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    Ugh.Breanna Edwards
    5/08/17 9:12am

    I see that Tomi Marchant has a clone troll. Always a fun/pathetic little addition.

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      David E. Davis rides again!Ugh.
      5/08/17 9:29am

      I thought he was a clown troll.

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      Tomi MarchantDavid E. Davis rides again!
      5/08/17 9:57am

      Fuck you, white devil!

      Im Tomi Marchant, recognize bitch!

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    Ugh.Breanna Edwards
    5/08/17 9:59am

    TO THE GRAYED-OUT DUDE:

    Whats the matter, you can accept them when they post racist, cop-hating shit, but not when someone says verbatum the same thing?

    1. I don’t have to agree with everything she says. I don’t agree with everything she says, but I’m okay with letting that shit hang there without my commentary.

    2. It wasn’t verbatim. You added in a bit about not talking to cops.

    3. Clone trolls are fucking pathetic. Full stop.

    4. Hating what someone says so much that you’d take the time and effort to impersonate them online is...well...let’s just say it’s a fucking weird response, yeah?

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      Ugh.Ugh.
      5/08/17 10:30am

      “Got Yesha Callahan to like (and un-gray) one of the racist posts already:”

      This is what passes for achievement, apparently.

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    82ndVetBreanna Edwards
    5/08/17 9:19am

    How do we fix this problem?

    Seriously? More policing? Less policing? More community outreach? More economic opportunities? All of the above? None?

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      EvenBaggierTrousers582ndVet
      5/08/17 9:38am

      As a guy who grew up in Chicago and seen gang activity rise and fall... I don’t know. It seemed to be less ... random and wild back when the major gang leaders were still out of prison and calling the shots, but I’m not about to say installing big ganglords is the answer. When they jailed them, the gangs broke off into little factions and it seems to spark turf wars and more shootings. There was also the break up of public housing which scattered gangs and gang members into new areas that had previously not seen much gang activity. Sending members of one gang into an area already controlled by another is a recipe for disaster, as we can see. And finally, there was the era when cops had carte blanche to beat the shit of gang members and suspected gang members and while that somewhat controlled the gangs (i.e. kept them in their own neighborhoods) cops got away with a lot of vile shit.

      I guess the answer now is more targeted community outreach and economic opportunities, since those are the two things that haven’t been tried with any major effort.

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      Sapphire82ndVet
      5/08/17 10:58am

      I’m no expert but a big part is giving people something else to do. There are many reasons people join gangs, power, protection, a better opportunity than trying to get a legitimate job or its they only thing they feel they will be able to do. A lot of this is also gangs telling young people “No one else will want you” to get them to join.

      There is a lot that needs to happen:

      -Better education- not just schooling but informing people how to find jobs and how to avoid gang violence. This also needs to happen on an employer level too, job providers need to know where to look to find workers and keep them.

      -More opportunities- not to sound like a politician but you would be surprised how many people are in gangs because there is nothing else for them to do or nothing else is available for them. More jobs or opportunities for people to get out of gangs would also lower violence.

      -Community outreach- Connecting the community with the police is huge. People need to feel safe but Police need to feel safe too. I’m not defending all the garbage in the news but part of it stems from police feeling like they always need to be looking over their shoulder for someone gunning for a cop. Police need to make people feel safe so they don’t rely on gangs for protection and people need to go to the police when they see crimes happen so they can prosecute.

      -Reforming the Prisons- Prisons in the US are mostly privately owned and operate to generate a profit. One of the ways they do this is by keeping as many people in their cells as possible. They then take those profits and lobby for stricter laws and policies to make more criminals. America right now only has incentives for making criminals, not than helping people. This is huge. The lack of opportunities for convicted felons stems from prisons trying to keep people in their jails as long as possible.

      Just my 2 cents.

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    poo javelinBreanna Edwards
    5/08/17 10:46am
    “We have a fairly good idea of the conflict involved and where we need to be deployed.”

    Since “at the memorial gathering for the first victim” would probably have been to of most people’s lists, I’d have said they haven’t a fucking clue where they should be…

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