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So... you are saying: "We can't trust police, let's give them more powers"? I think your expectations on how many crimes a DNA database would solve is vastly o

So... you are saying: "We can't trust police, let's give them more powers"? I think your expectations on how many crimes a DNA database would solve is vastly over-estimating. For example, even if a rape case collected DNA evidence, most of them never actually process those kits. You can't solve a crime if you never look at the evidence to begin with. I think a DNA database is a solution in search of a problem.

burneraccount12 7y ago
What is this implicit assumption that DNA index = power? Power to do what? Identify you? They already (try to) do that! A DNA index is just a superior authentication mechanism, one that would involve a lot less suffering for those being identified. The not processing of rape kits has been shameful and many nonprofits are working to rectify that problem: https://www.rainn.org/articles/addressing-rape-kit-backlog https://www.rainn.org/articles/addressing-rape-kit-backlog You don't experience the problem because you're likely wealthy and probably white. The fact that rich whites can so easily dismiss even the idea of police authentication as a problem just shows that rich white America isn't even aware what poor black people go through in this country every single day.