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Re:Publishing thousands of police discipline records that Ne... by zepto on Sunday July 26, 2020 @02:00PM (#23958853)
What data could contradict such an image?

Generally, data doesn’t convince anyone who doesn’t want to be convinced, and can usually be used to support a wide variety of contradictory interpretations.

Avoiding this is why science has to be so rigorous.

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Re:Publishing thousands of police discipline records that Ne... by prepend on Sunday July 26, 2020 @02:50PM (#23959217)
I would be more convinced by a solid trail of data of this committee getting full cooperation from the NYPD.

I’m not sure we’ll get to absolute confidence. But at least knowing we have a complete data set and sound, valid process.

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Re:Publishing thousands of police discipline records that Ne... by kazagistar on Sunday July 26, 2020 @08:53PM (#23961361)
The absence of such cooperation is sufficient evidence of systematic disregard for the law, and q systematic disregard for the law seems like a good enough reason to wholesale replace a governmental system.
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