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All other issues aside, I really don't like that arrest records show up on people's background checks. On the other hand, there are very good reasons for the pu

All other issues aside, I really don't like that arrest records show up on people's background checks. On the other hand, there are very good reasons for the public to know who the government is arresting and why. How else would the public know that the government is abusing its authority? What is the solution?

Broken_Hippo 10y ago
The best thing I can come up with is a system that protects the arrested's name until after a conviction. Anything released before that should include statistical data - description, race (since that is an issue), location, crime, and so on. I disagree with publishing mugshots for folks that have been found not guilty as well. There is good and bad to all of this, of course, and some of it won't be fixed without better attuned labor protection laws and things of that nature.