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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Liberal policies on policing and prosecution cause this.

Go back to actually arresting people and putting them in jail.

Stop voting for progressives![/quote]

I will gladly keep voting for progressives because, unlike law-and-order reactionaries, I appreciate that the best way to increase public safety is to address the conditions that lead people to commit crimes in the first place, that harsher punishments don't actually deter crime, that people who make terrible mistakes (especially when they're young) should have a support structure that enables them to thrive in society, and that more policing resources need to be directed toward increasing clearance rates and solving unsolved crimes.

We know that the "tough on crime" approach doesn't work. It makes us no safer but inflicts a ton of misery. Its real goal is to use the power of the state to assuage conservatives' sensitive feelings. They want to feel like "cops are catching the bad guys" even when they're not, and like "the bad guys are getting punished" even when very few are irredeemably evil and the carceral system makes them even more prone to committing crimes. [/quote]

In Arlington the structures are in place, the amount of charity that is available to people in need is tremendous. There are lots of programs for low income kids. But with all things, one has to actually avail themselves of the opportunities. No, there is no way to force someone to take advantage of a program or get involved.  We are past the point of needing "to fix" anything other than crime. You keep believing that the next hand out will make the difference while ignoring the fact that people have free will and sometimes do bad things. Lots of people want free, fast, easy money. Even people with money.  The police don't act of fear of people like you. But then again, as soon as you are the victim of even the smallest crime, there is no doubt that the first thing you will do is reach for the phone to call the policie.

Iun other words,  you are like everyone else in Arligton. You are liberal and progressive UNTIL it effects you personally, and then, well that's a different story ....[/quote]

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