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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

You really drank the Koop aid didn’t you? Of course we need to get to the root cause, but it’s never going to happen and crime will get worse. Eventually, they will rob someone with a gun and get shot. When the criminal see that the regular people are fighting back, it will lessen. Our CA is terrible, imo and is a direct cause of much of the increased crime. I do still feel safe, but I do not leave my purse or keys in my unlocked car. That’s just stupid. Crime of opportunity can happen everywhere. [/quote]

I don’t understand this type of thinking. Why is it either/or? Why can’t we address root causes such as poverty, racism etc. But when you commit a crime you get punished? Working class people care about safety as well. So do immigrants, Latinos, Black people. I don’t understand why we can’t focus on both at the same time. [/quote]

Except for the carjackings and catalytic converters and airbag thefts, most of the crone affects poor people.  But now middle class women are being sexually assaulted in Clarendon and Crystal City and burglaries are happening on North Arlington.   I agree that crime is a reflection of our degrading culture and will continue to increase and primarily harm the people who the crusaders allegedly care about.    [/quote]

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