Alex Vitale quote

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+title = "Alex S. Vitale"
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+> "Broken windows policing is at root a deeply conservative attempt to shift
+> the burden of responsibility for declining living conditions onto the poor
+> themselves and to argue that the solution to all social ills is increasingly
+> aggressive, invasive, and restrictive forms of policing that involve more
+> arrests, more harassment, and ultimately more violence.
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+> As inequality continues to increase, so will homelessness and public
+> disorder, and as long as people continue to embrace the use of police to
+> manage disorder, we will see a continual increase in the scope of police
+> power and authority at the expense of human and civil rights."