http://dagblog.com/arts/malcolm-gladwell-sandra-bland-talking-strangers-31683 Comments for "Malcolm Gladwell: Sandra Bland & Talking to Strangers" en http://dagblog.com/comment/284807#comment-284807 <a id="comment-284807"></a> <p><em>In reply to <a href="http://dagblog.com/arts/malcolm-gladwell-sandra-bland-talking-strangers-31683">Malcolm Gladwell: Sandra Bland &amp; Talking to Strangers</a></em></p> <div class="field field-name-comment-body field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>In David &amp; Goliath he describes J-RIP in Brooklyn as a community building anti-crime effort in a heavy crime district vs the heavy, fated &amp; counterproductive British overkill/alienating commando style in Northern Ireland, as well as the limited &amp; then counterproductive trending &amp; failing of 3 Strikes imprisonment. Good things do not continue forever in a straight line, while overall long term you catch more flies with honey then vinegar. (better suggestions than "defund the police", for all its vagueness, and Gladwell gives a good example of a quick crimewave when police Are out of commissiin for just one day. This being about 8-10 years ago, not the latest phenom)</p> </div></div></div> Mon, 06 Jul 2020 17:23:00 +0000 PeraclesPlease comment 284807 at http://dagblog.com