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To: BJ1
I did say something is broken if we need to lock so many men up.

What's broken is the fact that we let criminals walk too many times, thus encouraging them to continue committing crime after crime. I'm all for giving people second chances, and do know that anyone can make a mistake... but 28 arrests and still walking free.... that's insane.

139 posted on 05/01/2015 1:26:39 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Cementjungle

You miss my point. There are riots surrounding this guy’s story. This guy is a bad guy. So was Rodney King yet L.A. went into riots over him.

Yes I lament over the large number of men wasting their lives in jail. There are only a few countries with a higher incarceration rate than our country. I don’t think, locking them up is the correct response. Crime was not out of control like this 50 years ago. I think the correct response is to structure society so we don’t have so many lawless youths roaming the streets. Basically we need a father back in the house and with proper authority to be in charge of raising law abiding citizens. Single women are by and large the parents of those in jail. Why treat the symptom (with more jails) and not the root problem (destruction of the family)?


140 posted on 05/01/2015 1:39:07 PM PDT by BJ1
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