It's a well known, and even accepted fact in many circles. That our system of arrest and incarceration leads to uneccessary deaths and excessive injury and trauma.
I agree that it kills people. Sometimes innocent people. Sometimes crazy people who do not get due process and fair constitutional treatment. It disproportionately effects minorities and the poor who are more often living on the margins.
I also think we don't have to always kill these people and that it isn't a moral or ethical position to be ok with the deaths of these guys.
Especially when they deserve a fair and speedy trial. At the least.
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