#rim

One of the things is that the good intentions of Prohibition, from reading over the years and from becoming obsessed with the research of gangs in New York City, seems to have allowed crime figures at the time, like Luciano, Capone, Torrio and Rothstein, to organize to become more powerful, which pulled all the way through until the '70s. ↗

— Martin Scorsese

#become #becoming #capone #city #crime

Whether or not we can save Lake Michigan, whether or not we can avoid a breakdown in our criminal justice system are more important than whether or not I'm going to be governor. ↗

— Bill Scott

#breakdown #criminal #criminal justice #criminal justice system #going

Giving a 10-year mandatory minimum for a second offense fist fight is not going to reduce the chance that someone will be stabbed 16 times when you are not funding any of the programs that are desperately needed to actually reduce juvenile crime. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#any #chance #crime #desperately #fight

Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#discriminatory #mandatory #money #shown #taxpayers

The death penalty is discriminatory and does not do anything about crime. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#anything #crime #death #death penalty #discriminatory

We can play politics, or we can reduce crime. ↗

— Bobby Scott

#play #politics #reduce

A criminal is a person with predatory instincts without sufficient capital to form a corporation. ↗

— Howard Scott

#corporation #criminal #form #instincts #person

Crime is actually less in places where people own guns. Washington, D.C., is a case in point. It has the strictest gun laws, but who has the highest crime rate in the country? Washington, D.C. ↗

— Luke Scott

#case #country #crime #crime rate #gun

I rely on guns for protection in life. God does not say, 'This is la-la land.' God doesn't say, 'Welcome to Earth. Everything's perfect. There's no crime. There's no murder. There's no death.' The world is imperfect, and you have to be on guard. ↗

— Luke Scott

#death #does #earth #everything #god

I get so used to working with writers that my prime occupation is development. ↗

— Ridley Scott

#get #i #occupation #prime #used