Cleaning up skid row
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Re “LAPD’s Skid Row Divide,” March 10
The “broken windows” theory that Los Angeles Police Chief William J. Bratton is using for skid row is a harmful, conservative philosophy masquerading as pragmatic and progressive public policy. When you simply focus on surface systems of disorder, you forget about the root causes of crime, such as poverty, discrimination and a lack of economic opportunities.
Fighting social disorder as a means to fight crime does little good if these common factors are ignored.
CELERINA VERA-BERNAL
Los Angeles
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