just.wing.it
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Preach all that jazz to the ones who need to hear it, the Islamist's.Bull crap, it's the compassion, empathy and common sense that keeps most dems on this site from responding.
Preach all that jazz to the ones who need to hear it, the Islamist's.Bull crap, it's the compassion, empathy and common sense that keeps most dems on this site from responding.
There's really nothing compassionate or empathetical about generational welfare, and the soft bigotry of low expectations.Bull crap, it's the compassion, empathy and common sense that keeps most dems on this site from responding.
Bull crap.
malarkeyLove it! Old school!!!![]()
Yeah!Such language - theres no place for that malarkey on here!!! Keep it civil doggone it.
I'm surprised to see this from you. These types of issues and treating this as a public heath issue is exactly what Black lives matter is really about. People are all focusing on the police shootings but that is just a symptom. The movement is about investing in trying to fix these ghettos in whatever way possible, call it a public health issue or any number of ways. BLM is just trying to shed light on the fact that we as Americans cannot just leave these ghettos with no way for good people to get ahead. So they turn to drugs and criminal activity.@just.wing.it - isnt this in your neck of the woods? i'm shocked to see something other than the typical gun control approach being used. have any opinions or feedback on this?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...ublic-health-measures-mdash-and-saving-lives/
In Baltimore, violence has become a near-daily occurrence. In 2015, for example, this city of more than 620,000 people saw 344 homicides. But by tackling violence as a public health issue, Baltimore is forging a new model for how to keep citizens safe.
In 2007 the city launched its Safe Streets program, modeled after the Cure Violence program in Chicago. Targeting high-risk youth, Safe Streets hires “violence interrupters” to mediate conflict before it has the chance to escalate into violence. These interrupters have often been incarcerated themselves in the past, which brings credibility and experience to their work on the streets.
In 2014 Safe Streets workers had 15,000 encounters with the public and mediated 880 conflicts, more than 80 percent of which were deemed to be likely or very likely to result in gun violence. Three of four program sites saw significant reductions in gun violence; homicides dropped by 56 percent in one neighborhood and by 26 percent in another. Surveys show that people in the program were significantly less likely to find it acceptable to use a gun to settle a conflict, compared with peers in other neighborhoods that did not have the program.
This year Safe Streets will expand to several Baltimore hospitals, where interrupters will help victims of violence—who are themselves often participants in dangerous conflicts—address the trauma they have experienced and navigate reentry into their communities. Although studies to date are small, evidence suggests that people enrolled in this kind of program are three times less likely to be arrested for a violent crime in the future.
But Baltimore's efforts go even further by dealing with factors that contribute to conflict—starting with one of its greatest contributors: addiction. More than 80 percent of individuals in jails have used illegal substances, and more than 30 percent were under the influence of drugs at the time of their offense.
Over the past year Baltimore has led one of the most aggressive opioid overdose prevention campaigns in the country. In October 2015 the Baltimore City Health Department declared overdose to be a public health emergency and issued a blanket prescription for naloxone—the lifesaving drug that reverses the lethal effects of opioids—for every one of the city's residents. The health department trained more than 8,000 people to use naloxone in 2015—in jails, public housing, bus shelters, street corners and markets.
The focus on preventing overdose is combined with a citywide commitment to better access to quality, on-demand drug treatment services and long-term recovery support. Recovery requires medication-assisted treatment, psychological support and wraparound services, which get teachers, clergy and other community members involved in supporting drug abusers. The health department has started a 24/7 hotline that connects people to mental health and substance abuse treatment. It has also launched a public education campaign, “Don't Die,” to educate citizens about overdose.
But intervening on the front end does not stop at addiction; the roots of violence often begin much earlier, in inequalities that have been present from early childhood and even birth. A decade ago the city's infant health ranked among the poorest in the country, with enormous disparities between black and white birth outcomes. In response, the health department led the creation of an evidence-based initiative, B'More for Healthy Babies, that offers extensive support services to mothers and that sends nurses and counselors on home visits to low-income families. The results have been extraordinary: within seven years infant mortality decreased by 28 percent to its lowest in Baltimore's history, the teen birth rate decreased by 36 percent, and the disparity between black and white infant deaths decreased by almost 40 percent.
Violence does not happen randomly or in isolation. It is one tragic, final result of inequities that continually build if left unaddressed. By treating it as a public health issue, it can be prevented—and, perhaps one day, even cured.
I'm surprised to see this from you. These types of issues and treating this as a public heath issue is exactly what Black lives matter is really about. People are all focusing on the police shootings but that is just a symptom. The movement is about investing in trying to fix these ghettos in whatever way possible, call it a public health issue or any number of ways. BLM is just trying to shed light on the fact that we as Americans cannot just leave these ghettos with no way for good people to get ahead. So they turn to drugs and criminal activity.
What about the decrease in voting booths for low income areas. Huge decreases in the past 4 years in low income areas. Makes it almost impossible to vote. The same areas where people are all paid by the hour and they have to wait in line all day to vote. Losing out on a days pay. Malarkey!There's really nothing compassionate or empathetical about generational welfare, and the soft bigotry of low expectations.
I'll tell you one thing that is "common sense" though,VOTER IDENTIFICATION LAWS.
Go ahead an explain why the democrats kick and scream, and fight tooth and nail to make sure that no one has to show ID to vote, and then the turn around and talk about the "sanctity of the vote"....please!
They don't want to eliminate deceased citizens from the voter registration rolls either.
Both of these are obvious ways that the democrats commit voter fraud. All dead people vote democrat, and criminal aliens don't have ID's, unless they're in MD.
They also fall back on their soft bigotry of low expectations and assume that black people can't get ID's because they're black, couldn't be more racist.
It's sick, you're sick if you support it.
Calling them Democratic is a misnomer, as is calling them Progressive.
I almost typed malarkey and thought it wasn't quite enough. Ha!Such language - theres no place for that malarkey on here!!! Keep it civil doggone it.
Quite rabid tonight, I see.The crime and shooting, and murder is all on the rise right now, because since about January 20, 2009, Hussain Obama has done nothing but spew hateful rhetoric towards police.
Police are quitting in mass, and the ones that aren't have their hands are tied by Obama's DOJ.
This is all part of the Progressive's plan to disrupt the social order in America, to the point that they can declare Marshall Law and really take shit over.
I'm not sure what you're on, but it's almost certainly illegal in 35 states.ISIS is a creation of the American Government.....
I've had 37 people pinch me.....
But alas......
This ShIt is REALLY happening.
Brace yourselves!
We are beyond screwed!
I'm going to prison.....just to be a part or something!
Slave Nigga!
Sorce
NO! A politician exaggerating the truth!???He also says in his book that he swam the mighty Apies river. I grew up playing in it. Its nothing but a stream that flows from a fountain....![]()
Ah, I went bald at 19, who gives a damn.Quite rabid tonight, I see.
You'll blow a blood vessel like this, you know.