In 2019, teens from Queens were given a chance to attend a pro sporting event many for the first time. On supervised release instead of jail. Brought by social workers. The NY Post derided this “crook coddling” for “baddies.” But here's how they depict a white supremacist killer:
The NY Post helped repeal bail reform to jail thousands more Black & Latino people through fearmongering & hate. Calling Black & Latino people accused of crimes “Punks, Criminals, Jailbirds, & Inmates who get sprung.” The hate & disdain worked. themarshallproject.org/2019/11/14/tab…
Fearmongering from the NY Posts of the world (looking at you @chicagotribune) isn’t just disdainful. It’s dangerous. Enables harsher laws, blocks smarter reforms, & in NY, strengthened the cynical effort to kill common sense criminal justice changes, passed democratically.
In Chicago, so-called "reformer" Mayor @LoriLightfoot is referring to people--mostly young black teens charged with simple gun possession--as "violent offenders," calling for more police to "quell" communites, & blaming w/o evidence bail reform. More: JusticeNotFear.org
Bottom line for now: If we don’t give changes to the status quo of mass punishment a chance, if we instead listen & react to cynical scare tactics of pro-carceral bureaucrats, we are doomed. We need more health. Not punishment.
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