Not so long ago, the US believed it had cracked the violent crime epidemic. “Zero tolerance” and “three strikes and you’re out” were the mantras of the 1990s. Declining homicide rates were its product. Today, as the riots intensify in Baltimore following the death of yet another unarmed black man in police custody, such verities no longer hold.
不久之前，美国曾相信自己已经攻克了暴力犯罪这种流行病。“零容忍”和“三振出局”是美国社会上世纪90年代反复重申的信条，其结果是凶杀率下降。如今，信条已失效。在巴尔的摩，又一名手无寸铁的黑人男性在被警察局拘留期间死亡，之后爆发的骚乱正愈演愈烈。
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