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I think this is because the police departments that get military gear are in more dangerous areas, with more dangerous situations, leading to more deaths.
by edward1 6y ago
I think this is because the police departments that get military gear are in more dangerous areas, with more dangerous situations, leading to more deaths.
- wonderwonder 6y agoExcept for the fact that the study controlled for that.
- jcims 6y agoThe biggest problem I have with the article is that it focuses on absolute numbers rather than any kind of proportional impact. Per-capita numbers or something along those lines would be helpful. Even the chart halfway down that appears to address proportionality doesn't indicate what percentage of indicated departments are in each distribution...you could have, for example, a university police department that's in a district with 15k violent crimes per year but they are only responsible for handling parking and property violations. I don't doubt there's an impact, I would expect it to be honest, but it's not clear that this article is making an objective case for it.