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No, the criminals took over because of aggressive policing.
*Sigh* ok let's unpack this a little bit...No, the criminals took over because of opportunity, enabled by the 'dumb as a box of rocks' Mayor that had the ability before this day to heed the intel, and beef up police presence, and make arrests to let the criminals know that this would not be tolerated, PERIOD! She failed, and just cost Balto millions!
You're talking POST incident, I'm saying curtailing the aggressiveness PRE incident will remove possible excuses for these criminals to take over in the first place.
No again, I asked you to breech this river of pseudo intellectual pablum, to highlight just how dangerous it is to placate the criminals, and anarchists that were driving the opportunist outbreak last night. Look, it was dangerous for anyone that wasn't a black resident to enter these areas BEFORE the riot last night, largely because the police were undermanned and over taxed....So, please don't try and give me the 'kinder, gentler' approach....Balto has a gang problem, and a drug problem...To lessen the police footprint is to give up.
Fundamentally, however, the reasons why those criminals and thugs exist in such large numbers needs to be addressed.
What does that even mean? Because what I read in that sentence is do nothing while we all get together and talk, talk, talk....Meanwhile the city is destroyed....
But cops killing more people, that will only cause it to get worse. And once it's started, you're screwed because now you have to respond with more aggressive policing and the cycle of hate and aggression and violence takes over.
More dead cops won't help either, but I know, that's not as important as protecting the poor misunderstood thug....Maybe some chocolate chip cookies will help....
We cannot allow that cycle to establish and that means, in part, curtailing police activities prior so that you don't get Baltimore's or Ferguson's in the first place.
Less policing = More crime. That's a fact.
This sort of powder keg explosions need to stop.
On that we agree...
You also then have to address the socio-economical problems that plague our inner cities and crime ridden areas in order to try to produce more positive community interactions and decrease criminal activity.
Wow, you touched all the catch phrase nothing speak right there....You should have just said pay reparations.
None of which is a "wave the wand" sort of system where we can magically cure it. It will take time and effort, but if we do it right we will end up all the better for it.
Ok, so, weeding through the babble, this is what I hear from you....
Weaken police authority
Hope that the criminal element won't take advantage
More give away's
Leave more innocent citizens vulnerable to crime.
In short...Make our urban cities less safe....All because you don't like the 'oh so scary' military look of riot police....
Where am I wrong?