[conspire] Public Surveys

[Ruben Safir]

On Mon, Jun 08, 2020 at 02:23:25PM -0700, Deirdre Saoirse Moen wrote:
> > On Jun 8, 2020, at 13:38, Ruben Safir <ruben at mrbrklyn.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Well, you have never been chased down pitkin avenue by 40 black kids
> > weilding clubs and knieves, or had a sister sexually abused, or been
> > shot at on the Livonia Avenue train station, so you have to always keep
> > in mind the source.
> 
> Clarification, since I responded quickly and enumerated badly and should have been clearer:
> 
> 1. I do believe you were chased down Pitkin avenue. I don’t believe 40.

More than 40.  What are you thinking?  We had more than 50 kids in a
class ...  Packs of violent kids routinely walked the streets in these
numbers.


> 
> Gangs definitely have been a problem, but gangs are a response to a broken police system.
> 
> The solution to gangs *isn’t* a bigger police state as that just creates bigger badder gangs. It’s the old thesis-anthithesis-synthesis problem.
> 
> 2. I do believe your sister’s assault and hope she was able to get treatment and help.
> 
> 3. I do believe you were shot at.
> 
> Deirdre
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