Kymberlyn Reed
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#mouthypolitics101

Not that it should be said, but Black people. DO care about crime. We want safe neighborhoods and our family members coming home safe.

What we DON'T want is racist overpolicing that treats ALL of us as criminals. We want "protect and serve" to mean equally.

That's one reason
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Kymberlyn Reed
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why I believe not just better training of officers and monitoring, but police living in the neighborhoods they patrol. That way they can develop respectful relationships with the public that will help them do their jobs better.

It's important that "good cops" start tearing down
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Kymberlyn Reed
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that "Blue code of silence" because all they're doing is protecting the bad actors who create the mistrust in the first place.

There are so many Black people and organizations that have been instrumental in helping our youth find alternatives to gangs, but the media and racists
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have NO interest in Googling this information, especially when such groups aren't reliant upon right wing talking points and are actually making a real difference in the lives of Black folks.
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Melanie Nunya
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Frankly, THIS is why the 94 Crime Bill came into existence. We DO want peaceful neighborhoods. And crack had made that almost impossible in our communities. Our grannies were begging for peace
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Vaughn Hilton
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I would also add that white people commit the same amount of crimes but have the benefit of the media not reporting it unless it's mass shootings which gives them a false sense of security. Poor broken people commit crimes overall. Color is an aside.
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