We built on the Ghettoside thesis /drilled in further on the evidence that black communities -- who feel harassed by police -- are simultaneously *underserved/denied justice in our Murder with Impunity project in 2018 https://t.co/bYw2UWnJNH https://t.co/IX618GQ28U

— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) June 14, 2020

I'd add, though, this suggestion is only "counterintuitive" if you haven't spent time listening to black people -- who have always said this

— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) June 14, 2020

Ida B Wells and other civil rights activists were all big into black gun ownership explicitly because, they argued, that the police could not be trusted or counted on to keep black communities safe or procure justice for black people

— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) June 14, 2020

Black Americans have said, since the inception of American policing as we know it, that the police harass and harm them while also not protecting them. This is extremely mainstream black American ideology about policing

— Wesley (@WesleyLowery) June 14, 2020

This is a fantastic series if you haven't read it. In New Orleans, well over half of murders in the French Quarter are typically solved while under a quarter of murders in the Seventh Ward are typically solved. https://t.co/bxAUCwUYS7

— Jeff Asher (@Crimealytics) June 14, 2020

"... even if money is directed toward root causes instead of symptoms. Some people live in communities with too much violence and want more police patrols for their safety, he noted." https://t.co/kUnYqm0xfn

— Alec MacGillis (@AlecMacGillis) June 14, 2020

My thoughts on reforming policing in America, and the lessons we can learn from the Camden police department. ⁦@CNN⁩. How a new kind of policing saved America's most dangerous city (opinion) - CNN https://t.co/UqzmzxF3Bz

— Anne Milgram (@AnneMilgram) June 13, 2020