Sergio Fajardo's Innovative Crime-Fighting

October 22, 2010 -- Former Mayor of Medellin, Colombia Sergio Fajardo talked about his plan to reduce crime by investing the most money in the poorest neighborhoods at The Daily Beast's Innovators Summit. In just four years, the murder rate dropped 89 percent in Medellin.

Full videos from the conference: http://www.livestream.com/thedailybeastinnovatorssummit/

The Daily Beast Innovators Summit: http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsmaker/innovators-summit-reboot-america

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[Karran63]

I love this man's approach to reform.

[MarmaladeINFP]

This is the type of thing that liberals are always arguing for and conservatives are always arguing against. The argument against is either that it won't work or that it's wrong to just investing more money in poor areas (i.e., handouts to the poor). Obviously, it does work or at least can work when done right. Should we invest money to help the poor which helps all of society? As a liberal, I'd say we should. The problem is in the US conservatives would fight against it calling it socialism..