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LamestreamMedia 2 points ago +2 / -0

Indeed. They rated the news source according to the political leanings of the participant, so it’s entirely subjective and has no objective baseline. Still, it goes to show that many of these news sources appeal to self-reported liberals, and the conservative sources are dwarfed by their number.

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LamestreamMedia 5 points ago +5 / -0

This tragedy fits into the conversation about police. When she was stabbed, students called for more public safety and were reassured by the increased police presence in the park. Many of these students now want to abolish the police.

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LamestreamMedia 1 point ago +1 / -0

From the article: “In cities where these contacts fell the most, homicides increased the most. Sadly, the decision to launch departmentwide state and federal inquiries into the deaths of Brown, McDonald and Gray resulted in numerous additional deaths. Mr. Fryer said that because of changes in police behavior following investigations in these and other cities, ‘my estimates show that we lost a thousand more lives, most of them black as well, because of an increase in homicides.’ The protesters and their political allies insist that policing is the problem, but when police pull back, black communities are hit hardest.” Goes to show that the call to defund the police is going to backfire.

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