Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
“Prosecution, however, by definition, takes place after a crime has occurred, and to truly make the District safer, we need to focus on stopping crime before it happens in the first place,” he added. “Prevention efforts cannot replace effective policing and prosecution, but are equally necessary in order to make D.C. safer now and in the long run.”
Typical conservative spin. Take a sentence out of context. And then get enraged.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 4 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
Itsamelemmy@lemmy.zip 4 months ago
And it’s being portrayed as we should stop arresting and prosecuting criminals, instead of what what meant. Which I quoted, and was on the posted article.
PizzaMane@lemm.ee 4 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.
Kaboom@reddthat.com 4 months ago
There’s a level between police state and giving probation to murderers. Surely you can see the issue here.
PizzaMane@lemm.ee 4 months ago
What are you even talking about?
wintermute_oregon@lemm.ee 4 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