CDC Pushes to Address Racism, ‘Root Causes’ of Violence and ‘Injustice’ Rather Than Jailing Criminals

Here we go again. This time it’s the Centers for Disease Control, but the song remains the same. The CDC now claims that imprisoning criminals doesn’t prevent violent crime. Rather, claims the left-wing agency, addressing the “root causes” of crime will do the trick

Those “root causes?” All together, now: “racism” and “injustice.” (Yawn.)

According to internal documents exclusively obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation, the CDC is set to release new guidance on how to address community violence in the coming weeks, according to the documents.

Why is the CDC delving into the issue of violent crime, you might be asking yourself? Because it’s just another left-wing federal agency, duh.

The document, Community Violence Prevention Resource for Action, contains a section detailing the CDC’s planned responses to potential questions from the public on its upcoming recommendations. Unsurprisingly, the agency claims that “increasing punitive measures, including incarceration, does not reduce community violence.”

“We can work to prevent violence by addressing the underlying conditions that contribute to violence,” like racism, the agency claims.

They “forgot” the part about jail cells in Democrat-run cities virtually fitted with revolving doors, and repeat violent offenders returned to the streets, multiple times, in many cases until they commit crimes horrific enough to lead to long-term sentences. Unfortunately, there are often victims who don’t live to see those sentences meted out — and finally served. 

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