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Originally Posted by Handro
Who is naive? Certainly the people blaming protests in June for rising homicides in May while ignoring the the cold hard facts of the worst economic crisis in the past 100 years... The protests are extremely triggering for certain segments of the country and fits a convenient narrative to blame them for all of society's current ills but it definitely doesn't stand up to any sort of rigorous logic.
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You don't think police are reacting to the protests against them by taking a more, shall we say, cautious approach? This has been shown to occur time and time again. As I said, I think it might be deliberate to try to demonstrate their value to the general public.
The protests aren't 'triggering' to me. As I said, I participated in them here in Los Angeles. But I'm not going to play dumb and act like the dramatic rise in violence isn't somehow related to protests against the police. Especially when we've seen this exact phenomenon play out time and time again in the past. I understand that the economic crisis could be also contributing, as well as general restlessness and unease among the people. It's not just one factor, but I think it is naive to think the protests don't have something to do with this crime spike.
Another potential cause could be the thousands of inmates that were released in cities across the country due to Covid concerns and, to a lesser extent, activist pressure.