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> (Also: this is work of a random dude that whipped up a Python script in 2 hours, after finding the API link on Twitter. Were the police to care about those tw
by justin66 8y ago
> (Also: this is work of a random dude that whipped up a Python script in 2 hours, after finding the API link on Twitter. Were the police to care about those tweets, wouldn't they care about those payments before?).
Two things. First, you're seriously overestimating the technical acumen of "the police," on average. Second, there are all sorts of crimes that the police basically don't give a damn about but are more or less obligated to investigate if they're brought to the police's attention. You can see how zillions of people trolling one another's purchases online could lead to some tips to the police, etc. etc.
- mikestew 8y agoSecond, there are all sorts of crimes that the police basically don't give a damn about but are more or less obligated to investigate if they're brought to the police's attention. I'll counter you with anecdata: the Seattle Police Department and cannabis before it was legal in WA. They came right out and said, "it's at the bottom of our priority list." Oh, sure, they're probably still "obligated" to investigate, but writing parking tickets took priority that day, sorry. Just like the cops are in no real hurry to investigate my missing car stereo. They might be "obligated", but that doesn't mean other things aren't ahead in the queue.
- mynameisvlad 8y agoSame with Vancouver PD, who openly said they have far more important things to do than bust people for smoking weed or even the grey-area medical marijuana stores with their own in-house homeopaths writing prescriptions. Even in terms of drugs, PDs care far more about trafficking, importation and production than they care about the possession and use.
- jessaustin 8y ago"I'll just check with the boys down at the crime lab. They got four more detectives working on the case. They got us working in shifts!"