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Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f... by wongarsu on Friday June 26, 2020 @02:33PM (#23655329)
Everyone does something criminal from time to time. Policing A more than B will lead to more arrests at place A, increasing their crime statistics, leading to more policing ...

For example drug use is about equal between white and black Americans, but since black people are more strictly policed (more frequent in traffic stops etc) they are arrested and sentenced for drug use far more often than white Americans. [0]

0: https://www.hamiltonproject.org/charts/rates_of_drug_use_and...

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Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f... by thelean12 on Friday June 26, 2020 @05:18PM (#23657155)
> Everyone does something criminal from time to time.

Everyone? Maybe this would be true if you'd include non-criminal offenses (those you'd get a ticket for). Most people in their lives will probably jay-walk, or speed, or get a parking ticket, or something else in this category.

But you're saying that everyone (I'll read this as "most people") will do something that would get them arrested if caught from time to time? That's an outlandish statement.

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Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f... by sib on Friday June 26, 2020 @07:29PM (#23658168)
Well... i haven't read the book, but it is widely cited:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00505UZ4G/

The author claims the average adults commits three Federal crimes a day.

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Re:Santa Cruz, California bans predictive policing in U.S. f... by thelean12 on Monday June 29, 2020 @12:13PM (#23678934)
I've had this conversation before and no one has been able to defend their position outside of "there's a book with this title" or "but weed though".

Even looking at the reviews of that book, it seems like the author doesn't even argue the title. It's just specific cases of people getting screwed over in court. (Which of course happens, I'm not arguing against that.)

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