loSqXZwnfZ
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A total $182 billion is spent each year on a system of mass incarceration that *does not reduce violent crime* and that harms and taxes communities.pic.twitter.com/XsGPvJH2p0
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