• Kaboom@reddthat.com
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    5 months ago

    He literally said “We cannot prosecute and arrest our way out of it.” and judging from the Dems stance on crime, thats what they think. It wasnt mispoken

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      5 months ago

      And it’s being portrayed as we should stop arresting and prosecuting criminals, instead of what was meant. Which I quoted, and was on the posted article.

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      5 months ago

      To which the meaning of that, given the context, is “being a police state, arresting every one at the drop of a hat will not solve things, preventative measures will always be more effective at reducing crime.”

      But that’s evidently too much context to understand, and strawmen args are more to speed for republicans.

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      5 months ago

      Which is funny because you can. You out offenders in jail and they can’t offend for a period of time. It’s how we did it in the 90’s to great success