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Maybe offtopic, but why should we expect police to exercise discretion? That's how you end up with disproportionate crime being prosecuted in neighborhoods of c
by pnutjam 7y ago
Maybe offtopic, but why should we expect police to exercise discretion? That's how you end up with disproportionate crime being prosecuted in neighborhoods of color.
I think laws should be simple and enforced. For example, raise speed limits so they are high enough that nobody has a reason to routinely break them, then draconian enforcement. Old white Grandpa weaving around should get the same penalty as young Black guy weaving through traffic.
- tempestn 7y agoI don't disagree, but until and unless all laws (not just speed limits) are written with sensible exceptions and thresholds included, police and prosecutorial discretion are the only avenues we have to create a semblance of reasonableness.