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Originally Posted by UPChicago
Violent criminals need to be taken off the streets surely but we don't need to waste tax dollars detaining non-violent offenders when there are much cheaper alternatives in the form of home monitoring. People fail to understand that we are actually taking resources away from law enforcement when we focus on trying to detain all criminal regardless of the severity of the offense. It cost 55k to detain a person for a year, money that could go towards hiring detectives who could actually boost the clearance rate which would be more effective in deterring violent crime. Its time for people to let go of this failed notion that if everyone who committed a crime isn't behind bars than it is considered being soft on crime that's a false choice.
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I don't think there are many people that believe what you've outlined. But clearly Chicago has a violent crime/homicide problem that isn't being helped by Kim Foxx, Toni Prekwinkle and the diversity above all else crowd. It's weird because those most affected by the violence are African Americans. They are voting with their feet by simply leaving the city and the region. Coddling criminals is making it worse.