DeRay McKesson
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It's a big fucking chunk though.
I'm happy you're having this is I think you're great this this is the reaction we want people to have it is crazy so if we're not honest about the problem nigga it's more than half of the state prison is violence it's violence and okay so I was gonna ask you I hate when I have to like try to recollect names so I'm not gonna do that I'm just gonna say mayor of Chicago mayor of Baltimore mayor of Birmingham mayor of New York the black mayors black mayors and then Zoran um
I have invested heavily in social programs and seen differences with that investment.
And I'm curious to like,
How policy affects those things.
For one, you have to have somebody in there who is social program minded, who cares about the society that they are governing.
But what I'm thinking about how the social programs affect what we've seen through their social programs is a drop in violence.
And most people are in prison for violent crimes.
And, you know, drugs, you know, weapons, all these things are, like, extremely...
minor and then you get to things like burglary is very high in the scheme of all the other things 81,000 it's not the chunk but it is like a testament to poverty more than anything that's why people steal dog I'm sorry I'm gonna send this to my editor so we can put this graphic on board the violence is fucking crazy
And we need to see that.
Seeing that is throwing me the fuck, because you, because you would think it's drugs.
Like you, the way that they talk about drugs, you think of drugs like literally the smallest part of it.
Death, over $200 of felony, which can lead up to 18 months in prison.