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It's odd how their poster-boy was arrested for stealing a motorized bicycle out of someone's carport. That's far from murder, but not exactly an indicator that
by goodluckchuck 6y ago
It's odd how their poster-boy was arrested for stealing a motorized bicycle out of someone's carport. That's far from murder, but not exactly an indicator that the teen is headed on the right path. Seems to be exactly the kind of person who may need some guidance.
Then the author conspicuously leaves out important information. They say targets are selected based on information about their family, but doesn't go into the teen's parent's criminal history. If his father's in prison and his mom has a serious record, and now he's heading down the same path.. that's relevant and necessary information.
It also says the police visited his house 20+ times and they often stop at people's houses without a warrant... but they don't actually say that the police stopped at his house 20+ times without a warrant/reason. They just hope the reader will assume that.
Definitely casting the story in the light they want to cast it in, and omitting exculpatory evidence.
- sophacles 6y agoI think you missed the part where the kid hasn't gotten in trouble since. It seems to me that they are harassing the kid because they feel a need to harass someone and at least with this kid, the bootlickers have a past mistake to point at as "good reason". (scare quotes because the kid got in trouble once, then didn't anymore, not actually a bad path, just a bad choice once - therefore not even a remotely accurate reason. unless you love that boot flavor that is).
- zentiggr 6y agoIt sounds an awful lot more like you're trying to find any sliver of "this isn't so bad" and "but they didn't tell ALL the facts so BIAS" when the report goes over many many other stories in detail and shows how many of them are worse than your cherry picked poster boy example. This department, this sheriff, and everyone associated with the data entry for this whole program need to be removed from any law enforcement / security positions anywhere, and really should be required to see a therapist themselves for agreeing to contribute to this kind of harassment against others.
- anigbrowl 6y agoDefinitely casting the story in the light they want to cast it in, and omitting exculpatory evidence. Ironically, a good summary of what the article is about.
- libraryatnight 6y agoWhat reality do you exist in that you could type this comment with any sort of sound mind? Did you even watch the included body cam footage? Read the numerous other case studies that support the tone of the article? Why are there so many people who comment on everything that offer nothing useful or interesting, the only purpose of the comment is to cast doubt and undermine the information and the resulting conversation. Where do you guys come from? What's wrong with you? Why do you feel the need to be this way? Are you organized? Do you have meetings where you talk about comments you left pointing out that CNN didn't say what KIND of pizza the president ate so we can't believe their report he ate pizza at all? Please just stop being an ass.
- dang 6y agoYou can't attack another user like this on HN, regardless of how wrong they are or you feel they are. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and stick to the rules when commenting here.
- libraryatnight 6y agoYes I can, I just did. You might ban me, it might be against the rules, but I can. Also if someone is objectively an ass, it's not an attack, it's just a statement of fact. The science is in, and that guy's an ass. Edit: sorry, this guy just got me going. I shouldn't feed the trolls.