This week's On the Media focused in on the Black Lives Matter movement and contains portions of several interviews after several killings of police officers across the nation
They discussed that in Los Angeles, over 52% of the community's budget goes to law enforcement. They then went into the fact that they have one of the highest homeless percentages, and that more funding should be going into this, providing better foods for lower income families, better education, and so on. This frustrates a lot of people because they feel that many people in these black communities don't have a way to get out. Claiming that the schools in these communities just funnel citizens to prisons.
I'm not against the Black Lives Matter movement, and I do understand that most of the people behind this movement have good intentions. However, I would just be interested to hear more of what exactly they would like to see. I have heard a lot of conversations like this where it is suggested that we remove some of the funding from law enforcement and put it in other places. But I'm not sure I understand what exactly they are suggesting or wanting to see. I have heard that we are focusing too much on keeping police officers in these lower income communities, but I'm not sure if I agree that that will fix anything. I don't know why it is that more homes are robbed in lower income communities, and more drugs are used, but based on my personal experiences, I have seen this to be true, and I just have a hard time seeing how this is a solution. I am however, interested to hear other options and specifics of what people's plans are and what they would like to see and put money into, instead of just where we should remove it from.
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