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Good in theory, but having police with axes to grind airing inaccurate information seems ripe for abuse. From the article; >Chadwick had been charged and plea

Good in theory, but having police with axes to grind airing inaccurate information seems ripe for abuse. From the article; >Chadwick had been charged and pleaded not guilty, but not tried - yet the podcast made no use of the word "alleged" and called the millionaire a "murderer". Yeah, like that.

sublinear 2mo ago
The abuse is far more likely to come from the audience than the police. The true crime fanbase tends to have mental health issues.
- inigyou 2mo ago
  The police are the ones who can lock you in jail.
  - sublinear 2mo ago
    The audience will go on witch hunts. They will doxx anyone even tangentially related to a crime and commit Luigi-style assassinations. The police are very aware of the "street justice" they're encouraging. Just because they keep their hands clean doesn't mean I'm defending them either. This is mob rule.
- victorbjorklund 2mo ago
  But the police are official represeatives of the government and it holds more weight when they say "they are guilty even if court said they are not" vs if a random private individual says it.
- A_D_E_P_T 2mo ago
  On the one hand, it's one of the most popular genres out there. 84% of the U.S. population age 13+ are "True Crime consumers": > https://www.edisonresearch.com/the-true-crime-consumer-report-by-edison-research-and-audiochuck/ https://www.edisonresearch.com/the-true-crime-consumer-repor... But it's absolutely true that the internet-based tribe called the "TCC" -- the true crime community -- is a hotbed of severe mental illness and moral depravity. It's a very young-skewing demographic, too. You can think of it as Fandom for killers. I monitor my son's internet activity in large part to ensure that he's not exposing himself to it, and I would view any exposure to the TCC as the reddest of red flags.
  - chneu 2mo ago
    Not debating but those numbers seem wildly high. Then again, US folks are insanely paranoid and fearful of stuff, so maybe not.
inigyou 2mo ago
In several countries that would be illegal, but the police would never investigate themselves.
- HPsquared 2mo ago
  Defamation is a civil thing though, isn't it?
- embedding-shape 2mo ago
  > the police would never investigate themselves Makes sense, would be a huge conflict of interest. That's why most modern countries have separate independent investigative agencies whose purpose is to investigate the police. Sadly, some of the more police-horny countries tend to give these agencies faux power rather than something real, and in the worst ones, the police has qualified immunity anyway.
dan_gee 2mo ago
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sublinear 2mo ago

The abuse is far more likely to come from the audience than the police. The true crime fanbase tends to have mental health issues.

inigyou 2mo ago
The police are the ones who can lock you in jail.
- sublinear 2mo ago
  The audience will go on witch hunts. They will doxx anyone even tangentially related to a crime and commit Luigi-style assassinations. The police are very aware of the "street justice" they're encouraging. Just because they keep their hands clean doesn't mean I'm defending them either. This is mob rule.
victorbjorklund 2mo ago
But the police are official represeatives of the government and it holds more weight when they say "they are guilty even if court said they are not" vs if a random private individual says it.
A_D_E_P_T 2mo ago
On the one hand, it's one of the most popular genres out there. 84% of the U.S. population age 13+ are "True Crime consumers": > https://www.edisonresearch.com/the-true-crime-consumer-report-by-edison-research-and-audiochuck/ https://www.edisonresearch.com/the-true-crime-consumer-repor... But it's absolutely true that the internet-based tribe called the "TCC" -- the true crime community -- is a hotbed of severe mental illness and moral depravity. It's a very young-skewing demographic, too. You can think of it as Fandom for killers. I monitor my son's internet activity in large part to ensure that he's not exposing himself to it, and I would view any exposure to the TCC as the reddest of red flags.
- chneu 2mo ago
  Not debating but those numbers seem wildly high. Then again, US folks are insanely paranoid and fearful of stuff, so maybe not.

inigyou 2mo ago

In several countries that would be illegal, but the police would never investigate themselves.

HPsquared 2mo ago
Defamation is a civil thing though, isn't it?
embedding-shape 2mo ago
> the police would never investigate themselves Makes sense, would be a huge conflict of interest. That's why most modern countries have separate independent investigative agencies whose purpose is to investigate the police. Sadly, some of the more police-horny countries tend to give these agencies faux power rather than something real, and in the worst ones, the police has qualified immunity anyway.

dan_gee 2mo ago

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