Sadly, Tough On Crime™ always plays well in elections, even for Democrats. It’s part of what propelled Eric Adams into the mayor’s office in NYC. The previous administration had instituted bail reform and a few other good changes, and then crime went up, largely because of COVID but it’s hard to convince people of that, so Adams ran on being Tough On Crime™ and undoing all that, and it worked. It’s really frustrating. And if you all think this is bad, I’m telling you, you have no idea. I don’t know how anyone who goes to law school in the US, and takes a class in Criminal Procedure, doesn’t come out a radical leftist. Our justice system is really fucking broken, especially when it comes to POC.
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