Soaring crime but the fewest people in prison since 1946:...

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Since, on this view, the police routinely commit brutality against black people, and interactions with police frequently result in the death of black men, it is unconscionable to call the police in most situations, especially when it may involve entwining a black life with law enforcement.
42% : In the summer of 2020, the Mayor's Office of Criminal Justice boasted that "the number of New Yorkers held in New York City jails has plummeted, shrinking by 27 percent in 10 weeks, a steeper population decline than in all of last year," bringing the city's incarcerated population down to the lowest level since 1946.

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