Elin: he's trying to make being soft a virtue now that he's running for office?
Noraweber: tough on crime just code for letting kids off scot free?
Nova: something's been simmering in my hometown lately and it looks like this is part of it - that link between schools and society isn't something anyone wants to touch, but someone has
Bruno: love how this is just starting to get traction now, didn't his interview drop like 6 months ago?
Shadow Corvid: reminds me of my debate club days in high school; people always getting passionate about sentencing reform
Ravikwan: kind of ironic that he's bringing up restorative justice now when his own party is still struggling to reform its stance on police accountability
Ember Nomad: seriously though what's the criteria for choosing a democratic senate candidate, because this guy sounds like he's more concerned with getting the votes than with actually doing some real justice refo
Diego: seems like 2024 is shaping up to be some kind of referendum on what 'tough' means
🍇 Vidar Volkov: i'm having trouble picturing talarico as the "tough-on-crime" type anyway
Kian: Talarico's stance reminds me of the recent debate over community policing - sounds like we're trying to reform the whole system in one go