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This is a terrible piece. A woman who is mad about her neighborhood and blames a local program for the neighborhood following lockstep with federal trends. Arguing for a return to the policing style of the crack panic as racial fairness is a thin veneer over “we got screwed: now burn it all down”.

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So she can dispose of the syringes she sweeps on your kids playground? Easy to criticize her, when it's not your neighborhood being ruined. Also I didn't think she was arguing for indiscriminately locking the addicts, she just couldn't help but notice policing was different when white people were involved...

Needle exchanges are an evidence based, immediate way to reduce the presence of discarded needles on the street. Safe injection sites prevent the needles getting on the street in the first place.

The activists are in her neighborhood handing out needles already, why are there still syringes for her to clean? How come the Savage Sisters have time to hand out needles and lecture but not enough time to grab a broom and clean up after their 'friends'?

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