Brooklyn College Listening Project

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Overall the emphasis of this conversation is have stronger communities and stop relying on the police #BCConversations

Disruptive students tend to be “x’ed” out as opposed to being helped #BCConversations

It also depends on priorities and budgeting and where the money goes #BCConversations

Most criminalized group of students are special ed students #BCConversations

In NY, there is more NYPD personal in schools as opposed to counselors #BCConversations

Police constantly overcharge. #BCConversations

When we enable police led responses, they are still based on the premise of a punitive solution #BCConversations

Aside from physical actions, violence has come in other forms like discrimination #BCConversations

@avitale opportunities are needed for these communities #BCConversations

@avitale says it’s a work in progress to see how the community can get on its feet #BCConversations

@avitale says people need to be informed #BCConversations

We have to be careful what we post on social media #BCConversations

@JumaaneWilliams says, there should be moderating in communities when it comes to policing #BCConversations

Anthony Posada says that if there’s a problem and you use all the resources and use the principals of effectiveness and efficiency, there can be a better approach then the police #BCConversations

Relying on the police too much creates a lot of collateral consequences #BCConversations

Communities are needed to get stronger in order to decrease violence #BCConversations

Communities should stand up for other communities when there are situations like hate crimes are happening #BCConversations

People should be educated more and people are afraid of things they don’t know #BCConversations

We need to understand what privilege is. People have different definitions of privilege #BCConversations