@JaymalGreen Compulsory civil service . . . just saying. It would fix the problem.
@JaymalGreen We need to offer a viable alternative vision of how we conduct ourselves with regard to the law. Well, compulsory civil service is a viable *alternative* to policing. Replace them, whole hog, at once, with a superior solution. It's a stronger argument.
@JaymalGreen Let's turn every young Chicagoan into a veteran of a new Civil Service that replaces the police. Pacifists can work in therapy and social services.
@JaymalGreen Maybe the transplants will leave and lower the rents.
@JaymalGreen Our children can form new bonds of friendship and forge a common sense of purpose.
@JaymalGreen Money formerly allocated to a union that extracted wealth from us can be funneled into a new, natural, more holistic arrrangement with our communities.
@JaymalGreen Phase out the police after weeding out bad actors into leadership roles to serve in an educational capacity.
@JaymalGreen It's more difficult for shills like Lopez to argue against this framing of the idea, and it's a potential political gold mine. Chicagoans with legitimate fears of poverty-induced violence and organized crime are more easily swayed by an argument such as this.
@JaymalGreen @threadreaderapp unroll please. 🤙
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