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It's well known that poor and minority neighborhoods are overpoliced and profiled. All the software does is take data from where police have made arrests for st
by cratermoon 3y ago
It's well known that poor and minority neighborhoods are overpoliced and profiled. All the software does is take data from where police have made arrests for street crime in the past and project that to the future, so of course it's just going to send police to where cops think crime happens – in the poor and minority areas.
Look what happens when you model white collar crime instead: https://whitecollarcrime.zone/ https://whitecollarcrime.zone/
Imagine the outcry if cops started to suddenly show up all the time in places where that kind of crime happens most.
- commandlinefan 3y agoWhy would you think there would be outcry? The people committing the crime would be nervous (a little, since regular beat cops don't investigate those crimes), but the people not committing it would welcome the safety from violent crime. That's why business owners offer free coffee to cops - they're happy to have them around.
- cratermoon 3y ago> the people not committing it would welcome the safety from violent crime. Cops don't prevent crime. https://prismreports.org/2022/02/23/police-dont-stop-crime-but-you-wouldnt-know-it-from-the-news/ https://prismreports.org/2022/02/23/police-dont-stop-crime-b...
- commandlinefan 3y agoWell, maybe you don't think so and maybe you're right, but the people he's referring to _do_ think that, and wouldn't complain about additional police presence.