Thread by @JohnFPfaff

He doesn’t, because he can’t (other than maybe a few ppl #onhere, which is …. not “orthodoxy”).

The claim is never that lethal violence hasn’t risen, it’s that traditional tough-on-crime approaches aren’t where we should prioritize more resources.

https://twitter.com/JamesSurowiecki/status/1539397781118504965

Also, I can’t quite figure out the point of the piece. Because ppl are easily fear-mongered by crime, everyone should just lean into that?

Like, how do you change an equilibrium without … pushing on it?

Also: sigh.

Hamid is an expert on the Middle East. Looks like a really thoughtful one.

I’m an expert on prosecutors and prisons. Think I’m fairly thoughtful. Have you seen my latest in Slate on Tunisia’s politics? No. No you haven’t.

I try not to be a “stay in your lane” type. I really do.

But not EVERYONE has a good take on crime policy. It is—like all major social phenomena—really complex.

But who HASN’T written on it lately? It’s getting frustrating.

Also, that Larry Krasner guy he talks abt a lot seems, at least in his eyes, to have made a lot of blunders.

I wonder what happened to him. Gotta think that sank his political career.

(Never once mentions that Krasner won—and by bigger margins where violence was the most.)