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I get my car broken into biyearly. After the first time, I don't report because it's a waste of time. Same when bicycles are stolen from my friends. I don't nee
by coryrc 5y ago
I get my car broken into biyearly. After the first time, I don't report because it's a waste of time. Same when bicycles are stolen from my friends. I don't need a study to say the sky is blue.
- coryrc 5y agoBut, I do have studies showing data is often made up or cherry-picked. So when a study disagrees with what most of us are experiencing, when cops have publicly announced they won't investigate crimes because the prosecutor won't prosecute, I'm going to need a lot more evidence that crime is actually decreasing. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Replication_crisis https://crosscut.com/2014/12/d-word-seattle-confronts-dilemma-depolicing https://crosscut.com/2014/12/d-word-seattle-confronts-dilemm...
- syops 5y agoHere’s an interesting Twitter thread that claims cops commit orders of magnitude more physical assaults than arrests for serious crimes. There is a possibility that having fewer police leads to less violence in the community. https://twitter.com/equalityAlec/status/1430159902551445514 https://twitter.com/equalityAlec/status/1430159902551445514