What Does “Community Safety” Actually Mean?
A woman who has been assaulted by her partner calls the police, and they arrest him, and she is told this is safety - but then he is released, angrier than before, and she has lost her housing because she cannot pay rent alone, and she wonders what exactly she has been made safe from when the danger is greater than before and her life has been destabilized by the system meant to protect her.
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