[lbo-talk] Crime in Philly

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On 8/12/07, Dennis Claxton <ddclaxton at earthlink.net> wrote:
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> I'd recommmend reading Christian Parenti's Lockown America.  It's a
> great book on developments in policing and criminal justice in the
> U.S. since the '60s.  Parenti knows what you're talking about when
> you say residents of high crime areas want more police presence and
> he doesn't disregard the danger and insecurity people have to live
> with.  But he also shows how giving the police an inch results in
> their taking a mile in the direction of selective protecting and serving.
>

I love this book, but Parenti warns against function creep. The solution
Nutter has proposed, combined with all the other privacy nonsense that's
happening at the federal level, is really disconcerting.
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