Theft and property crimes are not a moral failing but the product of poverty & widespread social failures and I’m not “defending” it (whatever that means) I’m criticizing reporters and editors doubling as vigilantes targeting a population that is, by definition, unhoused and poor
https://twitter.com/eapenthampy/status/1458855056204349451
The US is BY FAR the most criminalized nation in earth. We make up 5% of the world’s population but 24% of its incarcerated population. If arresting people prevented crimes the US would have the lowest crime rate among rich nations but it has one of the highest.
Maybe, for the love of god, we can think of another way to solve theft and property crime than demanding, as these reporters are, more cops arrest more homeless people? Huh? Maybe? Maybe we can think a little outside the fucking box on this one??
We have exactly one tool in our toolbox to solve social problems and it’s narc to Daddy Police, we dont have the cultural grammar or reference point to envision or articulate any other response. It’s not that it’s the most popular response, in our culture it’s the ONLY response
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