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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Why isn't VA having the same problem as DC if this is the case?

Perhaps it is the PEOPLE getting the guns, and not the guns themselves? Maybe we need to lock up those who actually commit crimes instead of continually letting them out on the streets?
Nearly every killer arrested in cases like this have a rap sheet a mile long. But, it's the guns?[/quote]

This.  DC had incredibly stringent gun laws throughout the murder heyday of the Marion Barry/Sharon Pratt Kelly years.   There is an incredibly informative book written by an LA Times reporter and published in 2015 called "Ghettoside" which examines the extremely high murder rates in low income AA neighborhoods.  The thesis of the book is that low income AA communities are simultaneously over-policed while being under-served by the justice system.  The book delves into the  cultural attitudes and beliefs of the low-income AA residents of South Central LA---who had never had an experience of being well-served by the justice system---either in the deep south from whence they and their forebears had come from---or by the city in which they now lived.  The author goes back and examines the attitudes towards black-on-black crime from the end of slavery through the present day, demonstrating that the historically white-dominated criminal justice system---from the police to the prosecutors to the judges---historically did very little to protect black communities, and in addition, the legal system was used for  more than 100 years AFTER the end of slavery to disadvantage black communities.  When there is no trust in the police to keep you safe as a witness, and when you know that witnesses are targets, then it is rational behavior NOT to cooperate with the official investigators.  But that creates a lawless environment of "eye for an eye" Wild West type of justice, where the bullies with the least scruples thrive.

Our current council should focus more on bringing actual justice to communities affected by high-crime, instead of giving the wolves continued free passes to terrorize the sheep.[/quote]

What would actual justice look like, if not perpetuating mass incarceration, long sentences, etc. i dont disagree necessarily, just skeptical that “violence interruptors” and otger prescriptions work at all let alone better than the current system. [/quote]

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