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‘Tough-On-Crime’ Policing Returns As Lawmakers Walk Back Reforms
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8:09Now PlayingIt’s no secret politicians will say whatever they need to get elected, but recent shifts in where they stand on policing and funding is raising concern.
The governor and mayors of several cities like Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland have all recently called for more police, not less, to deal with crime waves.
Recent polls like this one from Pew Research Center also show how much Americans are currently divided over whether people convicted of crimes spend too much or too little time in prison.
Melina Abdullah, co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter of Black Lives Matter and the director of Black Lives Matter Grassroots, joins Charles Blow on “Prime” to discuss.
All this and more on “Prime.”
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