P.U.R.R. Philly Uprising Response

Violent crime is on the rise despite Philadelphia Police increasing in size, funding, and arms throughout the decade. There are 11 policing agencies in Center City Philadelphia. Why does crime continue to increase with such a militarized force? Because the strength and size of a police department has nothing to do with the reasons of social deviance and social factors that cause deviancy. People having no or low incomes, people having health conditions requiring prescriptions and copays, people having behavioral health troubles, people having no home, people having drug and gambling addictions, people having struggle is exactly why crime and deviancy happens in a society. No matter how many prison cells you build, no matter how many guns you have, no matter how many men and women in a uniform, and no matter how many surveillance systems the intelligence agencies build, there will be no stopping deviancy and crime as long as these systems in place to disenfranchise people to the point where they have no choice if they want to put food on their table and pay their rent. Philadelphia Police having a tank doesn't stop kids from being kids, and doesn't stop people from struggling. Food stamps, welfare, healthcare, and mutual aid for every persons basic needs and rights is what creates less of a cause for social deviancy and crime to occur. So instead of paying for tanks we should be housing people. Instead of paying for explosives we should be buying textbooks and laptops for kids. Instead of chasing drugs around the city, we should be providing dispensaries for cleaner drugs and places for people to do them safely while they wait for their provided treatment. Instead of paying for bullets, we should be paying for bridges, and trains, and infrastructure. Instead of building prisons, we should be building hospitals and schools. The government is so focused on control and authority that it has forgotten humanity.

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Violent crime is on the rise despite Philadelphia Police increasing in size, funding, and arms throughout the decade. There are 11 policing agencies in Center City Philadelphia. Why does crime continue to increase with such a militarized force? Because the strength and size of a police department has nothing to do with the reasons of social deviance and social factors that cause deviancy. People having no or low incomes, people having health conditions requiring prescriptions and copays, people having behavioral health troubles, people having no home, people having drug and gambling addictions, people having struggle is exactly why crime and deviancy happens in a society. No matter how many prison cells you build, no matter how many guns you have, no matter how many men and women in a uniform, and no matter how many surveillance systems the intelligence agencies build, there will be no stopping deviancy and crime as long as these systems in place to disenfranchise people to the point where they have no choice if they want to put food on their table and pay their rent. Philadelphia Police having a tank doesn't stop kids from being kids, and doesn't stop people from struggling. Food stamps, welfare, healthcare, and mutual aid for every persons basic needs and rights is what creates less of a cause for social deviancy and crime to occur. So instead of paying for tanks we should be housing people. Instead of paying for explosives we should be buying textbooks and laptops for kids. Instead of chasing drugs around the city, we should be providing dispensaries for cleaner drugs and places for people to do them safely while they wait for their provided treatment. Instead of paying for bullets, we should be paying for bridges, and trains, and infrastructure. Instead of building prisons, we should be building hospitals and schools. The government is so focused on control and authority that it has forgotten humanity.

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