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Since it's the locality that is deciding whether or not to use ShotSpotter isn't that the most reasonable level to be talking about?

• kbenson 4y ago
  No, as that would be a purposeful misinterpretation of the intent of the original poster, if it was obvious they didn't mean it to be interpreted that way. Even if the response that used it differently was meant to make a valid point (I believe it was, as they expanded on it later), the way they used minority did nothing to help that point and instead caused unnecessary contention. It would have been far more effective for their point to say "Jackson MS has a population and police department that are both majority black, and they still choose to deploy shotspotter in black neighborhoods.". Then we could jump right to exploring reasons why that might be, including valid uses of shotspotter because of effectivenessas well as other incentives regardless of it's effectiveness.
  • fastball 4y ago
    To me it read less like misinterpretation and more like reframing.
    • kbenson 4y ago
      Eh, I don't think that actually changes my point. Even as a reframing, when looked at with respect to how well it communicated its point and fostered understanding and discussion of that point, it was poorly executed.