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Re:Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but polic... by jtbayly on Friday June 26, 2020 @02:35PM (#23655340)
It's not violence and police that are killing them where I live. It's drugs. I'm not saying the jail system is the solution, but let's not kid ourselves about what's going on.
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Re:Why the US military usually punishes misconduct but polic... by jolux on Friday June 26, 2020 @02:49PM (#23655510)
I can see that perspective and also say that I think what it speaks to is that we don't provide a better systemic solution to drug addiction than imprisonment, which is an embarrassing failure of American culture and society.
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