The overall crime rate is nearly as low as it’s been in decades, but that hasn’t stopped officials from pushing draconian measures likely only to fuel mass incarceration and harm public safety. It’s time for a different approach.
  • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
    201·
    8 months ago

    The GOP hasn’t had a new idea since Reagan’s “Just Say No” and tax cuts for the rich.

    And, BTW, all his ideas failed.

  • FiveMacs
    11·
    8 months ago

    Isn’t the ones mostly doing crimes the ones that should be stopping it, or am I mistaken

  • pivot_root@lemmy.world
    8·
    8 months ago

    Being tough on crime was never about reform or safety. It was about supporting the prison industrial complex.

    • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      8 months ago

      Yes, and it was about finding excuses to suppress minorities when overt segregation was no longer allowed.