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The sentiment is basically that the "all hands on deck" manpower effort is futile and if anything even a political/propaganda effort to dissuade others from hav
by asdff 11mo ago
The sentiment is basically that the "all hands on deck" manpower effort is futile and if anything even a political/propaganda effort to dissuade others from having similar thoughts. What good is it to mobilize 1000 FBI agents if they aren't going to move the case forward at all? What good is having a budget capable of mobilizing that many people for a single case and not to bear any fruit with it? Is this outcome better than what might have happened if this were relegated to local PD? Surprisingly the answer is "no, not at all." That is a big indictment on federal law enforcement and their abilities to turn their budget into actionable effort that makes the population safer. And probably suggests that such resource draining manhunts might even come at the cost of whatever the FBI does in fact do well.
- d0gsg0w00f 11mo agoHalf of life is collective "give a damn". If you see 1000 FBI agents, read 47 headlines, and hear a dozen gas station conversations then you start to tune in. That's when the tips start coming in, as everyone wants to be part of the big "thing".
- BobbyTables2 11mo agoA lot of fiction will be generated too
- chongli 11mo agoThen it’s a good thing you have a lot of people available to sort through it!
- reed1234 11mo agoIsn’t that hindsight bias?
- BurningFrog 11mo agoThere is always going to be a PR element in police efforts. In a democracy you need to show the voters you're doing work.
- MangoToupe 11mo agoThe society of the spectacle needs a spectacle!
- hluska 11mo agoIt’s easy to criticize a police investigation after the suspect has been caught. But in the moment, none of the responding officers had a clue what they were walking into. Brown is a large campus in a strongly residential neighbourhood with many hiding spots; and people were ordered to shelter in place.