One of the few times I've felt good listening to a politician. He seems informed, invested, goal-oriented, inspiring, researched the community and has specific action plans. One of the basic things people want is a clean, safe city.
Great interview. I wish that other cities would use this crime response template to address problems, tailoring it to each community, rather than just going with their gut and continuing to get it wrong.
Really interesting interview! Michelle did great with direct and hard questions, the mayor was well prepared for them. I think the most compelling part of this reporting is the significant statistical outlier that Dallas presents, the unique response by elected officials, and the attention to the chief who they credit with firmly changing the culture. 0 tolerance for white supremacy and extremism is a must, and what I’ve seen missing from other defund attempts is that there wasn’t a significant investment in violence stricken communities. $5 million in community projects in one year is the kind of investment I haven’t seen enough of.
That's always the case, it's about 5 percent of the people in very small areas that cause most of the issues. It's not Black or White or Hispanic specific, it's mostly the poor environment with less structure in place. Family structures matters, neighborhood structure matters, male authority figures matter in households and in communities to keep the young lions in place, otherwise the young lions will kill off everything at will with no discipline.
Yes. And this is why the number 4 on his list is important. The educational system can have areas of personal development, this includes things like anger and conflict management. Someone needs to give the a sense of extended identity, such as community, etc. And also a sense of life planning, that lets them see the way people live with even a average career with a steady job, over their lives. The current educational system has placed too much emphasis on proficiency testing.
Yes, I'd surmise there's a very low rate of crime around donut shops. Also, would be far better to focus less on the militarization of policing vs community-focus.
This topic was about a drop in crime...and michelle martin is asking about white supremacy.....okay, what? What does thay have to do with the topic at hand
As a resident of Dallas I see more areas blacked out at night than ever before! Also, I like how she pushed back on him as a black man on the bloated, over militarization of our cities! He's not an Uncle Tom but he seems to readily defend these huge budgets. I think anytime a mayor talks about going and speaking to the religious aspects is a go-to methodology of spewing nonsense. BLM deserves a more spirited discussion.
