You actually reduce crime by eliminating poverty. You reduce crime with universal healthcare, public housing, livable wages, and free college. You reduce violence by creating happy, healthy communities that aren’t constantly fighting over basic needs and material resources.
I will never understand how so many of y'all were hoodwinked into believing the government should not use the money YOU PAY IN TAXES to create a social safety net that benefits YOU.
And why are you as a proletariat defending the bourgeoisie??? Why is your politics not centered around the hundreds of millions of people in your class??
You reduce crime by eliminating poverty. The actual reason so called nice neighborhoods have lower crime rates is because people’s basic needs are being met. It is not because of police, alarm systems, or neighborhood associations. Poverty creates crime.
This Karmelo Anthony verdict being found guilty right after a Chinese man was found innocent after chasing a black kid down and killing him should tell you everything you need to know about what our priorities should be in these United States
If you tried to get these guys (or pro athletes in general) to support a labor action or a protest organized by grassroots orgs they suddenly wouldn't have time.
I think it is fair to say that the Knicks did not play their best basketball but they have now had two-straight games in which the refs clearly enabled the Spurs to play insane physical with no repercussions and the Knicks just having to deal with it
6 men on the court and the ball is in bounds -- technical foul on Spurs. but not called. they just stop play and say Harper can't come in. why no technical?
You know what’s a really good idea? Let’s turn our iconic home court advantage into hell in a cell and keep fans away right before the biggest home game in franchise history.