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[quote=Anonymous]I no longer go running in my neighborhood (H Street) because of recent uptick in shootings, stabbings, and car jackings in broad daylight. I'm very progressive but don't by into the "abolish the police" nonsense. It would be one thing if we were identifying and implementing crime abatement policies that were actually doing anything, but we're not. You can't abolish the police if you aren't doing anything to prevent or deter crime. The violence interruptor BS is just that -- BS. I truly believe if we adopted more progressive social policies -- universal health care, low cost or free college, improved supports for the unemployed and families (not just money but actual support in the form of job training and placement, affordable housing, etc.), we'd find we could reduce our emphasis on police and prison. But you can't just abandon our current means of crime abatement without addressing the lack of social support. It won't work, as we are currently seeing.[/quote]
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