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I agree, a crime is crime regardless, but it raises a question nonetheless. Additionally, if I as an individual were to go to the police claiming something sim
by jacknews 9y ago
I agree, a crime is crime regardless, but it raises a question nonetheless.
Additionally, if I as an individual were to go to the police claiming something similar I suspect they would tell me to claim on insurance, and to try to make myself less of a target by not advertising my identity. I doubt they'd be running fake cars on my commute to try and catch the perp.
Maybe I'm wrong, but the police seem to be going the extra mile (quite literally) in this case.
- ameliaquining 9y agoI think that's because it's been affecting a fairly large number of people (compared to the number of perpetrators) over a fairly long period of time. I think it's also because it's public enough that the police are worried about the message that would be sent if they didn't seriously try to stop it.
- ImSkeptical 9y agoSuppose the shooter was shooting at public buses though. Would you still expect nothing to happen? The key difference between your car and a bus is that with the bus the safety of thirty people is involved, plus the willingness of many more people to use buses which the city has an interest in. Your car is you and your family's safety which is a fraction of the importance.
- closeparen 9y ago911 calls for i.e. kids throwing rocks from overpasses are taken very seriously.