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We actually already do accept less police efficiency in favor of personal liberty in many areas. This is an American tradition. E.g. The Fourth Amendment warra
by dogweather 11y ago
We actually already do accept less police efficiency in favor of personal liberty in many areas. This is an American tradition.
E.g. The Fourth Amendment warrant requirement. No one doubts that we'd find more criminals and contraband if police could make impromptu home searches of anyone at any time. But that's how a police state functions.
And we've decided to exchange efficiency in crime reduction for civil rights.
- ec109685 11y agoAre you sure? Do countries without a 4th amendment have more criminals in jail and lower crime rates than we do?
- eru 11y agoAmerica has the most `criminals' in jail. America likes to lock people up. (You'd have to find a different metric to figure out what effect the 4th amendment or similar equivalent in other countries has.)
- Houshalter 11y agoI think your missing his point. He was assuming that the cops were already doing unjustified random searches of every car on the road. Assuming they are already doing this, wouldn't it be preferable if they switch to a model that decreases the number of innocent people that are searched by 10x? Wouldn't that be a net good to society? Of course if your opinion is that they shouldn't be allowed to do random searches at all, this whole thread is really irrelevant.