Toellner Tells It is enthusiastic about putting OTHER PEOPLE through the Prison Industrial Complex via a new Kansas City Policy that criminalizes walking in the wrong neighborhood: "And you would think that ANYTHING that would help curb the violent crime in the city should be welcomed."
TKC Question: "When violent crime doesn't abate in Hyde Park. What other police crackdown on poor people and minorities will the Hyde Park neighbors create?"
TKC Question: "When violent crime doesn't abate in Hyde Park. What other police crackdown on poor people and minorities will the Hyde Park neighbors create?"
Well, when poor people and minorities stop committing 95% of the crimes...
ReplyDeleteThis crackdown only affects people on probation -- people convicted of crimes. So, boo hoo hoo. Probation ALWAYS comes with a restriction on rights.
Anon 8:08 is right of course, the only people negatively impacted are the people who are convicted of crimes.
ReplyDeleteSay what you want about Hyde Parkers, but the man that was shot in the back of the head wasn't a rich white person. And the parent of the little girl who got to watch the 3 men pass the gun back and forth, has no other options than to live there because that's where the low-income housing is.
Regardless of who's delivering the message, it's the low-income people that are suffering the most from this.
Hasn't something similar been proposed/implemented in the Northeast? How is that working out?
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