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Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by exporectomy on Saturday January 23, 2021 @04:10PM (#25886122)
There's nothing wrong with that as long as the law enforcement is trustworthy and competent. We do want to catch criminals. That's the whole point of having law enforcement. It's funny that in America, people seem to have so given up on the idea of the police being honest and competent that all they want is to reduce their power. They don't seem to want reform and instead would rather suffer from crime than be investigated by the police.

Becoming a suspect shouldn't be a scary thing to avoid. You should be able to just ignore your status and wait for the police to exclude you. But somehow it's a problem in America that people just accept.

Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by satellite2 on Saturday January 23, 2021 @04:26PM (#25886260)
It's generally well accepted in the criminology field that you can reduce crime and that actually the most effective way to reduce crime happen well before and are not related to policing anyone. No one wants to suffer from crime by inaction.
Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by NotPavlovsDog on Saturday January 23, 2021 @04:46PM (#25886454)
>There's nothing wrong with that as long as the law enforcement is trustworthy and competent

"there's nothing wrong with the death penalty if you can trust the legal system implicitly" Neil Gaiman, American Gods

Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by HeyLaughingBoy on Saturday January 23, 2021 @04:20PM (#25886205)
Because basing the system on the assumption that police will always be honest and competent is what got us into the situation we're in. Once bitten, twice shy.
Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by exporectomy on Saturday January 23, 2021 @04:24PM (#25886242)
I'm talking about accountability, not blind trust.