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Please don’t back up unsubstantiated claims with “it’s true”. Please read HN commenting rules. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.yco
by birdyrooster 7y ago
Please don’t back up unsubstantiated claims with “it’s true”. Please read HN commenting rules. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html This type of conversation is an uninteresting back and forth of opinion unless you provide sources.
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- fortran77 7y agohttps://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/06/12/proposition-47-crime-statistics/ https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/06/12/proposition-47-cr... https://www.ppic.org/press-release/proposition-47-linked-to-increase-in-some-property-crimes-but-not-violent-crime/ https://www.ppic.org/press-release/proposition-47-linked-to-... http://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=9417 http://www.independent.org/publications/article.asp?id=9417 https://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-prop47-anniversary-20151106-story.html https://www.latimes.com/local/crime/la-me-prop47-anniversary...
- inferiorhuman 7y agoThe ballot measure led to the lowest arrest rate in state history in 2015 as experts said police frequently ignored crimes that brought minimal punishment. IOW, the police aren't doing their jobs. That's not the fault of Prop 47.
- masonic 7y agoPolice don't pursue by departmental policy set well up the chain of command.
- fortran77 7y agoI backed it up with 4 sources, and I get criticized. Meanwhile, someone who calls the fact that Prop 47 leads to more crime gets honored and venerated here. If you want to be pro-crime, fine. That's your right. But don't lie about it.
- inferiorhuman 7y agoI backed it up with 4 sources, and I get criticized. You left out the part where your own sources contradict your claims.