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1/Want some uplifting, positive news?

Check out this great story about declining gun violence in the Bay Area!

theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…
2/Check this out!!
3/San Francisco, Oakland, and Richmond have seen the biggest drops.
4/It must be because they locked up a bunch of criminals in prison, right??

WRONG.

Bay Area incarceration rates have PLUNGED.
5/Oh, well then it must be because of gentrification, right??

WRONG!
6/And by the way...sorry, Trump fans, but immigration doesn't increase crime!
7/So what's working? Why is Bay Area gun violence dropping?

A big factor is probably community policing.

lawcenter.giffords.org/a-case-study-i…
8/In a country where it can often seem like everything is getting worse, here is something that is getting better.

Other cities should pay attention and learn the lessons of the Bay Area's success.

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theguardian.com/us-news/ng-int…
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