not to rain on anyone’s parade but it does bear noting that any pitch for reform that adds more power to the nypd - in this case, creating a social worker-type response team under the nypd - guarantees they will alter the policy to ineffectiveness and enjoy the boon of an increased budget.

that said we don't need to wait for people to get incarcerated to think about how to make pro social activities accessible. this is a public works program we could sink billions into rather than the gestapo jobs program we've landed on in the US

across the world we've seen hot dog shaped car crashes, and we are all trying to get to the bottom of why