Matthew Yglesias

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Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

@KennethBaer I think the official “broken windows” doctrine was something else — the idea that minor offenses literally caused accelerating deviant behavior. Might be true, but I think the “it’s good to find ways to catch people will illegal guns” theory is more clearly supported. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 21, 2022 Deleted after 22 days Hibernated

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This was the classic rationale for cracking down on fare-beaters in the 1990s — you end up seizing a lot of illegal guns if you stop and search the people who are committing more minor infractions. — PolitiTweet.org

"It was the second time in two days that cops found a gun on someone trying to skirt the fare at the Stillwell Ave.… https://t.co/IQ4NPqk7wq

Posted Oct. 21, 2022 Deleted after 22 days Hibernated

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Once in the 1990s, I got arrested for drinking beer in a park and then while en route to my court date on the subway got stopped against by police officers who were doing a truancy crackdown. But they saw my summons and let me go. — PolitiTweet.org

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