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I don't have the link handy, but I remember seeing something on Twitter a couple weeks back where a news site published something like, "The video of a man loot
by war1025 5y ago
I don't have the link handy, but I remember seeing something on Twitter a couple weeks back where a news site published something like, "The video of a man looting a store while police watch in San Francisco has gone viral, but is it really a problem?"
The comments basically pointed out that if people aren't being punished for a crime, then police reports don't get written because why bother, and then some politician can point out "Hey, fewer police reports. Crime is down!"
There's a huge element of "Believe what you're told, not what you see" in politics lately. (Probably always, but the past year has really brought it into focus)
- pas 5y agoPolice reports still should be written when the victim reports the crime, right?
- josephcsible 5y agoPeople often won't bother to report a crime if they know there's zero chance anything will happen.