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More law enforcement power is not a good thing for America. We already arrest more people each year than any other country, even more than China (a notoriously
by betterunix 14y ago
More law enforcement power is not a good thing for America. We already arrest more people each year than any other country, even more than China (a notoriously oppressive government with several times more citizens than the US), and most of those people never actually have a trial (the courts cannot handle that many cases; if even a fraction of those arrested demanded a trial, our court system would be completely overwhelmed and unable to handle the burden). The police will not use better access to information to make better decisions about who to arrest; they will just use the information to increase the number of people they arrest, most of whom will technically be in violation of some law (not hard, given just how many laws are on the books and how broad, vague, and easily violated those laws are).