This is a terrible tragedy and awful end to a brutal year. It is a system failure that resulted in irreversible harm to two families. My heart goes out to the families of the victims. We will hold the man who did this accountable. We will support the families of the victims
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Replying to @chesaboudin
I supported, canvassed for, and voted for you. I want criminal justice reform as much as the next person. But right now all I see from you are celebrations of prosecuting cops and excuses. At best you are losing the messaging battle 1/
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Replying to @Foxandthecloud @chesaboudin
At worst you are making people feel less safe, making this city more divided, and for all I know actually making the city less safe. Help me l, as a supporter of these policies, understand what is actually being done to improve life in this city for everyone. 2/x
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Replying to @Foxandthecloud @chesaboudin
How can you support policies that by design makes crime worse ?
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Replying to @stinkytcat1 @chesaboudin
This is a shortsighted view of what criminal justice reform is. No one wants to make crime worse. What this goal requires is systemic changes that lead to fewer first-time crimes being committed, and fewer repeat crimes being committed.
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It’s just pure lunacy to think by not enforcing low level crimes you’ll somehow prevent large crimes. Pretty much all criminals start with low level crimes and move up. They don’t just go big. It’s overtime they go big. Crimes are crimes. Don’t commit them you don’t get arrested
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Replying to @trickydickpol @Foxandthecloud and
This claim of “systemic racism” is false. Police budgets aren’t unlimited. They have limited resources. Which means they need to spend those resources where they have the most impact. For cultural reason many minority neighborhoods are ripe with violent crime. Hence more police.
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Replying to @trickydickpol @Foxandthecloud and
When you have more police in an area they will have more interactions with the community in that area. They will enforce all crimes in that area as well. Which is why people might believe there is “disproportionate” policing. There really isn’t there is disproportionate crime.
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For example Black people are 14% of the population yet commit over 50% of the annual murders in the US and over 40% of the violent crime. Most of the victims are Black themselves which means more police in Black communities. Kneecapping police doesn’t stop crime. Changing the
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