There's an article that I won't link to, that sprinkles in a few facts (crime in Oakland is higher now than a few years ago), to draw the usual, demonstrably wrong conclusions (crime would be lower with more cops).
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There's an article that I won't link to, that sprinkles in a few facts (crime in Oakland is higher now than a few years ago), to draw the usual, demonstrably wrong conclusions (crime would be lower with more cops).
Crime would *not* be lower with more cops. Crime would be lower with *different policies*.
Because more cops don't solve crime. More cops just brutalize Black people more. Which ironically, makes us less likely to call the cops. Which makes crimes almost *impossible* to solve
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mekka okereke :verified:replied to mekka okereke :verified: last edited by
I'm 6'3, Black, and powerfully built. You already know how cops treat me.
If I see a 15 year old kid smash your car window, lean in, and grab your laptop and run off, do you think I'm calling the cops? Do you think I'm risking my life and freedom, for your laptop? The answer is no. Buy another laptop.
And if that kid is caught and arrested, he won't be treated fairly. He'll be sent to gladiator school. He'll be victimized, or come out worse. Much worse.
https://www.tiktok.com/@adrianembrey/video/7269578282482322731
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JustAFrogreplied to mekka okereke :verified: last edited by
@mekkaokereke It's true that most crime is driven not by whether there's a cop who might catch the perp, but by a perceived lack of access to a reasonable income, more than anything else.
People who have it good only rarely go for crime.
US style municipal police will just grab the nearest black guy, so what's even the point in calling them for crime-solving?
UBI would do more for this, and probably cost a lot less than police dept + damages for wrongful arrest/harm/death + prisons.
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Mark :ms_cat_smile:​ :v_pap:​ :v_bi:​ :v_gf:​ :neovim:​replied to JustAFrog last edited by
> People who have it good only rarely go for crime.
That's because we, as a society, have chosen not to label the immoral behaviors of those people as crimes. Wage theft is a rampant problem, but rarely reported as crime. Stock buybacks were illegal until some rich folks decided they shouldn't be. Landlords rent apartments that are not up to code, but we don't classify them as criminals. The list goes on.
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> People who have it good only rarely go for crime
The current republican nominee has 34 felonies, is an adjudicated sex offender, and led an insurrection.
People who have it good go for crime a lot because they're used to getting away with it due to privilege