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Police deal often with people who have long histories of arrest and so I think there's also a perverse component of, like, sure it's possible they're innocent o
by dionidium 5y ago
Police deal often with people who have long histories of arrest and so I think there's also a perverse component of, like, sure it's possible they're innocent of this particular crime, but we're not dealing with an innocent person, more broadly.
- whatshisface 5y agoThat sounds like it would be pretty bad at motivating that person to quit committing crimes if they're going to be guilty whether they did it or not.
- dionidium 5y agoI didn't say that what the police are doing is good or effective. In fact I called it perverse.
- boomboomsubban 5y agoThough I also think that line of thinking is dangerous, if that was all it was they'd still realize they occasionally make mistakes.