Says the solution is basically "midnight basketball". I know you're an Aussie, "midnight basketball" was a Clinton "solution" and it was basically a feel good boondoggle.
The RANTN IRISHMAN says it far better than this aussie could:
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The are so many things wrong with Midnight Basketball that I hardly know where to begin. First, do we really need a taxpayer funded program to encourage black boys to play more basketball? For all the problems that black youth have playing basketball is not one of them. They seem to have that skill down pretty well. Also do we really need to encourage colored people to be roaming around the streets after midnight? Once again that seems to be another thing they have down.
Of course it seems obvious that we should look at why the program failed in the 90’s before forking over millions again. Kids that carry guns, deal drugs and commit drive by shooting are not concerned about midnight basketball. They are busy with midnight murder. Do these clucks in government really think that homie will suddenly drop the life of petty crime in exchange for midnight basketball? Envision this scenario:
Rasheem: Yo, da do da do da da do! Translation: Let’s kill these Negroes and steal their dope.
Akeem: Da dum do da do! Di di didy bby! Translation: No that would be wrong! Let’s play midnight basketball instead!
Rasheem: Yo, yo, yo! Dats wha m sain! Translation: Yes that’s a capital idea. Now that there’s Midnight Basketball I no longer feel the need to commit crimes!
Here’s another problem with midnight basketball that no one ever thinks of. I work out daily right after work. It reinvigorates me. Try to exercise sometime just prior to your bedtime. You’ll be awake for several extra hours. So we’re going to have kids playing basketball at midnight and when will they go to sleep? To me midnight basketball is nothing more than a reinforcement of already established bad habits of goofing around during oddball hours.
Of course when thinking about crime reduction solutions one has to think of the hundreds of option available that don’t involve midnight of basketball. Oh I don’t know how about something like morning work or a ten o’clock curfew? Oh but that would involve personal responsibility and a real leader not obsessed with cheap votes at the expense of public safety. Let the midnight basketball begin!
http://moynihaninstitute.org/MIDNIGHT.html