Luigi Mangione

Police save lives in the streets? Barely.

I think I remember reading that only 2 or 3 % of major crimes get solved by police officers based on a study I read a while back. https://prismreports.org/2022/02/23/police-dont-stop-crime-but-you-wouldnt-know-it-from-the-news/

The best way to prevent crime is to give peoplw what they need to survive , thrive and be happy. Like universal mental and health care, access to brith controls, housing, labor that actually helps your community and has reasonable hours, etc... Social programs that give workers what they need will ALWAYS do far more to prevent people from losing their lives than police ever have or ever will.

Thats why crimes amongst those who are very rich tend to be financial crimes like not providing workers with protective equipment or machinery, tax evasion and wage theft but rarely ever violent crime. Crimes amongst the poor tend to be a notably larger combination of both. Ya, because if youve been impoverished, ignored, and had your psychological issues ignored your whole life crimes of violence and even robbery dont seem like the worse idea.

Im not advocating for violent crime though Im just saying that if we give people what they need to be happy in life? Theyll rarely ever resort to viopent crime that will end the lives of other people. THAT is how you save lives . Not more police. Not police reforms. Not even reforms in general. But a complete revolution of society that places humanity and humanity's needs at the centre of everything we plan and do....but will this happen?...Hmmm welp we have to see if humanity wants this change to happen

Very few rich kids with loving parents, parents that make time for those kids, ever end up growing up and joining into a violent trafficking, drug manufacturing and drug distribution gangs right?