Evidence based policy is being thrown out the window and Black children will be brutalized and imprisoned as a result.

Have no doubt - this will lead to another generation of mass incarceration and make public safety worse not better.

If the aim of the bill was to swiftly deliver services to youths in need, adding time onto probation will not achieve that, Balis said, but it will increase the probation population.

They also question whether data was used and if conservative media narratives and public perception influenced politicians’ first draft.
Baltimore political organizer Dayvon Love said processing kids through the juvenile justice system should not be the way children get access to services.

Rovner isn’t the only advocate to say the bill was rushed and written without input from policy experts. Critics argue it will fail to improve public safety and needlessly pull more children into the legal system.

“In an effort to crack down on the most serious crimes, this bill instead focuses attention on youth charged with misdemeanors and young children,” Rovner said. “It also avoids the use of diversion, which is likely to have better outcomes than formal court involvement.”

The NYPD has clarified that the victim is not a migrant. And in true NYPD fashion, they have given HIM a summons for disorderly conduct while not taking any apparent action against Sliwa’s gang. apnews.com/article/guar...

Stavros come get yr cousin.