September 20, 2015
By Alice Ollstein
Manchester, New Hampshire (click here) — As politicians and groups across the political spectrum join forces to address the U.S.’ mass incarceration and police violence crises, former President Bill Clinton and other officials who implemented ‘tough on crime’ policies in the 1990s now say they regret their actions.
But former Maryland Governor and Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley, who promoted a regime of ‘zero tolerance’ policing in the late 90s and early 2000s, told ThinkProgress this weekend that he has no regrets from his time leading what he called “the most addicted and most violent city in America.”
“We had a horrible problem in our city with the proliferation of open air drug markets,” O’Malley said. “People wanted them shut down, so that’s what we did. Yes, enforcement levels spiked. But we saved about 1,000 lives, probably.”
O’Malley spoke to ThinkProgress just after addressing the Democratic Party Convention of New Hampshire, where he is vying for the nomination against Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Lincoln Chafee, and Lawrence Lessig....
November 6, 2015
By Alice Ollstein
Manchester, New Hampshire (click here) — As politicians and groups across the political spectrum join forces to address the U.S.’ mass incarceration and police violence crises, former President Bill Clinton and other officials who implemented ‘tough on crime’ policies in the 1990s now say they regret their actions.
But former Maryland Governor and Baltimore Mayor Martin O’Malley, who promoted a regime of ‘zero tolerance’ policing in the late 90s and early 2000s, told ThinkProgress this weekend that he has no regrets from his time leading what he called “the most addicted and most violent city in America.”
“We had a horrible problem in our city with the proliferation of open air drug markets,” O’Malley said. “People wanted them shut down, so that’s what we did. Yes, enforcement levels spiked. But we saved about 1,000 lives, probably.”
O’Malley spoke to ThinkProgress just after addressing the Democratic Party Convention of New Hampshire, where he is vying for the nomination against Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders, Lincoln Chafee, and Lawrence Lessig....
November 6, 2015
By Martin O'Malley
(CNN) On Friday night, South Carolina (click here) will host a Democratic presidential forum.
And while the field of candidates may now be down to three, there are
still many issues confronting this country that need to be discussed.
These are critical issues that have not received the attention they
deserve, but raise questions that go right to the heart of who we are as
a people.
It would, of course,
be a glaring oversight to ignore the struggles South Carolina has faced
over criminal justice reform -- challenges we as a country are all
grappling with. However, there is a particular, fundamental flaw in our
justice system that other candidates appear to lack the commitment to
address -- our failed reliance on the death penalty. This is a tragedy
both because it is a racially biased punishment, and also ineffective in
deterring crime....
From martinomalley.com
We get the health care system (click here) we pay for, and for far too long the way we have paid for health care has incentivized the provision of more care—not better care. By putting Medicare on a path toward paying providers for the value—not the volume—of the care they provide, the Affordable Care Act has begun an essential transformation in the way health care is financed in the United States. But we need to do more, and do it more quickly, in order to reach a tipping point in making better payment models, with better incentives, the norm....
Martin O'Malley seems to want people to visit his 15 goals website. (click here)
Veterans need services as they need them. Mental health has to come first because failure is not an option. If veterans are unsuccessful at work, they start to believe their lives are not productive and it is over. So, while jobs are important and returning to a normal life is important, they first have to be successful with mental health treatment when needed. AND some may qualify for disability and that is okay.
I could not find the article he spoke to at the New England Journal of Medicine. (click here) I don't doubt it is there, but, I couldn't find it.
From martinomalley.com
We get the health care system (click here) we pay for, and for far too long the way we have paid for health care has incentivized the provision of more care—not better care. By putting Medicare on a path toward paying providers for the value—not the volume—of the care they provide, the Affordable Care Act has begun an essential transformation in the way health care is financed in the United States. But we need to do more, and do it more quickly, in order to reach a tipping point in making better payment models, with better incentives, the norm....
Martin O'Malley seems to want people to visit his 15 goals website. (click here)
Veterans need services as they need them. Mental health has to come first because failure is not an option. If veterans are unsuccessful at work, they start to believe their lives are not productive and it is over. So, while jobs are important and returning to a normal life is important, they first have to be successful with mental health treatment when needed. AND some may qualify for disability and that is okay.
I could not find the article he spoke to at the New England Journal of Medicine. (click here) I don't doubt it is there, but, I couldn't find it.
