Quote Originally Posted by iris lilies View Post
jesus Christ, I have to really wonder about ya'll who apparently don't let live in high crime neighborhoods.

jp, I appreciate perps being locked up for however many moments in order to give my community a freaking rest from their shenanigans.

Go forth and and expound on the nature of criminal rehabilitation and restorative justice and etc. It is the internet, after all. But some of us are real people with communities where we look out for one another against the bad guys. Make no mistake, the bad guys are real. Talk amongst yourselves, it does hurt anything.

of COURSE prison does rehabilitate anyone! Throwing whatever amount of money at that problem won't work, just like throwing money at poor families and poor communities doesn't fix the problem.
MMMMMmmmmm.......living in a lower income area as I do - I have just one question for you. Do you not see the police as part of the problem, also? (Notice I did not say the problem, I said part of the problem). I sure do. But I also don't believe the problem is entirely the police and how they behave in lower income neighborhoods. I does take two sides to dance the tango. But this terror of the police that so many low income have? This issue needs to be publicized more heavily around the world - more than it already has been - and then it needs to be addressed and not half assed but addressed for real. I know you are going to say your neighborhood is not like that and I'm glad for you - I really am. Please understand however that not all lower income neighborhoods have positive relations with the police. Rob