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It’s a message that breaks down when you investigate it, but it works on white people.

Posted by Tim (aka othertim) Oct 5 '22, 09:06

Because it’s code for “lock up all the Black and brown people.” We have the highest percentage of incarcerated people in the world. Yet crime doesn’t go away. There’s a lot of evidence that different approaches work.

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Yup. My friend from Brooklyn that now lives in CT was saying he heard NY is as bad as it was in the 80s and I got so upset with him for believing the - Krusty Oct 5, 09:26 2
- we were just there and laugh at how all the movies and TV shows make Central Park seem like a crime zone...dude, there's like 5,000 people near you at - Beaker Oct 5, 09:34 1
  - Yup. It's always busy with people enjoying the park or walking through to get to the east or west side. It can be dangerous at night and being off the - Krusty Oct 5, 09:39

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It’s a message that breaks down when you investigate it, but it works on white people.

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