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I really want to agree, but it's hard to feel secure in certain countries, even I have a complain against an aggressor that have happily evaded the police for t

I really want to agree, but it's hard to feel secure in certain countries, even I have a complain against an aggressor that have happily evaded the police for the last two years, he keeps on threatening me, my children are also suffering from this man, for the first time, I'm not going to be with EDRI, but I mean I understand that people who aren't under physical security threats would be with EDRI there, but I'm going to side with the victims and the state.

AlexandrB 6y ago
Technology can't make the police care. Just look at the decline in the murder clearance rate even as DNA and other forensic techniques became more sophisticated[1]. Facial recognition technology might help people like you, but it's much more likely to be used against petty drug offenders, protestors, and political enemies of the state. [1] http://www.murderdata.org/p/blog-page.html?m=1 http://www.murderdata.org/p/blog-page.html?m=1
- EForEndeavour 6y ago
  For more background on the decline in homicide clearance rates in the USA, here's a 2015 interview with Thomas Hargrove, the founder of murderdata.org: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/04/02/why-are-american-cops-so-bad-at-catching-killers https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/04/02/why-are-americ... Hargrove claims that the overall decline in homicide clearance is a failure of local leadership: > It is the position of the Murder Accountability Project that declining homicide clearance rates are a failure of leadership by local police and by the politicians over them. When mayors and other elected officials make murder clearance a priority, as did the mayor of Philadelphia a few years ago, the clearance rate will improve significantly. If readers look at the “clearance rate” charts at our website, they will find hundreds of police departments that are doing a stellar job solving murders. > [...] we strongly believe that failure to solve murders are a failure of will by local leaders to make homicide clearance a priority in their communities. > That homicide clearance rates have plummeted despite the forensic revolution is one of the real mysteries in American law enforcement. The backlog of DNA testing has certainly slowed down the process in many cases. Lab testing may have forced a “pause” in murder investigations, which causes delays that can dramatically reduce the odds of a homicide being solved.
  - Larrikin 6y ago
    Could it be murder clearance rates have fallen despite more evidence because the bad cops can't just accuse and prosecute any unlucky poor person walking around in the area anymore?
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vangelis 6y ago
The most likely outcome is ubiquitous surveillance gets used to find you.

AlexandrB 6y ago

Technology can't make the police care. Just look at the decline in the murder clearance rate even as DNA and other forensic techniques became more sophisticated[1]. Facial recognition technology might help people like you, but it's much more likely to be used against petty drug offenders, protestors, and political enemies of the state. [1] http://www.murderdata.org/p/blog-page.html?m=1 http://www.murderdata.org/p/blog-page.html?m=1

EForEndeavour 6y ago
For more background on the decline in homicide clearance rates in the USA, here's a 2015 interview with Thomas Hargrove, the founder of murderdata.org: https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/04/02/why-are-american-cops-so-bad-at-catching-killers https://www.themarshallproject.org/2015/04/02/why-are-americ... Hargrove claims that the overall decline in homicide clearance is a failure of local leadership: > It is the position of the Murder Accountability Project that declining homicide clearance rates are a failure of leadership by local police and by the politicians over them. When mayors and other elected officials make murder clearance a priority, as did the mayor of Philadelphia a few years ago, the clearance rate will improve significantly. If readers look at the “clearance rate” charts at our website, they will find hundreds of police departments that are doing a stellar job solving murders. > [...] we strongly believe that failure to solve murders are a failure of will by local leaders to make homicide clearance a priority in their communities. > That homicide clearance rates have plummeted despite the forensic revolution is one of the real mysteries in American law enforcement. The backlog of DNA testing has certainly slowed down the process in many cases. Lab testing may have forced a “pause” in murder investigations, which causes delays that can dramatically reduce the odds of a homicide being solved.
- Larrikin 6y ago
  Could it be murder clearance rates have fallen despite more evidence because the bad cops can't just accuse and prosecute any unlucky poor person walking around in the area anymore?

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vangelis 6y ago

The most likely outcome is ubiquitous surveillance gets used to find you.